Blam! Machinehead

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Blam! Machinehead

Publisher: Eidos Interactive (US), Core Design (EU), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (JP)

Developer: Core Design

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (10 tracks)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-05-23	¥5,8005,800	T-7015G
US	1996-11-25		T-7914H
EU	1996-09^[1]^[2]		T-11505H-50
PL	1996	199zł199
AU	199x		FBLA16SSC
BR	1997-02	R$59.9759.97	192246

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC PlayStation

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

OFLC

Tectoy

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Blam! Machinehead (ブラム！マシーンヘッド), known in the US as Machine Head, is an action shooting game developed by Core Design and published by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Saturn. The game was also released for DOS and PlayStation. A Sega 32X version of the game was once in development, but was cancelled. Development of the game was initially for the Mega CD as a sequel to Battlecorps before being moved to more powerful systems.

Gameplay

Blam! Machinehead is similar in design to Core's earlier Sega Mega-CD release, Battlecorps, with players driving a vehicle from a first person perspective, shooting at enemies and obstacles while trying to get to specified locations on the map.

Magazine articles

Main article: Blam! Machinehead/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #178: "September 1996" (1996-08-11)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #11: "September 1996" (1996-08-20)^[4]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #13: "November 1996" (1996-10-17)

Print advert in Player One (FR) #68: "Octobre 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #37: "Dezember 1996" (1996-11-13)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

86

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[13]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

70

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[16]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

79

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

81

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

70

^[5]

LeveL (CZ)

71

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

82

^[20]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

84

^[7]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

89

^[1]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[22]

Player One (FR)

91

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

83

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[26]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

90

^[27]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

89

^[28]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[29]

	77
Based on 22 reviews

Blam! Machinehead

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, EU/UK
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

572,347,440

CD-ROM(DE)

T-11505H-18 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

572,453,280

CD-ROM(EU)

T-11505H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

573,248,256

1997-01-17

CD-ROM(JP)

T-7015G V1.000

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

572,418,000

CD-ROM(US)

T-7914H V1.000

References

[:File:MeanMachinesSega49UK.pdf_p50-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 50

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_36.pdf_p74-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_089.pdf_p98-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p100-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 100

[:File:Joypad_FR_057.pdf_p77-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 77

[:File:MeanMachinesSega49UK.pdf_p50_.2850-52.29-6] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 50-52 (50)

[:File:MegaForce_FR_54.pdf_p91-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 91

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_068.pdf_p102_.28102.2F103.29-8] Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 102/103 (102)

[:File:SSM_UK_12.pdf_p72_.2872.2F73.29-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 72/73 (72)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14_.2812.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12 (14)

[digitiser1996-10-11-11] Digitiser (UK) (1996-10-11)

[:File:EGM_US_089.pdf_p88-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 88

[13] Famitsu, "1997-05-30" (JP; 1997-05-16), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-12.pdf_p96-14] Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 96

[:File:GamePro_US_100.pdf_p116-15] GamePro, "January 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:GameInformer_US_044.pdf_p74-16] Game Informer, "December 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 74

[17] Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_062.pdf_p102-18] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 102

[19] LeveL, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-11-01), page 79

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-01.pdf_p99-20] MAN!AC, "01/97" (DE; 1996-12-11), page 99

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-12.pdf_p93-21] Mega Fun, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-20), page 93

[:File:NextGeneration_US_26.pdf_p130-22] Next Generation, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-xx), page 130

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_068.pdf_p102-23] Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:SegaPower_UK_84.pdf_p42-24] Sega Power, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 42

[:File:SSM_UK_12.pdf_p72-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 72

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p56-27] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 56

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p12-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 12

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_092.pdf_p107-29] Ultra Game Players, "Holiday 1996" (US; 1996-12-03), page 107

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Blam! Machinehead

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References