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Bad Blood

A nuclear war has turned the world into a wasteland. The pure-blooded humans have retreated in large cities while mutants live in small villages on the plains where they make a living by hunting the many…

31 December 1990

Bad Blood is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Origin Systems, released 31 December 1990 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Bad Blood is

Bad Blood is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Origin Systems and released in 1990. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A nuclear war has turned the world into a wasteland. The pure-blooded humans have retreated in large cities while mutants live in small villages on the plains where they make a living by hunting the many monsters. Now one of the human leaders, Lord Dominix, wants to start a war to wipe out all the "bad-blooded" mutants. Your village chief has assigned you with the task of preventing this war. Bad Blood is a top-down action game with light role-playing elements. You can not create your own character but have to pick one of the three predefined ones: Varrigg (a strong green mutant who fights with his bare hands), Dekker (a human male armed with a knife) or Jakka (she looks human but can shoot…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Bad Blood launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

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When did Bad Blood come out?
Bad Blood was released on 31 December 1990 for Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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