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Blade Master

Blade Master is a scrolling hack and slash arcade game released by Irem in 1991. Two selectable heroes, Roy and Arnold, try to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to break and power-ups to…

1 July 1991

Blade Master is an arcade developed by Irem, released 1 July 1991 on Arcade.

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What Blade Master is

Blade Master is an arcade game developed by Irem and released in 1991. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Irem M-92.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blade Master is a scrolling hack and slash arcade game released by Irem in 1991. Two selectable heroes, Roy and Arnold, try to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to break and power-ups to collect, typical of this genre in the 1990s.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Blade Master launched on 1 July 1991, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV and Bomberman II.

Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV, Bomberman II.

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When did Blade Master come out?
Blade Master was released on 1 July 1991 for Arcade.

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