Blazing Chrome
Blazing Chrome is a classic co-op run 'n gun with an original arcade feel. Players can choose between Mavra, the badass human resistance, soldier or Doyle, the groovy rebel robot, to kick some metal ass.
Blazing Chrome is an arcade developed by JoyMasher, released 11 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.25 at GOG.
What Blazing Chrome is
Blazing Chrome is an arcade game developed by JoyMasher and released in 2019. It was published by The Arcade Crew. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A side-scrolling run-and-gun in the tradition of Contra and Metal Slug, Blazing Chrome unfolds in the ravaged post-apocalyptic future of 21XX. A devastating war has nearly wiped out the human race, and in its aftermath a vast robot army has seized control of the world, hunting down and exterminating the scattered remnants of humanity. A determined resistance movement rises to fight back against the machine dominion and reclaim the planet for the living. Players take command of one of two resistance fighters: Mavra, a hardened human soldier, and Doyle, a combat robot reprogrammed to turn against its own kind and battle for the human cause. Armed with an arsenal of machine guns, grenade…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Blazing Chrome holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 60% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 53 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 9600 GT or Radeon HD 3870. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.25 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Blazing Chrome launched on 11 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Super Mario Maker 2, The Sinking City, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Blazing Chrome yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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