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Blood Bros.

Blood Bros. is a 1990 arcade game developed and published by TAD Corporation in Japan and Europe, while it was later published in North America by Fabtek. It is a spiritual sequel to Cabal, with almost…

1 January 1991

Blood Bros. is an arcade developed by Tad Corporation, released 1 January 1991 on Arcade.

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What Blood Bros. is

Blood Bros. is an arcade game developed by Tad Corporation and released in 1991. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blood Bros. is a 1990 arcade game developed and published by TAD Corporation in Japan and Europe, while it was later published in North America by Fabtek. It is a spiritual sequel to Cabal, with almost identical mechanics. A bootleg of this game is known as West Story. In 'Blood Bros., two blood brothers, a cowboy and an Indian, team-up to hunt down "the most wanted outlaw in Dodge City," Big Bad John. The gameplay mechanics are extremely similar to TAD Corp.'s earlier machine, Cabal, however this game did not seem to appear as a trackball-controlled variant. The player's characters are seen from behind. Some screens feature protective walls (which can get damaged and shattered by enemy…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Blood Bros. launched on 1 January 1991, 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 Blood Bros. come out?
Blood Bros. was released on 1 January 1991 for Arcade.

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