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Blood 'n Guts

Blood 'n Guts is described as "ancient barbarian games", somewhat equivalent to the Olympic games but played by vikings in various violent events. You start the game by choosing one of four prefabricated…

31 December 1986

Blood 'n Guts is a sport developed by Greve Graphics, released 31 December 1986 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Blood 'n Guts is

Blood 'n Guts is a sport game developed by Greve Graphics and released in 1986. It was published by American Action AB. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blood 'n Guts is described as "ancient barbarian games", somewhat equivalent to the Olympic games but played by vikings in various violent events. You start the game by choosing one of four prefabricated vikings and then its off to compete. Among the several events available to the player the most noteworthy are, perhaps, Beer Drinking and Cat Throwing, both self explanatory titles. The other events are comprised of Tug of War, Rock Roller (roll a huge rock up a cliff and crush your opponent with it before he does it to you), Tower Jump (jump from a tower and land on your head!), Human Hit (throw stones at a human target!), Mountain Walk (basically rope walking with some added violence)…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Blood 'n Guts launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Blood 'n Guts come out?
Blood 'n Guts was released on 31 December 1986 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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