Trailblazer
An imaginative action game in which you must guide a ball-shaped craft through a succession of levels. These have a patchwork-quilt type display, with holes to avoid, and squares of various colors, which…
Trailblazer is an arcade developed by Mr Chip Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE and Commodore 16.
What Trailblazer is
Trailblazer is an arcade game developed by Mr Chip Software and released in 1986. It was published by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, MSX2, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An imaginative action game in which you must guide a ball-shaped craft through a succession of levels. These have a patchwork-quilt type display, with holes to avoid, and squares of various colors, which affect the craft's speed, both within its power potential and into warp, as well as a control-reverser and lots of holes. You can jump and thus avoid these holes, although you have a limited number of them for each level, and it's possible to adjust the speed through joystick or keyboard control. You also face a time limit on each of the levels, although your time is boosted every time you complete one.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Trailblazer holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Trailblazer launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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