Blackthorne (1994) is what happens when a '90s action hero gets lost in a side-scrolling alien world and decides to shoot everything until it makes sense. You’re Kyle, a shotgun-wielding rebel with a mullet that could cut glass. This game oozes style—literally, some of the monsters do. The combat is slick, the animations smooth, and the tone? Grimdark perfection. Duck, shoot, flip your hair, repeat. It’s basically Prince of Persia meets Doom, but with more sass and less leg day.
Electronic Games (1994): "Blackthorne it’s a platform game, pretty much linear, with both puzzle and mild shoot-’em-up elements, and not much more real plot than most such games. The fact is, regardless of whether one is really caught up in the idea of vanquishing evil, the process of getting Kyle Blackthorne through all 17 levels (four each in four areas, plus a final boss level in the last area) does become absorbing. What’s so appealing about it? Well, the graphics are great, with well-rendered backgrounds and enough frames of animation for most characters to provide a lifelike appearance to their activities. Blackthorne's movements approach the natural level of Prince of Persia. They include walking, running, jumping, climbing (with or without ladders), shooting forward or behind, crouching, and rolling. Many of these can be with or without gun in hand."
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Status: abandonware Also published for: SNES, Sega 32X, Game Boy Advance Abandonware DOS views: 15611
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