Blam! Machinehead

1996 video game

WW: Eidos Interactive
JP: Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Platform(s)MS-DOS, PlayStation, SaturnRelease

WW: 1996
BRA: February, 1997
JP: May 23, 1997

Genre(s)First-person shooterMode(s)Single-player

Blam! Machinehead (released in the US as Machine Head) is a first-person shooter developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in North America and in Japan by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, and was released for Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, and PlayStation in 1996.

Reception

Review scores
Publication	Score
AllGame	(SAT)^[1]
Next Generation	(SAT)^[2]

Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it three stars out of five. The magazine praised the graphics capabilities, but was critical of controls and lack of additional content.^[2]

German magazine Mega Fun gave the game a rating of 86%.^[3] In 1998, Saturn Power listed the game 96th on their Top 100 Sega Saturn Games writing: "Nothing mind-blowingly original in any fashion but, in typical Core style, an interesting game nonetheless."^[4]

Reviews

GameFan #48 (vol. 4, issue 12) 1996 December
PC Games - Jan, 1997
GamePro - Jan, 1997
GamePro - Feb, 1997
Game Revolution - Jun 06, 2004^[5]
Mean Machines (Nov, 1996)^[6]
NowGamer (Oct 01, 1996)^[7]
PC Zone (Aug 13, 2001)^[8]
Joypad (Oct, 1996)^[9]
Absolute Playstation (Dec, 1996)^[10]

References

^ Thompson, Jon. "Machine Head (Sega Saturn) Review". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 26. Imagine Media. February 1997. p. 128.
^ "Mega Fun Magazine (November 1996)". November 1996.
^ "Top 100 Sega Saturn Games" (PDF). Saturn Power (9): 95. January 1998.
^ http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/saturn/machine-head ^{[dead link]}
^ "Mean Machines Sega Magazine Issue 49". November 1996.
^ "GamesRadar+". 27 May 2023.
^ Computer and Video Games ^{[dead link]}
^ "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". www.abandonware-magazines.org. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "BLAM MACHINEHEAD - Review - ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION".