Blasto (video game)

Blasto
Developer(s) Sony Interactive Entertainment
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment America
Producer(s) Jonathan Beard
David Poe
Designer(s) Jonathan Beard
Programmer(s) Dylan Cuthbert
Writer(s) Jonathan Beard
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Tobey
Matt Wickline
Composer(s) Chuck Doud
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: March 31, 1998
  • EU: August 1, 1998
Genre(s) Third-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Blasto is a third-person shooter game developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the Sony PlayStation in 1998. Although heavily marketed, the game proved too difficult for many players. Phil Hartman voiced Captain Blasto, an extremely muscular, alien-fighting, dimwitted captain who's always in the mood for a babe from any solar system, most specifically in the planet Uranus.

Gameplay

The game is a third-person action/platformer/shooter. The enemies are aliens that teleport in around the player based on events that are triggered as the player explores the environment. The game has a strong platforming factor, with elements such as rotating 3D sections which have to be navigated while shooting at aliens. Puzzle elements tend to be limited to simple "find the switch to proceed" scenarios. However, some of the elements within the game require the player to utilize different weaponry in certain situations in order to advance to the next area. It's worth noting that Blasto is one of the few PlayStation games to use both control sticks. The left stick offers better movement control than the D-Pad and the right stick can be used to adjust the player's aim.

Plot

After returning from the 5th dimension, the diabolical alien tyrant named Bosc is bent on conquering the Planet Uranus with his own army and attempts to invade and destroy Earth as well. He is seeking to reign supreme for his power of the solar system that includes his alien army capturing and enslaving the Space Babes throughout the galaxy. Thus, Captain Blasto is the only hero who can foil him and his evil ambitions and set out to rescue the stranded Space Babes along the way. Blasto is also the only type of hero who doesn't mind catching Space Babes in distress every now and then, especially when it comes to exploring and venturing across through the Planet Uranus.

Development

Though it was not announced until the June 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Blasto had been secretly in development since 1995.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings65%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[3]
CVG[4]
Edge5/10[5]
EGM6.33/10[6]
Game Informer8.25/10[7]
GamePro[8]
Game RevolutionB+[9]
GameSpot4.2/10[10]
IGN5/10[11]
OPM (US)[12]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[13]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Although not very well received, the reviews mentioned that the game is worth playing for Phil Hartman's voice acting alone. Blasto would also mark one of Hartman's last projects. The game was released less than two months before his death.

References

  1. ↑ "Gaming Gossip". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 95. Ziff Davis. June 1997. p. 26.
  2. 1 2 "Blasto for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Romero, Joshua. "Blasto - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Fulljames, Stephen (1998). "PlayStation Review: Blasto". Computer and Video Games. Future plc. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Edge staff (June 1998). "Blasto". Edge. No. 59. Future plc.
  6. ↑ EGM staff (June 1998). "Blasto". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis.
  7. ↑ McNamara, Andy; Storm, Jon; Reiner, Andrew (May 1998). "Blasto". Game Informer. No. 59. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on September 21, 1999. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Air Hendrix (1998). "Blasto Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Clint (April 1998). "Blasto Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on June 13, 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ Fielder, Joe (April 14, 1998). "Blasto Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ IGN staff (April 14, 1998). "Blasto". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Blasto". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. June 1998.
  13. ↑ Walk, Gary Eng (May 22, 1998). "Blasto". Entertainment Weekly. No. 433. Time Inc. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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