Blast Corps
Game by Nintendo/Rare
Reviewed by Robby Cox
koi@magicnet.net
Save: On Cartridge/Controller Pak
Released: 1997
Works with: Controller Pak
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Opening Snide Remarks: Blast Corps was an awesome game when it was originally 
released.  Is it still awesome today?

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Gameplay Description: Blast Corps is a strange game.  You have to destroy 
anything that gets in the way of a nuclear bomb that is strapped to a truck.
It sounds strange, but is rather cool.  You have to use different vehicles to
destroy everything that you need to destroy.  I wish that there were more 
vehicles to choose from and that there were more answers to the puzzles that
you are presented.  What I mean by this is that I wish that you could grab a
Dune Buggy and just destroy whatever needs be, instead of using the Dune 
Buggy at first and then having to switch to the Dump Truck and then to the 
crane.  This feels very limited.  Other than that, this game is an awesome 
puzzler.  
Liked: Cool puzzles.
Hated: Having to do what the game dictates in order to clear a level. 

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Graphics Description: BC looks pretty good.  The graphics are somewhat first-
generation looking, but they stand up pretty well.  The graphics are colorful
and are fully polygonal.  The cinemas are really cool.  The vehicles look 
like they should. 
Liked: Polygonal vehicles.
Hated: Nothing.

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Sound/Music Description: BC has some very cool music.  It changes depending
on what you're doing.  In a normal level, it will sound kinda like the score
of Die Hard.  In a bonus level, it has a totally different feel.  The sound
fx are nice. 
Liked: Great music.
Hated: Nothing.

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Play Control/Game Design: The controls of BC are pretty solid.  Some vehicles
control very nicely, while others do not.  The Dump Truck controls very 
poorly.  The Dune Buggy controls super good.  The game design is okay, but I
wish that I could decide on more things. 
Liked: Decent controls.
Hated: That the controls were only just decent.

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Improve: Let me decide exactly what I want to do like in Body Harvest or 
Grand Theft Auto.

RIYL: Body Harvest, Grand Theft Auto, GTA: London 1969.

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Final Words: Blast Corps is a pretty good puzzle game, but if you want full
freedom, you will have to look elsewhere.  

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Score
Gameplay: ***
Graphics: ****
Sound/Music: ****
Play Control/Game Design: ***
Personal Opinion: ***
Total: 17 out of 25
Final Score: 68 %

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Currently Known Codes: None.

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