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Blood Money

Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best…

31 December 1989

Blood Money is an arcade developed by DMA Design, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Blood Money is

Blood Money is an arcade game developed by DMA Design and released in 1989. It was published by Psygnosis. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best arcade game you've ever seen. It has staggering graphics, amazing sound effects and music and the most gripping gameplay you've ever tackled in your life. Blood Money just leaves the competition for dead and takes you into new realms of arcade action. But it's going to be tough. From the instant you hear that driving soundtrack you'll be plunged into a maelstrom of sheer destruction, as you plunder the four Outer Planets in a kamikaze quest for gold and glory. The aliens in Blood Money set…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Blood Money launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Blood Money come out?
Blood Money was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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