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Ghetto Blaster

Ghetto Blaster is a computer game that was released for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It was developed by two former employees of the software house Taskset. The aim of the game is to find and collect ten cassette…

1 February 1985

Ghetto Blaster is an arcade, released 1 February 1985 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Ghetto Blaster is

Ghetto Blaster was released in 1985. It was published by Virgin Records Ltd.. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ghetto Blaster is a computer game that was released for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It was developed by two former employees of the software house Taskset. The aim of the game is to find and collect ten cassette tapes of dance music, get people to dance to them by blasting them with notes from your ghetto blaster, then delivering them to your record company, Interdisc. These ten music tracks were played by the game throughout. A maze of streets, alleyways and cul-de-sacs are laid out, populated by bizarre characters, some helpful and some deadly. The street names are named after famous songs ("Blackberry Way", "Desolation Row", etc.) - a map was provided in the cassette inlay - and some of…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Ghetto Blaster come out?
Ghetto Blaster was released on 1 February 1985 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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