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Blasto (video game)
Encyclopedia
Blasto is a third-person shooter
game developed by Sony Interactive
and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the Sony PlayStation
in 1998
. Although heavily marketed the game proved too difficult for many gamers. “There’s a good game here – it’s just simply hidden under many layers of frustration.” http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/blasto/review.html?mode=web The late Phil Hartman
had 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
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action/platform/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 had a strong platform element 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.
's voice acting alone. Blasto would also mark one of Hartman's last projects. The game was released just a few weeks after his untimely death. A sequel entitled Blasto 2 was supposedly planned for development but was ultimately cancelled due to Hartman's untimely death.
Third-person shooter
Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...
game developed by Sony Interactive
Sony Interactive
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and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the Sony PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
in 1998
1998 in video gaming
-Events:*Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards...
. Although heavily marketed the game proved too difficult for many gamers. “There’s a good game here – it’s just simply hidden under many layers of frustration.” http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/blasto/review.html?mode=web The late Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman
Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States when he was 10...
had 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
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus , the father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus...
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Gameplay
The game was a third-personVirtual camera system
A virtual camera system aims at controlling a camera or a set of cameras to display a view of a 3D virtual world. Camera systems are used in videogames where their purpose is to show the action at the best possible angle; more generally, they are used in 3D virtual worlds when a third person view...
action/platform/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 had a strong platform element 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.
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!Reception
Although not very well-received by most gamers, critics, reviewers and publications, the reviews have mentioned that the game is worth playing for Phil HartmanPhil Hartman
Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States when he was 10...
's voice acting alone. Blasto would also mark one of Hartman's last projects. The game was released just a few weeks after his untimely death. A sequel entitled Blasto 2 was supposedly planned for development but was ultimately cancelled due to Hartman's untimely death.