Blam! Machinehead

Blam! Machinehead (released in the US as Machine Head) is a first-person shooter developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in North America and in Japan by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, and was released for Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, and PlayStation in 1996.

Blam! Machinehead
European PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)	Core Design
Publisher(s)	WW: Eidos Interactive JP: Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, PlayStation, Saturn
Release	WW: 1996 BRA: February, 1997 JP: May 23, 1997
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	(SAT)[1]
Next Generation	(SAT)[2]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it three stars out of five. The magazine praised the graphics capabilities, but was critical of controls and lack of additional content.^[2]

German magazine Mega Fun gave the game a rating of 86%.^[3] In 1998, Saturn Power listed the game 96th on their Top 100 Sega Saturn Games writing: "Nothing mind-blowingly original in any fashion but, in typical Core style, an interesting game nonetheless."^[4]

Reviews

• GameFan #48 (vol. 4, issue 12) 1996 December
• PC Games - Jan, 1997
• GamePro - Jan, 1997
• GamePro - Feb, 1997
• Game Revolution - Jun 06, 2004^[5]
• Mean Machines (Nov, 1996)^[6]
• NowGamer (Oct 01, 1996)^[7]
• PC Zone (Aug 13, 2001)^[8]
• Joypad (Oct, 1996)^[9]
• Absolute Playstation (Dec, 1996)^[10]