Blast Radius

For the Arrow episode, see Blast Radius (Arrow).

Blast Radius is a space combat simulator video game developed and published by Psygnosis for the PlayStation.

Blast Radius
Developer(s)	Psygnosis Camden[1]
Publisher(s)	Psygnosis
Producer(s)	Richard Underhill
Programmer(s)	Andrew Fitter
Artist(s)	Mark Brown
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	EU: July 1998 NA: 28 February 1999
Genre(s)	Space combat simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	61%[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	[3]
Edge	6/10[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	4.5/10[5][a]
Game Informer	7/10[6]
GameFan	(J.W.) 79%[7] 70%[8][b]
GamePro	[9][c]
GameRevolution	D+[10]
GameSpot	7.2/10[11]
Hyper	82%[12]
IGN	6/10[13]
Next Generation	[14]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	8/10[15]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[16]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[2] Next Generation said, "It doesn't matter how much of a space-fighter fan you are, Blast Radius is just plain bad."^[14]

Notes

1. In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the game, two critics gave it a 4/10, one a 4.5/10 and another 5.5/10.
2. In GameFan's viewpoint of the game, one critic gave it 75, one 79, and another 55.
3. GamePro gave the game 2.5/5 for overall fun factor, 4.5/5 for control, and two 4/5 scores for graphics and sound.