Overview
Blade Master is a beat 'em up developed and published by Irem Corp. for arcades and later featured in Irem Arcade Hits. In Blade Master the player has a choice of two player characters. Roy is light fighter with low armour and greater mobility. Arnold is a large powerful fighter who's a bit slow on his feet.
Gameplay
The game can be played by one player or by two players as a co-op game. The gameplay consists of slashing through hordes of colorful enemies which appear from all angles as the hero works his way to the right of the screen in classic brawler style. At the end of each level, there is a boss battle. The bosses in this game are well-drawn but are not particularly interesting by the average standards of the genre. There are breakables such as crates and barrels that yield rewards like gold and jewels but these serve only to increase the player's score.
Blade Master is controlled using two buttons. One for Jump one for attack. Different attacks are performed according to the proximity of the target. In the arcade Blade Master was a real coin muncher with the difficulty ramping up very quickly it is very difficult to survive in a single-player game without spending many many credits.
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