Blaster Master

Original Series

• Blaster Master
  • It's time for Jason to hop into SOPHIA to track down a missing frog in this seminal Metroidvania adventure.
• Blaster Master 2
  • Moving to the Genesis, the series loses much of the magic that made it so great.
• Blaster Master Boy
  • A sequel in name only, this Game Boy title barely resembles Blaster Master at all (because it really isn't a game in the series).
• Blaster Master: Enemy Below
  • A loose remake (with the same graphics) of the NES game, Enemy Below has the look, but not the magic, of the original title.
• Blaster Master: Blasting Again
  • Moving the action into the third dimension, this PlayStation title still can quite figure out how to make a proper sequel to the Blaster Master formula.
• Blaster Master: Overdrive
  • Another remake of the original game, this title at least has some new ideas but it all gets muddled in mediocre execution.

Zero Series

• Blaster Master Zero
  • Inti Creates grabs the Blaster Master franchise and runs with it, creating a worthy remake that revitalizes the series.

See Also

• Fester's Quest: Sunsoft takes the Blaster Master formula and applies it to The Addams Family, to only tepid results.

Further Reading:

• Adding Two-Player to Single Player Games: Apparently Super Punch-Out!! has a two-player mode hidden in its menus. We take a look and then think about what other games could use two-player modes.