You've fallen down a hidden manhole into a world of creatures so terrifying they'd scare the rats away. You can panic and perish, or blast your way through an endless maze of tunnels, searching for the secret passages to your escape. And that's the easy part. Because the Masters of the Caverns lay waiting - prehistoric creatures so powerful, so gigantic, they literally fill your screen! So load your arsenal and get ready for Blaster Master.
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Plot-driven, classical in form, unpretentious and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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“Is this SUNSOFT's best work?”
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“Is Blaster Master a masterpiece, not merely a very good game?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Developer
- SUNSOFT, Sun Electronics
- Publisher
- SUNSOFT, Sun Electronics, Tokai Engineering
- Released
- June 17, 1988
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
IGDB rating 8.2/10 from 37 ratings.
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Television · Both earnest, unpretentious, grave.
Television · Both earnest, classical in form, plot-driven.
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