Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling · 1989

Blood Money

Published by ST Format · Developed by WJS Design

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, 2 (sim.), Demo
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Smithson, Wayne
Graphic Artist(s): Smith, Tony
Game design: Jones, David
Musician(s): Tonge, Paul
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1989
Publisher: ST Format
Distributor: Future Publishing
Developer: WJS Design
Licensed from: -
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English
License: Game Demo or Preview - Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Version: [preview]
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.5/10 · Votes: 90 · Downloads: 1,967 · Hits: 3,754

Screenshots (3)

Instructions (1)

Article (7)

Work in Progress

News

Goodies (1)

Poster

Tips (1)

Trivia (4)

Graphics

ST graphics produced using Degas Elite and Art Director

Awards:

ST Format: Most Violent ST Games 3rd place

Charts

Top UK charts position: 15 (1/1990 full price), 8 (11/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 4 between 12/1989 - 11/1991

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (7/1990)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Amiga (4/1989), Atari ST (5/1989), PC (5/1989)

Book / Magazine Reviews (12)

ST Format · September, 1989 · Rating: 90%

ACE · November, 1989 · Rating: 740/1000

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · June, 1989 · Rating: 84%

ST Action · October, 1989 · Rating: 85%

The Games Machine · November, 1989 · Rating: 88%

ST Format · January, 1991 · Rating: 90%

ST Format · February, 1991 · Rating: 90%

The One · June, 1991 · Rating: 4/5

Games X · July 18th-24th, 1991 · Rating: 4,5/5

ST Action · August, 1992 · Rating: 86%

ST Format · May, 1994 · Rating: 90%

ST Format · October, 1994 · Rating: 90%

Comments (7)

Bob — 15 Nov 2014
I just saw your comment today. I found your FTP site and I uploaded my Blood Money there. Many Thanks!
marakatti — 4 Nov 2014
Thanks for the report. Any chance to send your version to Atarimania?
Bob — 1 Nov 2014
Unfortunately, the Pasti file that is here does not work correctly with the $200 level. Your ship and all of the enemies are simply corrupted graphics. The $100 level works fine. I tried it in both Steem 3.6.5 and Hatari 1.8 and they both showed the same problem. I was able to create my own Pasti file from a disk stream file that appears to work correctly on both levels. I am not good enough at Blood Money to make it through anywhere near all of either level.
Steven — 16 Jun 2013
Original version of this game runs in Steem SSE 3.5.1. -- Megathanks Steven! Another awesome reason to update to latest Steem :) Atarimania ST team
Jeff Fulton — 19 Nov 2012
Also, one of the few early releases to use tricks to get 512 colors on the screen at once. Very impressive,
Jeff Fulton — 19 Nov 2012
Oops, my "single color player" comment was meant for Menace. Another great side-scroller from the same publisher.
Jeff Fulton — 19 Nov 2012
Fun, well made, but difficult side-scroller when the ST needed some good ones. The only real problem I have with it is that the player's ship is just a single color. It looks like a place-holder. We purchased ST games rather than stole them, and I remember this being one of my all-time favorite joy-stick smashers and worth every penny.