Reviews

Superb presentation, but the years haven't been all that kind to Joe's first outing. The way the gun was implemented was terrible and the lack of an onscreen ammo counter was a major ommission. Having "unlocked" doors "lock" again when the player passed back through them was also a major irritation. It's still not too bad, and it looks and sounds nice even today (and it's better than the naked emperor that was 'Joe Blade II'), but if you only play one Joe Blade game best stick to the third in the series.

I personally found the Joe Blade series boring, redundant, repetitive and extremely overrated. I never found any appeal with this game. And I have to say the music from Target Renegade's Gari Biasillo is dreadful. Very uninspiring.

1987 Players Software (UK)
by Colin Swinbourne, Martin Severn and Gari Biasillo

There are a few games like Joe Blade around, so nothing new comes out of it. However this still manages to stand out from the crowd for me. The "invisible" shooting, for instance is a great idea, and very easy to implemented (for the joy of the programmers, of course).
There is nothing tremendously special about this title or any Joe Blade title for that matter, but they are still very engaging and addictive, even if a bit repetitive at times. This reminds me a lot of Death Wish 3, by the way, even the shooting is similar.

Remarkable late shooter ... a game with cool graphics , smooth movements and a character of its own !!!

I like it !!