Blood Money

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Blood Money is the official sequel to 'Menace', a poor arcade shooter with ugly graphics and extremely crappy gameplay. Fortunately, Blood Money beats its predecessor in every aspect. The game's world is divided into 4 different planets and there are 4 different ways to fight. The first world is made of metal and you fly through it with a helicopter. The second one is a large sea world where you sail through with a submarine. The third one is a frozen world, where you pass through wearing a spacesuit and the last one is a volcanic world of fire where you fly using jetpacks. The whole weaponry you use can be upgraded through stations found in various places along the levels. In order to buy new goodies you must first collect coins after killing your enemies and spend the cash wisely. Enemies vary in every world, from small insects to even giant dragons. The game can also be played in a 2-players mode. Although a classic and famous shooter, Blood Money was never able to be one of the best shooters of the home computers era due to its high difficulty level and lack of innovation!

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Amiga version has some nice visuals with at least 32 colors on screen. The sprite animation and background scrolling are both smooth (though slow-paced). The game scrolls both horizontally and vertically, while the game is played from an R-Type perspective. Note that the Amiga version starts with an awesome intro animated scene with stunning -for its time- graphics and sampled music (note that this intro is missing from the Atari ST and PC versions). In terms of sound you can choose either music (a very well composed tune, which unfortunately is the same in every World) or sampled sound effects only!