Blast-Man Joe
Blast-Man Joe is one of the seven games in the game Mega Mash. Blast-Man Joe stars an adventurer also called Blast-Man Joe, or simply Joe, who is looking for the lost treasure of the lost Ascii Tribe.
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
Blast-Man Joe is set in a cave. The outline of the cave is made up of indestructible blue blocks. The background is exactly the same as the background of Super Treadmill, black with greyish circles. In each cave there is an enemy and destroyable blocks. Each cave has an exit which leads to another game.
What makes Blast-Man Joe different from other games in Mega Mash is that Blast Man Joe climbs around the cave from a top-down perspective, movements being more restrictive in that levels are grid shaped and cause Joe to make long movements.
Setting[edit | edit source]
Blast Man Joe is set in a dark cave.
Appearance[edit | edit source]
The background is black, with small little circles, the same background as in Super Treadmill.
Objects[edit | edit source]
There are many blocks in the level, some destroyable, others not. Enemies wander around the level, some chasing Joe.
Main character[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Blast-Man Joe (character)
Blast Man Joe is an explorer who wears a brown hat and is armed with bombs, which he uses to destroy enemies or hazards.
Enemies[edit | edit source]
- Mice - Brown mice who wander through the cave
- Spiders - Spider enemies who also wander aimlessly through the cave
- Fire droplets - Fire enemies who home in on the player; encountered in groups of three
Hazards[edit | edit source]
- Crusher blocks - Giant brown wooden blocks that can crush the player
- Spike heads - Blue blocks with spikes
Interactive objects[edit | edit source]
- Blocks - Various objects that can be interacted with by the player
- Return blocks - Blocks used to reset the stage
- Blue blocks - Serves no purpose in Blast-Man Joe zone, transforms into spring block in the Carrot Story zone
- Rock blocks - Destructible blocks that block the player
- Wall blocks - Indestructible wall-making blocks
Beta elements[edit | edit source]
No image of Blast-Man Joe was seen in the two NES promo posters, or the NES skin. An image of Blast-Man Joe was provided by Nitrome when Mega Mash was first revealed, and was one of the seven image of Mega Mash Nitrome previewed. This image showed Joe in an area made up of many square block walls. A spider and mosquito are seen moving around. As seen in this image, Joe is in super mode, able to plant several bombs at once. Mosquitoes are encountered nowhere in the game, and may have been replaced by fire droplets.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Blast-Man Joe is a combination of both Bomberman and The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- In the original The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the main character, Link, could place bombs that acted similarly to the ones in Blast-Man Joe.