Info. and Play! The CRL Group PLC released a computer game for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, in 1985.
Blade Runner
An action shoot-out game based on Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi film. Run down the replidroids to earn your bounty by "retiring" them from society. Features the Blade Runner theme music originally composed by Vangelis.
Publisher: CRL Group PLC
Developer: CRL Group PLC
Platform: Commodore 64/128 · Genre: Action
Release Date: 12/31/85 · Origin: Europe
Play it online here!
http://c64s.com/game/396/blade_runner/
Kipple- 07-09-2006
Instructions from the BladeZone Forums:
Well, I couldn't get the cursor keys to work so I re-defined them to:
Q=up, A=down, O=left, P=right, Space=fire.
Then started the game - you've got a city map on the right and a sector map on the left. The yellow city map (right) is divided into the green sectors (left).
Press fire to start.
Look on the right map - the flashing dots are reps.
Use the up/down/left/right to get to one of the sectors occupied by the one of the reps - as you move around the yellow map, each sector is displayed in more detail with the green map. When you're in the same sector (left map) you'll see the rep appear as a red and yellow cross. Move you cursor over it and press fire. This will send you and your spinner to the reps location.
The view will change to a side-scrolling street. Once you've landed and gotten out of the car, you've got to catch up with the fleeing rep, who is off the screen to the right. You can see his dot on the scanner in the middle of the screen.
So, run to the right using your 'right' key, using up and down to dodge the people on the side-walk and the traffic on the road. If you manage to catch up with the rep, line up using up and down and shoot him to retire him. If the rep manages to out-run you and disappears off the scanner, your spinner will land and back up you go again to the main map.
Repeat ad-nauseum.
Dunno if you get the chance to VK em - I doubt it 'cos all I saw was a 'bounty' bonus.
Kipple- 07-09-2006
SHARP AS A BLADE
We're on our way to the 21st century, so start thinking android quick! Unless you want to be left behind on this Earth while everybody else leaves for bigger and better planets, you'd better shape up your brain and get into action as a Blade Runner! If you've seen the fast-moving, futuristic film, then you'll know that Blade Runners are inter-planetary bounty- hunting police. It's their duty to capture and kill super-human Replicants, those lithe and lethal, living androids. This mission isn't execution, but 'retirement'. You'll have a flying car and an information screen to help you, but with the Replicants bent on revenge, your task is tough. You could make enough money to retire if you outwit them, but the fight will be tight. If you think you're sharp enough, then apply to the headquarters at CRL. They'll let you know how to get in on the action but you may have to wait. Tel. 01- 533 2918 and prepare for the future ...
Review from "Your Spectrum"
Issue 20, November 1985 - Frontlines & Hacking Away
