Blood Money: Боевик на разных машинах (1989)

1989 video game
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Blood Money is a side scrolling shooter video game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS DOS. A Commodore 64 version followed in 1990. The game is set in four different locations on a planet, where the player must fight off enemies and bosses. The game began development immediately after Menace, and borrowed similar gameplay elements. The development team used advanced hardware to develop Blood Money, using improved graphical and technological processes. The game was inspired by the presentation of Mr. Heli, and the animations of Blood Money would later inspire the development of Lemmings. The game was released to positive reviews; praise was given to the game's graphics and gameplay. The game was commercially successful, selling over 40,000 copies.

Blood Money is a 2D side scrolling shooter. The player moves through four stages on the planet, taking control of a different vehicle in each level: a helicopter in the metal world, a submarine in a water world, a spacesuit in an ice world, and a fighter jet in a fire world. Each vehicle features unique weaponry, which the player uses to attack all advancing enemies. The player can upgrade their vehicle with power ups, which grant them additional weapons and upgrades, such as support missiles and neutron bombs. Jones was heavily inspired by the "cuteness" of Mr. Heli (1987) during the development of Blood Money. With Blood Money, Jones was determined to use the full colour range of the Amiga, opting to use the blitter as opposed to the hardware scrolling; the blitter allowed graphics to be drawn quickly. Tony Smith, who had worked on Menace, produced the graphics for Blood Money, while Jones began work on a new scrolling system. While developing his own game, Talisman, Mike Dailly created a compact method to move enemies on screen, which Jones incorporated into Blood Money.

Blood Money received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release, particularly for its gameplay, graphical design, and sound. Gary Barrett of ST/Amiga Format wrote that the game is the best shoot 'em up game on the Amiga.