Combat in Blackthorne takes the form of gunfights. The gameplay involves large platforming sequences, in which Kyle can run and climb around the environment, find keys and items and progress to the end of each maze like level. The game focuses around protagonist Kyle “Blackthorne” Vlaros, out for revenge on Sarlac and his minions. Vlaros also gives Kyle the lightstone for safe keeping. Knowing of his people’s doom, the ruler of Androth, King Vlaros, with the aid of the Androthi magician Galadril, sends his son Kyle to Earth to save his life. He forms an army and leads them against Androth. In this time, a ka’dra named Sarlac seizes power. But while Androth respects their stone, Ka’dra’suul reject theirs, and are eventually transformed into monsters by it. The people of the lightstone form the kingdom of Androth, and the people of the darkstone form Ka’dra’suul. His body becomes two stones, light and dark, and he gives one to each boy to rule their own kingdoms respectively. Believing it will solve the dilemma, he leads them to the deserts and kills himself. Years before the game begins, Thoros, the latest ruler, finds it near impossible to choose between his two sons as the next ruler. Blackthorne is set on the planet Tuul, which has existed for centuries without human knowledge.Īll of this time, Tuul’s people have been ruled over by a single shaman who “was blessed with all knowledge”. The cover art for the SNES version was drawn by Jim Lee. The following year, Blackthorne was released for the Sega 32X with additional content. It was released for the Super NES and MS-DOS in 1994. Many of these can be with or without gun in hand.Also, be sure to check out The Lost Vikings.īlackthorne (released as Blackhawk in some European countries) is a cinematic platform game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. They include walking, running, jumping, climbing (with or without ladders), shooting forward or behind, crouching, and rolling. Blackthorne's movements approach the natural level of Prince of Persia. What’s so appealing about it? Well, the graphics are great, with well-rendered backgrounds and enough frames of animation for most characters to provide a lifelike appearance to their activities. The fact is, regardless of whether one is really caught up in the idea of vanquishing evil, the process of getting Kyle Blackthorne through all 17 levels (four each in four areas, plus a final boss level in the last area) does become absorbing. Blackthorne review Electronic Games (1994): "Blackthorne it’s a platform game, pretty much linear, with both puzzle and mild shoot-’em-up elements, and not much more real plot than most such games. Follow these instructions to run DOS games on Windows 10 or later systems. You need a DOS emulator like DOSbox or D-Fend Reloaded. Do you have trouble running this game on Windows? Read this guide.ĭOS games can't run on Windows.
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