Electronic Gaming Monthly Ranks Blasto

Ever since I started the EGM Ranks series, there is one classic game character that keeps coming up. I'm of course talking about Blasto. Not a single day has gone by where we haven't been inundated with people asking (nay, BEGGING) us to consider devoting an episode to this beloved franchise. And so, on this very special day, I figured that this would be the perfect time to give the masses what they want.

As it turns out, Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed a total of one Blasto game between 1989 and 2009. That includes the 3D platformer, the PlayStation entry and even the one starring Phil Hartman. Unfortunately, it does not include the arcade game Blasto from 1978, the 1981 Blasto from Milton Bradley or even Blasto from the Mass Effect series, but I still think we have more than enough title to make a great list. What we're going to do today is count down the best and worst Blasto game using Electronic Gaming Monthly's own words and scores. There's no editorializing here, we're just going to focus on what the critics said back then this game first came out. So get ready to pour one out for Phil, because this is what happens when EGM Ranks Blasto.


Blasto (PlayStation)
#1
“Blasto is a slightly above-average 3D platformer that could've been a lot better. Personally, I like the clean look of the polygons, but others may be put off by the relative lack of texture mapping. However, there are two things that annoy the heck out of me in Blasto. First, the default camera angle makes it difficult to judge jumping distances, and second, Blasto is too slow, making exploration on big stages a tedious affair.” (6.4 out of 10)