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{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = ''Blam! Machinehead''
| image = Blam! Machinehead.jpg
| caption = European PlayStation cover art
| developer = [[Core Design]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|WW|[[Eidos Interactive]]|JP|[[Virgin Interactive Entertainment]]}}
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|1996|BRA|February, 1997|JP|May 23, 1997}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]
}}
'''''Blam! Machinehead''''' (released in the US as '''''Machine Head''''') is a [[first-person shooter]] developed by [[Core Design]] and published by [[Eidos Interactive]] in North America and in Japan by [[Virgin Interactive Entertainment]], and was released for [[Sega Saturn]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[PlayStation]] in [[1996 in video gaming|1996]].

==Reception==
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{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{rating|2.5|5}} (SAT)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jon |title=Machine Head (Sega Saturn) Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1883&tab=review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116152955/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1883&tab=review |archive-date=November 16, 2014 |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website=Allgame}}</ref>
| NGen = {{rating|3|5}} (SAT)<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=26|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=February 1997|page=128}}</ref>
}}
''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it three stars out of five. The magazine praised the graphics capabilities, but was critical of controls and lack of additional content.<ref name="NG"/>

German magazine ''Mega Fun'' gave the game a rating of 86%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/MegaFun1196/page/n51/mode/2up | title=Mega Fun Magazine (November 1996) | date=November 1996 }}</ref> In 1998, [[Saturn Power]] listed the game 96th on their Top 100 Sega Saturn Games writing: "Nothing mind-blowingly original in any fashion but, in typical Core style, an interesting game nonetheless."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1998 |title=Top 100 Sega Saturn Games |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/70/SaturnPower_UK_09.pdf |journal=Saturn Power |issue=9 |pages=95}}</ref>

==Reviews==
* ''[[GameFan]]'' #48 (vol. 4, issue 12) 1996 December
* ''[[PC Games]]'' - Jan, 1997
* ''[[GamePro]]'' - Jan, 1997
* ''[[GamePro]]'' - Feb, 1997
* ''[[Game Revolution]]'' - Jun 06, 2004<ref>http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/saturn/machine-head {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Mean Machines]]'' (Nov, 1996)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-49/page/n49/mode/2up | title=Mean Machines Sega Magazine Issue 49 | date=November 1996 }}</ref>
* ''[[NowGamer]]'' (Oct 01, 1996)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nowgamer.com/reviews/playstation/7105/blam-machine-head | title=GamesRadar+ | date=27 May 2023 }}</ref>
* ''[[PC Zone]]'' (Aug 13, 2001)<ref>[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=2777 Computer and Video Games] {{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref>
* ''Joypad'' (Oct, 1996)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/erreur404.php|title=Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org|website=www.abandonware-magazines.org|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
* ''Absolute Playstation'' (Dec, 1996)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.absolute-playstation.com/api_review/rblam.htm | title=BLAM MACHINEHEAD - Review - ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197813-machine-head ''Machine Head'' at GameFAQs]
* [http://www.giantbomb.com/machine-head/3030-19153/ ''Machine Head'' at Giant Bomb]
* [http://segaretro.org/Blam!_Machinehead ''Blam! Machinehead'' at Sega Retro]

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[[Category:1996 video games]]
[[Category:Action games]]
[[Category:Core Design games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Eidos Interactive games]]
[[Category:First-person shooters]]
[[Category:PlayStation (console) games]]
[[Category:Sega Saturn games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Video games featuring female protagonists]]
[[Category:Virgin Interactive games]]


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