The Blues Brothers (video game)

The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers video game intro screen

Intro screen of the Blues Brothers video game in IBM PC (VGA mode)
Developer(s) Titus Software
Publisher(s) Titus Software
Platform(s) IBM PC
Amstrad CPC
Amiga
Commodore 64
Atari ST
NES
SNES
Game Boy
Release date(s) IBM PC
1991
Amstrad CPC
1992
Amiga
1991
Commodore 64
1991
Atari ST
1991
NES
September 1992
SNES
June 1993
GB
1994
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single-player
2-player cooperative

The Blues Brothers is a video game based on the band The Blues Brothers, where the object is to evade police in order to make it to a blues concert. The game was released for IBM PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Commodore 64 and Atari ST in 1991, for the NES in 1992, for the SNES in 1993 and for the Game Boy in 1992. It was created by Titus and in gameplay is reminiscent of Capcom's Chip N' Dale series (1990), as well as Titus' own Titus the Fox. A sequel, Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure, was released for DOS and for the Game Boy in 1994.

Gameplay

The Blues Brothers game play demo on the first level of the game
Gameplay demo of the first level.

The characters have the ability to pick up objects (generally boxes) and either put them down to stand on them, or throw them at enemies. Each level is a variation on the jumping theme, with the characters finding a necessary attribute (e.g. a guitar) somewhere in the level. The sixth and final level ends on-stage.

The game can be played by two players simultaneously, but the scrolling screen only focuses on one of them.

The game's soundtrack consists of music from the movie. Dimitris Yerasimos composed the music for all versions of the game except for Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure on Game Boy, where Thorsten Mitschele composed the music.

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