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If you thought Codemasters went overboard on their blurbs, here's what Psygnosis have to say about this game. "Makes all the other games you've played seem prehistoric," it gushes. "Simply the best arcade game you've ever seen," they rave.

Hmm, well, Blood Money is good, but not that good. It's a multi-weapons shoot-'em-up which casts you and a friend (in two player mode) as heroic pilots chugging through the scrolling caverns of four planets. Naturally, the place is heaving with alien life forms just queuing up to become cannon fodder, and every one blasted leaves behind coins ("Blood Money", see?) for you to snap up and spend in any weapons shops you come across.

It's nicely programmed, and pretty good fun, especially in the highly competitive two-player mode but there are better, similar games on the C64 scene, so Blood Money doesn't really live up to the promises on the packaging.

A decent, playable shoot-'em-up but nothing to wet your pants over.