{{Short description|1997 video game}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox video game | title = L.A. Blaster | image = L.A. Blaster cover.jpg | developer = [[Cryo Interactive]]<ref name="PP"/> | publisher = [[CDV Software]]<ref name="PP"/> | producer = | designer = | programmer = | artist = | writer = | composer = | engine = | series = | platforms = [[MS-DOS]] | released = {{vgrelease|EU|1997}} | genre = [[Shooter game|Shooter]] | modes = [[Single-player]] }}
'''''L.A. Blaster''''' is a 1997 shooter video game developed by [[Cryo Interactive]] and published by [[CDV Software]] for the [[MS-DOS]].
==Gameplay== Aliens have invaded Earth and the player is the only citizen left in [[Los Angeles]] in the year 2048. The objective is to shoot and destroy the aliens in a car equipped with weapons. There are six vehicles to choose from, each with different attributes. Every vehicle has the same weapon loadout: eight rockets and a machine gun with infinite ammunition.<ref name="PP"/> Rocket ammunition can be replenished by spending cash before mission start.<ref name="PCP"/> The game supports [[SVGA]] and [[VGA]] graphics modes.<ref name="PCG"/>
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | PCG = 21%<ref name="PCG">{{cite magazine |last1=Stangl |first1=Florian |title=Review - L.A. Blaster |journal=[[PC Games]] |date=April 1997 |issue=4/97 |page=176 |publisher=[[Computec Media GmbH]] |language=German}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[PC Joker]]'' | rev1Score = 52%<ref name="PCJ">{{cite magazine |title=Genre-Mix - L.A. Blaster |journal=[[PC Joker]] |date=April 1997 |issue=4/97 |page=95 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcjoker-maerz-1997-images/page/94/mode/2up |publisher=Joker-Verlag |language=German}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]]'' | rev2Score = 2/5<ref name="PCP">{{cite magazine |last1=Stoschek |first1=Monika |title=Spiele-Test - L.A. Blaster |journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] |date=April 1997 |issue=4/97 |page=70 |url=https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-04/page/n67/mode/2up |language=German}}</ref> | rev3 = ''{{ill|Power Play (magazine)|lt=Power Play|de|Power Play (Zeitschrift)}}'' | rev3Score = 15%<ref name="PP">{{cite magazine |last1=Gliss |first1=Sascha |title=Test - L.A. Blaster |journal=Power Play |date=April 1997 |issue=4/97 |page=107 |url=https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1997-04/page/16/mode/2up |publisher=Magna Media |language=German}}</ref> }} ''L.A. Blaster'' received generally negative reviews from the German games press. The game was compared to ''[[MegaRace]]'', Cryo's previous racing game from 1993.<ref name="PCJ"/><ref name="PP"/> ''{{ill|Power Play (magazine)|lt=Power Play|de|Power Play (Zeitschrift)}}'' described the controls imprecise, the gameplay monotonous and the presentation as something that inspires pity.<ref name="PP"/> ''[[PC Joker]]'' said the graphics and sound are unspectacular and the car is difficult to control.<ref name="PCJ"/> ''[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]]'' noted the graphics as decent but was less impressed with gameplay saying that avoiding the enemy projectiles is pure luck.<ref name="PCP"/> ''[[PC Games]]'' commented that there is no variety to the gameplay and summarized the game as "a bore".<ref name="PCG"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{moby game|id=/41025/la-blaster}}
[[Category:1997 video games]] [[Category:CDV Software Entertainment games]] [[Category:Cryo Interactive games]] [[Category:DOS games]] [[Category:DOS-only games]] [[Category:Europe-exclusive video games]] [[Category:Shooter games]] [[Category:Single-player video games]] [[Category:Video games set in the 2040s]] [[Category:Video games set in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Fiction set in 2048]]