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Blackthorne

Blackthorne (released as Blackhawk in some European countries) is a cinematic platform game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for the Super NES and MS-DOS in 1994. The cover art for the SNES version was drawn by Jim Lee. The following year, Blackthorne was released for the Sega 32X with additional content. In 2013, Blizzard released…

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Genre
Platform
Artists
Roman Kenney Stuart Rose Jason Magness Ronald Millar Sr. Samwise Didier
Composer
Glenn Stafford
Designer
Ronald Millar Sr.
Developer
Blizzard Entertainment[a]
Mode
Single-player

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Blackthorne

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples93
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Blackthorne

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related to Plot · 23
Blackthorne → After, All, Androth, Androthi, Believing, But, Earth, Galadril, He, His, In, Ka'dra'suul, King Vlaros, Knowing, Kyle, Sarlac, The, Thoros, Tuul, Tuul's
related to Development · 17
Blackthorne → Another World, E3, Flashback, For, Interplay, Kyle, Kyle Reese, Persia, PlayStation, Prince, Sega, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, The, The Macintosh, The Terminator, There
Release · 14
Blackthorne → Classic Mac OS, December 19, 1994, Game Boy Advance, MS-DOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One, November 1996, November 2013, Sega 32X, September 1994, September 1995, September 2003, Super NES, Windows, WW: February 20, 2021
related to Gameplay · 14
Blackthorne → Androth, Androthi, As, Both Blackthorne, Combat, During, Karrellian, Kyle, Sarlac, Shadow, The, The Sega, Vlaros, Wasteland
related to Reception · 13
Blackthorne → Electronic Gaming Monthly, Flashback, Game, GamePro, Month, Nintendo Power, Out, Persia, Prince, SNES, They, This World, Total
Artists · 1
Blackthorne → Roman Kenney Stuart Rose Jason Magness Ronald Millar Sr. Samwise Didier
Composer · 1
Blackthorne → Glenn Stafford
Designer · 1
Blackthorne → Ronald Millar Sr.
Developer · 1
Blackthorne → Blizzard Entertainment[a]
Genre · 1
Blackthorne → Platform

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game kyle released snes version sega blizzard games 32x one time androth pc ronald millar sr nintendo flashback playstation gameplay

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BlackthorneArtistsRoman Kenney Stuart Rose Jason Magness Ronald Millar Sr. Samwise Didier1.00infobox
BlackthorneComposerGlenn Stafford1.00infobox
BlackthorneDesignerRonald Millar Sr.1.00infobox
BlackthorneDeveloperBlizzard Entertainment[a]1.00infobox
BlackthorneGenrePlatform1.00infobox
BlackthorneModeSingle-player1.00infobox
BlackthornePlatformsSNES, MS-DOS, Sega 32X, Classic Mac OS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One1.00infobox
BlackthorneProducersRonald Millar Sr. Matthew Findley1.00infobox
BlackthorneProgrammersFrank Pearce Jr. Patrick Wyatt Michael Morhaime (PC)1.00infobox
BlackthornePublishersInterplay Productions Sega (32X)1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseSuper NES1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseSeptember 19941.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseMS-DOS1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseDecember 19, 19941.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseSega 32X1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseSeptember 19951.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseClassic Mac OS1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseNovember 19961.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseGame Boy Advance1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseSeptember 20031.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseWindows1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseNovember 20131.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseNintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One1.00infobox
BlackthorneReleaseWW: February 20, 20211.00infobox
BlackthorneWritersMicky Neilson Ronald Millar Sr. Frank Pearce Jr.1.00infobox

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