Blade Master was released in 1991 by Irem Co.We have in the game two heroes to choose from, Roy and Arnold, trying to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to smash and power-ups to collect, typical of the genre in the 1990s.In Japan, Game Machine listed it in its August 15, 1991 issue as the fifteenth most successful arcade game of the month, ahead of titles such as Vimana and King of the Monsters . British game magazine The One for Amiga Games reviewed Blade Master in August 1991, calling it a "masterpiece," stating that "Irem has certainly done everything here - beautifully crafted animated souls, beautiful backgrounds, excellent gameplay, sampled sound," and furthermore calling the combat "satisfying." In the October 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game ranked fourteenth in terms of popularity.
