Blackthorne

For other uses, see Blackthorne (disambiguation).
Blackthorne
SNES box art
Developer(s)Blizzard Entertainment[a]
Publisher(s)Interplay Productions
Sega (32X)
Producer(s)Ronald Millar Sr.
Matthew Findley
Designer(s)Ronald Millar Sr.
Programmer(s)Frank Pearce Jr.
Patrick Wyatt
Michael Morhaime (PC)
Artist(s)Roman Kenney
Stuart Rose
Jason Magness
Ronald Millar Sr.
Samwise Didier
Writer(s)Micky Neilson
Ronald Millar Sr.
Frank Pearce Jr.
Composer(s)Glenn Stafford
Platform(s)SNES, MS-DOS, Sega 32X, Classic Mac OS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Release
  • Super NES
  • September 1994[1]
  • MS-DOS
  • December 19, 1994[2]
  • Sega 32X
  • September 1995[3]
  • Classic Mac OS
  • November 1996
  • Game Boy Advance
  • September 2003
  • Windows
  • November 2013
  • Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One
    • WW: February 20, 2021
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

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.[4] The following year, Blackthorne was released for the Sega 32X with additional content. In 2013, Blizzard released the game for free on their Battle.net PC client.[5] In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, Blackthorne was re-released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection in February 2021.[6]

  1. ^ "Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 2, no. 9. DieHard Gamer's Club. August 1994. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Blackthorne- Press Release". 1997-10-08. Archived from the original on 1997-10-08. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  3. ^ "Blackthorne 32X Preview". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 8. DieHard Gamer's Club. August 1995. p. 54.
  4. ^ "At the Deadline". GamePro. No. 72. IDG. September 1994. p. 162.
  5. ^ Sykes, Tom (3 November 2013). "Blizzard's 16-bit platformer Blackthorne is now available as free download". PC Gamer UK. Future plc. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ McWhertor, Michael (2021-02-19). "Three classic Blizzard games come to PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One today". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-02-24.


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