Blackthorne shipped in 1994. Kyle Blackthorne is a soldier: he fires a shotgun over his shoulder mid-sprint, uses enemies as human shields, and is always outnumbered.

The game shares DNA with cinematic platformers like Prince of Persia and Another World in its focus on animation weight and deliberate movement. Blizzard re-released it via Battle.net in 2013.

The game has dark tone distinct from most platformers of its era, and I'm surprised it was able to get past review by Nintendo given the violence.

My role for this title was engine programmer; I developed features the gameplay programmers needed that weren't in the internal scripting engine we used to develop the game.

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