Blast Chamber

Developed by:

Attention to Detail Limited

Attention to Detail Limited was a software development company that developed leisure titles, business software, designed electronics for the arcade, and created many development tools. It was started in the front room of a house in September 1988 by 5 graduates from Birmingham University, Chris Gibbs, Fred Gill, Martin Green, Jon Steele and Jim Torjussen, and at its peak the company employed 75 people and occupied 12,000 sq. ft of converted barns in rural Warwickshire (UK).

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Blast Chamber (1996), developed by the British studio Attention to Detail (ATD) and published by Activision, is a brilliantly stressful, highly unique puzzle-action game. However, there is a major twist regarding its MS-DOS version that often trips up retro gaming historians: while the game was fully released on the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn, the full commercial version for MS-DOS was actually canceled. PC players only ever received a playable shareware demo in early 1997, meaning the full 40-level campaign remained exclusive to home consoles.
Despite never being fully completed for the PC, the game's core concept remains one of the most innovative and panic-inducing designs of the 32-bit era. Cybernetic BloodsportThe game is heavily inspired by dystopian sci-fi movies like The Running Man and Cube. You play as a futuristic contestant forced into a deadly, televised game show where you are locked inside a fully enclosed, cubical room (the "Chamber").
Every competitor wears a life-support suit rigged with C4 explosives. At the start of the round, a countdown clock begins ticking down from one minute. If your personal timer hits zero, your vest detonates, instantly eliminating you.