Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Sonic Blast Man

Title	Sonic Blast Man
First release	1992
Developer	Taito
Publisher	Taito
Platforms	Arcade, SNES / Super Famicom
Genre	beat 'em up
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Arcade: 1990-05-01 SNES / Super Famicom: 1992-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q6120028

Execute the Dynamite Punch and Screw Bomb special moves to clear waves of street gangs, robots, and aliens across five different stages. As Sonic Blast Man, players navigate environments ranging from construction sites to outer space, utilizing standard punches and kicks to battle through the final encounter against the clone Heavy Blast Man.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q6120028) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (snes/sonic-blast-man) · last updated 2026-10-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (2580) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (45583) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (sbm) · last updated 2026-10-05 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`sbm`
Title at ADB	Sonic Blast Man (US)
Manufacturer	Taito America
Year	1990
Genre	Electromechanical / Misc.
Players	2
MAME driver status	PRELIMINARY

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito America); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-05 05:07 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Taito · internal use only.

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Videos

SNES Longplay [169] Sonic Blast Man

World-of-Longplays · SNES / Super Famicom version · longplay · 1:03:09auto-matched
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Sonic Blast Man (SNES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · SNES / Super Famicom version · longplay · 1:01:11auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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