Play Blake Stone: Planet Strike Online

Blake Stone: Planet Strike came out in 1994 for MS-DOS, developed by JAM Productions and published by Apogee Software. It was one of many shooters from that era, built on the same engine as Wolfenstein 3D, but it tried to stand out with a sci-fi setting and more interactive environments. You played as Blake Stone, a special agent fighting against the evil Dr. Pyrus Goldfire, who was trying to take over the galaxy.

You control Blake through a series of maze-like military bases, clearing rooms of robotic and mutant enemies while hunting for keycards and mission-critical items like fission detonators. The game uses screen-by-screen exploration, with hidden walls and secret areas to discover using a limited-use map zoom function. Combat is straightforward run-and-gun, but you have to manage ammo and health carefully on higher difficulties. The pacing is methodical, encouraging you to check corners and conserve resources. It feels like a tense, systematic sweep through hostile territory where every door could hide an ambush.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".