Defusing bombs in Joe Blade

January 19, 2010 • Updated: Mar 12, 2025 - 04:37 PM

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One of the games that caused us the most frustration was Joe Blade (Players, 1988), promoted in some Latin American countries as "Rambo Blade".

And without a guide to consult what the final objective was, we were content to walk through themultiple scenarios, picking upammunitionandannihilatingto every soldierenemywould stand in front of me... until by bad luck we ran into thebombs

I remember I used to frantically move thejoystick, without understanding what to do to get rid of thecountdown. At that point, I inevitably resigned myself to watching the usual screen ofgame over

They say that better late than never, especially when it comes to understanding the dynamics of a fun game: once thebomb, we are shown anew screenwith thefirst five lettersof the alphabet, in disorder. The goal isreorder them alphabetically-from A to E- before the deadlines are met30 seconds

To do this, we must move the lever to thelefteitherright, while they light up inred twoof thefive letters. By pressing thetrigger button, the marked letters will exchange places.

We share with you the steps todefuse the explosivesthat we must collect, which add upsix(6) in the whole game; but whose combinations are many more.

To order the letters of DBCAE

D B C A E...change the 1st and 4th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of ACBDE

A C B D E...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A C E D B
A C E D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A B E D C
A B E D C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of DCEAB

D C E A B...change the 1st and 4th letters to...A C E D B
A C E D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A B E D C
A B E D C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of EDCBA

E D C B A...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...C D E B A
C D E B A...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...C B E D A
C B E D A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C B A D E
C B A D E...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A B C D E

Second method for the same combination

E D C B A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E D A B C
E D A B C...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A D E B C
A D E B C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A D C B E
A D C B E...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A B C D E

Third method for the same combination

E D C B A...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...E B C D A
E B C D A...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...C B E D A
C B E D A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C B A D E
C B A D E...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of CABED

C A B E D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...C D B E A
C D B E A...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...C E B D A
C E B D A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C E A D B
C E A D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...C B A D E
C B A D E...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A B C D E

Second method for the same combination

C A B E D...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...B A C E D
B A C E D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...E A C B D
E A C B D...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...E B C A D
E B C A D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...A B C E D
A B C E D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A D C E B
A D C E B...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A E C D B
A E C D B...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

Third method for the same combination

C A B E D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...E A B C D
E A B C D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...E D B C A
E D B C A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E D A C B
E D A C B...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...E C A D B
E C A D B...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A C E D B
A C E D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A B E D C
A B E D C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of CDBEA

C D B E A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C D A E B
C D A E B...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A D C E B
A D C E B...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C E D
A B C E D...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A E C B D
A E C B D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A D C B E
A D C B E...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A B C D E

Second method for the same combination

C D B E A...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...B D C E A
B D C E A...change the 1st and 4th letters to...E D C B A
E D C B A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E D A B C
E D A B C...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A D E B C
A D E B C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A D C B E
A D C B E...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of EDBAC

E D B A C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E D C A B
E D C A B...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...E A C D B
E A C D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...E B C D A
E B C D A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E B A D C
E B A D C...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A B E D C
A B E D C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of BCDEA

B C D E A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...B C A E D
B C A E D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...E C A B D
E C A B D...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...E D A B C
E D A B C...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A D E B C
A D E B C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A D C B E
A D C B E...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A B C D E

Second method for the same combination

B C D E A...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...D C B E A
D C B E A...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...D E B C A
D E B C A...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...C E B D A
C E B D A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C E A D B
C E A D B...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A E C D B
A E C D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

To order the letters of BAECD

B A E C D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...B D E C A
B D E C A...change the 1st and 4th letters to...C D E B A
C D E B A...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...C D A B E
C D A B E...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...C B A D E
C B A D E...change the 1st and 3rd letters to...A B C D E

Second method for the same combination

B A E C D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...C A E B D
C A E B D...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...C B E A D
C B E A D...change the 1st and 4th letters to...A B E C D
A B E C D...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A D E C B
A D E C B...change the 2nd and 4th letters to...A C E D B
A C E D B...change the 2nd and 5th letters to...A B E D C
A B E D C...change the 3rd and 5th letters to...A B C D E

• Updated with information from Manillismo blog(Chile).