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Summary

Sonic Blast Man turns the arcade cabinet into a literal punching bag. You slip on a pair of oversized boxing gloves, step up to a rising mechanical pad, and let loose with three all‑out blows. Each hit chips away at a target’s “tonnage” meter until the resistance hits zero and the on‑screen foe collapses, triggering a brief victory cutscene; miss the mark and the game ends with a loss, no matter how hard you swing.

The whole thing feels like a novelty sport: the pad only rises when it’s time to attack, and the score in the corner shows exactly how much strength you’ve left to spend. The design limits you to three punches per round, so timing and raw power matter more than button‑mashing. Speech bubbles like “Thank you, super Sonic Blast Man!” add a cheesy superhero flair.

Despite its fun factor, the cabinet sparked real trouble. Between 1991 and 1994, dozens of kids fractured wrists on the pad, leading the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to fine Taito $50,000 after a class‑action suit. The game was recalled in 1995, yet it still topped redemption charts in the U.S. that February and inspired a sequel, Real Puncher, which added new stages and a photo‑camera gimmick.

Storyline

In Sonic Blast Man you play a superhero who must tackle five distinct rescue missions. The first stage has you rushing to protect a woman being assaulted by a thug, while the second sees you racing against time to save a baby carriage before a semi‑truck smashes it. The third mission puts you in a city under siege, where an armed group has turned a building into a fortified enemy stronghold you must destroy. In the fourth level a giant crab is terrorizing a cruise ship, and you must defeat the crustacean to keep the passengers safe. The final stage escalates to a planetary scale as an asteroid threatens Earth, and only your heroic effort can stop the meteor from crashing down.