Battle Through Time
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| Developer | Anirog Software |
| Publisher | Anirog Software |
| Designer | Ken Grant |
| Platform | Commodore 64 |
| Release | [1] |
| Genre | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
Battle Through Time is a video game for the Commodore 64 computer, programmed by Ken Grant.[2] It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up based on the arcade video game Moon Patrol.
Gameplay
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The basic gameplay is similar to Moon Patrol, in that the player has to drive a jeep through rough landscape and jump over potholes and obstacles, and shoot at enemies both on the ground and in the sky.[3] The player has to travel ten miles in each level before they can progress to the next one.[4]
Battle Through Time is themed after the most famous wars in the 20th century. It has seven levels, each with their own settings:
- World War I
- World War II
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
- World War III
- War Mutations,[5] an alien-looking landscape almost devoid of enemies, only riddled with obstacles
- In the Beginning, back to Stone Age, with a Tyrannosaurus rex as an end-of-level boss.
Each level has its own music theme, which consist of computer renditions of various famous melodies, such as Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven[5] and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss the Younger, and contemporary classics such as the Darth Vader theme.
Reception
[edit]Big K gave the game an overall score of 'two Ks' out of three.[3] Home Computing Weekly gave it four stars out of five.[4] Computer Gamer gave it three stars out of five.[5]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Battle Through Time - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Lemon64 - Battle Through Time".
- 1 2 3 Conquest, John (January 1985). "BATTLE THROUGH TIME - AUTO vs. DEATH LIZARD". Big K. No. 10. IPC Magazines. p. 34. ISSN 0266-5492.
- 1 2 3 Ryan, Margaret (February 5, 1985). "Now Follow That!". Home Computing Weekly. No. 98. Argus Specialist Publications. p. 25.
- 1 2 3 4 "Software Reviews - Battle Through Time". Computer Gamer. No. 1. Argus Specialist Publications. April 1985. p. 50.
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