Software:Battle Through Time
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| Developer(s) | Anirog Software |
| Publisher(s) | Anirog Software |
| Designer(s) | Ken Grant |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 64 |
| Release | [1] |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Battle Through Time is a computer game for the Commodore 64 computer, programmed by Ken Grant.[2] This video game is a side-scrolling ground-based shoot 'em up game drawing obvious influence from the arcade game Moon Patrol.
Gameplay
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
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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]
References
- ↑ "Battle Through Time - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/11731/Battle-Through-Time/.
- ↑ "Lemon64 - Battle Through Time". http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=237.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Conquest, John (January 1985). "BATTLE THROUGH TIME - AUTO vs. DEATH LIZARD". Big K (IPC Magazines) (10): 34. ISSN 0266-5492. https://archive.org/details/BigK01Apr84/BigK/BigK10-Jan85/page/n35/mode/2up.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ryan, Margaret (February 5, 1985). "Now Follow That!". Home Computing Weekly (Argus Specialist Publications) (98): 25. https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-098/page/n23/mode/2up.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Software Reviews - Battle Through Time". Computer Gamer (Argus Specialist Publications) (1): 50. April 1985. https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_01_1985-04_Argus_Press_GB/page/n49/mode/2up.
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