Battle Through Time

Battle Through Time
Battle Through Time
Developer	Anirog Software
Publisher	Anirog Software
Designer	Ken Grant
Platform	Commodore 64
Release	NA: 1984; EU: 1984;
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Mode	Single-player

Battle Through Time is a video game for the Commodore 64 computer, programmed by Ken Grant. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up based on the arcade video 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. The player has to travel ten miles in each level before they can progress to the next one.

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, 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 and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss the Younger, and contemporary classics such as the Darth Vader theme.

Reception

Big K gave the game an overall score of 'two Ks' out of three. Home Computing Weekly gave it four stars out of five. Computer Gamer gave it three stars out of five.

External links

Battle Through Time at MobyGames

References

↑ "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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[1] "Battle Through Time - Software - Game - Computing History".

[2] "Lemon64 - Battle Through Time".

[bigK-3] 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.

[HCW-4] 1 2 3 Ryan, Margaret (February 5, 1985). "Now Follow That!". Home Computing Weekly. No. 98. Argus Specialist Publications. p. 25.

[cgamer-5] 1 2 3 4 "Software Reviews - Battle Through Time". Computer Gamer. No. 1. Argus Specialist Publications. April 1985. p. 50.