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Battle Through Time

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Battle Through Time

Dec 31, 1984

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2.00 average rating based on 4 ratings

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Battle Through Time merges the gameplay of Moon Patrol with the time travel of Time Pilot.
Developers
Ken Grant
Publishers
Anirog Software Ltd.
Platforms
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Release Dates
1984 Full Release (Europe)
Commodore C64/128/MAX
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How Long Is Battle Through Time?
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scoopings gave Oct 6, 2022
scoopings gave Oct 6, 2022
Decent Clone, With A Cool Concept, But Might As Well Play The Prettier, Better Original
This review is for the Commodore C64/128/MAX version

Preliminary: Hmmmm a Moon Patrol clone that adds a great twist: levels set in different time periods going back to the Dinosaur Age? Thank goodness it's not just a half-assed microcomputer clone of an arcade game... Moon Patrol is one of my favorites so this is worth a try. I hope its controls are decent and that it lives up to its concept (and to the Moon Patrol legacy).

Look: 7/10 I love the background images, but the checkpoint system's look in Moon Patrol was much more exciting and engaging to get me to push through.

Play: 6/10 I love love love the difficulty settings being never played this before and very good at it. Any game with difficulty settings, like Atari almost always did, is better for it. In the end though, the controls were--as I was afraid of--a bit too clunky, especially when I know there's Moon Patrol to be played instead! Of course, I can't be mean by comparing a microcomputer game to an arcade game--just saying, in this day and age, might as well just load up the better arcade version heh.

Feel: 7/10 Cool concept, not as well-executed as I had hoped (why are the …

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Preliminary: Hmmmm a Moon Patrol clone that adds a great twist: levels set in different time periods going back to the Dinosaur Age? Thank goodness it's not just a half-assed microcomputer clone of an arcade game... Moon Patrol is one of my favorites so this is worth a try. I hope its controls are decent and that it lives up to its concept (and to the Moon Patrol legacy).

Look: 7/10 I love the background images, but the checkpoint system's look in Moon Patrol was much more exciting and engaging to get me to push through.

Play: 6/10 I love love love the difficulty settings being never played this before and very good at it. Any game with difficulty settings, like Atari almost always did, is better for it. In the end though, the controls were--as I was afraid of--a bit too clunky, especially when I know there's Moon Patrol to be played instead! Of course, I can't be mean by comparing a microcomputer game to an arcade game--just saying, in this day and age, might as well just load up the better arcade version heh.

Feel: 7/10 Cool concept, not as well-executed as I had hoped (why are the time periods just a bunch of wars, then way into the past lol...). Starting out with the annoying planes dropping bombs was an iffy choice too. But I like the idea behind the game, the execution isn't awful, and it is a clone of a game I love--might as well play the original, but nothing horrible about this.

Attachment: 6/10 Skippable in the end. If you somehow only have access to a C64, or if you really love time travel-themed videogames, it's worth a try. But mostly passable. Among the better-done microcomputer clones of an arcade game, I will say, though.

Completion: Through first time period Playtime: ~15 mins

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