Battle Through Time
{{Short description|1984 video game}}
{{about|a 1984 video game released for the Commodore 64|the 2020 Samurai Jack video game|Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Battle Through Time
| image = Battle Through Time cover.jpg
| developer = Anirog Software
| publisher = Anirog Software
| designer = Ken Grant
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|1984|EU|1984}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/11731/Battle-Through-Time/|title = Battle Through Time - Software - Game - Computing History}}
| genre = Action
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Commodore 64
}}
Battle Through Time is a computer game for the Commodore 64 computer, programmed by Ken Grant.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=237|title = Lemon64 - Battle Through Time}} This video game is a side-scrolling ground-based shoot 'em up game drawing obvious influence from the arcade game Moon Patrol.
Gameplay
File:Battle_Through_Time_Commodore_64_Gameplay_Screenshot.png
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
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = Big K
| rev2 = Home Computing Weekly
| rev3 = Computer Gamer
}}
Big K gave the game an overall score of 'two Ks' out of three.{{cite magazine|title =BATTLE THROUGH TIME - AUTO vs. DEATH LIZARD |date =January 1985 |url =https://archive.org/details/BigK01Apr84/BigK/BigK10-Jan85/page/n35/mode/2up |magazine =Big K |publisher =IPC Magazines |last =Conquest |first =John |issue =10 |page =34 |issn=0266-5492}} Home Computing Weekly gave it four stars out of five.{{cite magazine|title =Now Follow That! |date =February 5, 1985 |url =https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-098/page/n23/mode/2up |magazine =Home Computing Weekly |publisher =Argus Specialist Publications |last =Ryan |first =Margaret |issue =98 |page =25}} Computer Gamer gave it three stars out of five.{{cite magazine|title =Software Reviews - Battle Through Time |date =April 1985 |url =https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_01_1985-04_Argus_Press_GB/page/n49/mode/2up |magazine =Computer Gamer |publisher =Argus Specialist Publications |issue =1 |page =50 }}
External links
- {{moby game|id=/battle-through-time|name=Battle Through Time}}