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For the route that was part of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, see Battle Road. 1984 video game 1984 video game
The Battle-Road
The Battle-RoadScreenshot
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Vehicular combat
Mode(s)Single-player, 2 players alternating
Arcade systemIrem M-62

The Battle-Road is a vertically scrolling vehicular combat game released in arcades by Irem in 1984. The player controls a car armed with two types of guns (frontal and side) and drives on a road full of other dangerous vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and helicopters. It has branching paths resulting in 32 possible routes.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed The Battle-Road on their November 15, 1984 issue as being the seventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

References

  1. The Battle-Road at GameFAQs
  2. Battle-Road, The at the Killer List of Videogames
  3. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 248. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1984. p. 25.
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