''Biology Battle'' is a
multidirectional shooter
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) are a sub-genre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of charac ...
for the
Xbox 360
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and
Microsoft Windows. It is a dual-stick shooter with elements similar to ''
Robotron: 2084'', ''
Smash TV
''Smash TV'' is a 1990 arcade video game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams Electronics Games. It is a dual-stick shooter (one for moving and the other for firing) in the same vein as 1982's ''Robotron: 2084'' (co-created b ...
'', and ''
Geometry Wars''.
Development
According to an interview with Novaleaf Game Studios, the game cost US$100,000
Interview: Novaleaf's Swearingen Talks Injecting Biology Battle Onto XNA Community Games
/ref> to make, higher than other XBLIG games.
The game was written using C# and XNA.
Reception
''Biology Battle'' received mixed reviews upon release. On Metacritic
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, the Xbox 360 version of the game holds a score of 69/100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
External links
Official ''Biology Battle'' website''Biology Battle''
at Xbox.com
2008 video games
Microsoft games
Multidirectional shooters
Video games developed in Thailand
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox 360 Live Indie games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
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