''The Battle-Road'' is a vertically scrolling

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game released in arcades by

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. The player controls a car armed with two types of

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s (frontal and side) and drives on a road full of other dangerous vehicles such as

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s and

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s. 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

1984 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Irem games Top-down racing video games Vehicular combat games Video games developed in Japan {{arcade-stub