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Battle Cars

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A futuristic vehicular combat racer where you upgrade weapons and battle rivals across nine hostile circuits.

Battle Cars was developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Namco Hometek for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993; it was an original SNES title with no earlier release on another platform.


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Released
1993
Perspective
Behind view, Top-down
Size
759.90 KB
Rating
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About Battle Cars

Battle Cars is set in a 22nd-century world transformed by nuclear conflict and environmental collapse from the previous century. The player assumes the role of a rookie competitor in a violent motorsport organized by the International Battle Cars Association.

Gameplay involves progressing through a series of nine distinct levels, each culminating in a confrontation with a unique boss driver. The objective is to qualify for races, eliminate rival vehicles, and ultimately challenge the top driver on a circuit. Players can enhance their vehicle and its arsenal with upgrades throughout the competition.

While its high-speed racing style shares some similarities with titles like F-Zero, the vehicles themselves are designed more closely to Formula One cars. The core loop focuses on combat and progression within this futuristic sporting framework.

Battle Cars Screenshots

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Here's the snazzy title screen... stop gawking at the cars and press start!
Demo.
Main menu.
Options.
You have three models of cars to choose from...note the liberal use of spikes.
Here's a shot of the actual racing, in all its Mode-7 graphical glory... remember when Mode-7 was cool?
Taking some smack talk from one of your (unfortunately named) fellow competitors.
If win by driving skill alone isn't your style, you can always try some of these handy missiles!
Mystery Mode (overhead view).
Are you sure that's the planet Earth...?
Some tracks even feature dangerous intersections -- Oh, the horror!
Cross Country results.