The Battle-Road

The Battle-Road
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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 Japanese video games developer Irem in 1984. The player controls a car armed with two types of guns (frontal and side) and drives on a road full of dangerous enemy vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and helicopters. The player can shoot enemies along the way, who can shoot back. It has branching paths resulting in 32 possible routes.