Battle Frenzy
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Battle Frenzy is a 1994
video game developed
by Domark and published by Acclaim
in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console. It was re-released the same year for the same system as Bloodshot as well as a release on the Sega CD. Battle Frenzy was one of the few first person shooters released on the Mega Drive/Genesis.
s who outgunned and outclassed the boarding humans. The ship was eventually taken on to Earth's orbit and human scientists successfully shut-off the alien robot crew using electromagnetic field
s. However, when the scientists reactivate the cruiser's computers, they find an invincible space carrier containing even more robot soldiers and armed with extremely destructive Nova bombs are on its way to Earth; if the ship is disabled before it reaches Earth, then it is are programmed to crash onto Earth's surface and detonate the bombs. The only way to completely destroy the carrier is to destroy its twelve plasma node cores. Once the plasma node is destroyed however, the entire deck the node is located on will explode.
A year later, the Earth Federation makes it their mission to board the carrier once it has entered the Solar System
and destroy the ship from the inside. Players assume the role of the cybernetic
-ally enhanced trooper (starfleet elite marines) assigned to the mission, who is implanted with the special combat Battle Frenzy Chip which gives the soldier an unstoppable desire to kill... a condition known as 'Bloodshot.'
Players had lives, but whenever a life was lost, the players would restart exactly where they died. If players lost a life during the level destruction sequence but still had more lives, they would restart at the beginning of the self-destruct sequence.
While the controls were very basic, the player could strafe by holding the A button and moving left or right.
1994 in video gaming
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video game developed
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by Domark and published by Acclaim
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console. It was re-released the same year for the same system as Bloodshot as well as a release on the Sega CD. Battle Frenzy was one of the few first person shooters released on the Mega Drive/Genesis.
Story
In the year 2049, an Earth moon base known as Yaz 67 was destroyed by an alien battlecruiser. The Earth Federation Starfleet Command retaliated by sending two of its own space battlecruisers against the alien ship with the goal of damaging the ship's defenses and taking as many prisoners as possible. When soldiers entered the battered alien ship, they found it was completely controlled by robotic soldierMilitary robot
Military robots are autonomous robots or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications.Such systems are currently being researched by a number of militaries.-History:...
s who outgunned and outclassed the boarding humans. The ship was eventually taken on to Earth's orbit and human scientists successfully shut-off the alien robot crew using electromagnetic field
Electromagnetic field
An electromagnetic field is a physical field produced by moving electrically charged objects. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes the electromagnetic interaction...
s. However, when the scientists reactivate the cruiser's computers, they find an invincible space carrier containing even more robot soldiers and armed with extremely destructive Nova bombs are on its way to Earth; if the ship is disabled before it reaches Earth, then it is are programmed to crash onto Earth's surface and detonate the bombs. The only way to completely destroy the carrier is to destroy its twelve plasma node cores. Once the plasma node is destroyed however, the entire deck the node is located on will explode.
A year later, the Earth Federation makes it their mission to board the carrier once it has entered the Solar System
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
and destroy the ship from the inside. Players assume the role of the cybernetic
Cyborg
A cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
-ally enhanced trooper (starfleet elite marines) assigned to the mission, who is implanted with the special combat Battle Frenzy Chip which gives the soldier an unstoppable desire to kill... a condition known as 'Bloodshot.'
Gameplay
Battle Frenzy/Bloodshot had a total of 12 levels all taking place aboard the alien cruiser. Players had to fight their way through the decks of the ship fighting through different killing machines in order to destroy the armed plasma node core located on that floor. Once the core was destroyed, a self-destruct sequence would occur and players would have to run back to where they started the level before the time ran out.Players had lives, but whenever a life was lost, the players would restart exactly where they died. If players lost a life during the level destruction sequence but still had more lives, they would restart at the beginning of the self-destruct sequence.
While the controls were very basic, the player could strafe by holding the A button and moving left or right.
External links
- Battle Frenzy at GameFAQsGameFAQsGameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey and was bought by CNET Networks in May 2003. It is currently owned by CBS Interactive. The site has a database of video game information, cheat codes, reviews, game saves,...