Battledrome
Battledrome is an arena combat sim based on the MetalTech Herculoids. This is strictly arena combat. It was meant to be played between two players, via modem, but does include several AI pilots to sharpen your skills on.You start with a base model Herc that you outfit with weapons and powerplant of your choice. Then you either challenge or are challenged by other players (real or AI), negotiate arena conditions (several possibilities), and even make wagers. Afterwards you take your reward, if any, and repair/upgrade your Herc only to do it all again.Can be very fun in the H2H mode but the AI becomes predictable after a while. The arena environment is rich and graphics are well done. There are several soundtracks to choose from too. Its a good idea to have the manual for this as there are some in game features that are not very intuitive.Score this an 8 out of 10
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Contribution by Cee64E
Battledrome is the first release in Dynamix? MetalTech giant-robots universe that bears more than a passing resemblance to FASA?s BattleTech. Fortunately, the game is strong enough to be able to stand on its own without a FASA license. Unfortunately, most gamers passed this underdog by in favor of official FASA-licensed titles. Designed primarily as a head-to-head giant robots fighting game, Battledrome succeeds in capturing the frantic, tonnage-for-tonnage feel of a giant robots deathmatch. The two-player aspect of Battledrome (network or modem) is a lot fun and ahead of its time as a predecessor to Activision?s NetMech. Not surprisingly, the single-player mode is quite disappointing due to its lack of campaign or career mode of any kind. Batttledrome has very dated graphics - barely superior to MechWarrior 1's solid polygons, and worse in most areas, but still passable. Overall, a solid first start for Dynamix, although the game could have been much better (and a Top Dog) with a more integrated storyline and single-player campaign.
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Genre:
Simulation
Software house:
Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Developer:
Dynamix
Publisher:
Sierra On-Line
Year:
1995
System:
DOS
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