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Battle Blues

The turn-based Strategy/RPG developed by a team called Shin's Deko was another of the Korean 3DO exclusives LG pushed forward, and because of that also one of the rarest games of its time.

31 December 1996

Battle Blues is a role-playing (rpg), released 31 December 1996 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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What Battle Blues is

Battle Blues was released in 1996. It was published by LG Electronics. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A massive series of wars eventually forms a worldwide alliance superseding the UN with the ANA on a mission to promote the World Peace Act. However their extreme measures give way to acts of terrorism. In response, ANA seizes power and repels every effort to circumvent them. Eventually the ANA is abolished, but terrorists under the name FM now have the opportunity to rise and take over. TEAM BLUE is put together to act against the FM threat.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Battle Blues launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Battle Blues come out?
Battle Blues was released on 31 December 1996 for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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