Battle Circuit
Battle Circuit is a 2D side scrolling beat'em up drawn in a comic (manga) style in a futuristic science fiction setting. A group of bounty hunters must capture the mad scientist Dr. Saturn with a giant head…
Battle Circuit is an arcade developed by Capcom, released 19 April 1997 on Arcade.
What Battle Circuit is
Battle Circuit is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 1997. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Capcom Play System II (CPS-2).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place in the future year 20XX, Battle Circuit follows the exploits of a group of super-powered bounty hunters as they apprehend wanted criminals (identified by special serial numbers) in the city of Neo Koba. The game begins with the player attempting to apprehend criminal 9696X, a scientist named Doctor Saturn and his blob-like sidekick aboard his spacecraft orbiting Earth. After the battle, the character selected by the player returns to his employer, Harry, and is promptly given another assignment to capture a member of the "Delete Gang", Johnny, who holds a valuable floppy disk in his possession. The bounty hunter then confronts Johnny at his disco hideout and learns that the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.
What it launched against
Battle Circuit launched on 19 April 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Doom 64, Need for Speed II and Jonah Lomu Rugby.
Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Doom 64, Need for Speed II, Jonah Lomu Rugby.
Official trailer
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