Battle Squadron (Amiga)

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Description

Battle Squadron is a classic arcade style shooter for 1 or 2 players, and a spiritual successor to Hybris. You take a space ship and fly it over a high tech hostile surface, and then into an organic setting. .

You can control the number of 'credits' you have from 1 to 3. You choose how many lives you get. You also get to choose the max number of enemy bullets and their speed.

You get powerups along the way that modify your weapons, and also the "Nova Smart Bomb".

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Alternate Titles

• "Battle Squadron: The Destruction of the Barrax Empire" -- Full Amiga Title
• "Battle Squadron ONE" -- Smartphone title

Part of the Following Group

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

User Reviews

There are no reviews for the Amiga release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.

Critic Reviews

Tilt	Jan, 1990	19.5 out of 20	98
Games Preview	Aug, 1989	96 out of 100	96
Amiga Joker	Oct, 1989	89 out of 100	89
Zzap!	Feb, 1990	85 out of 100	85
Power Play	Feb, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Amiga Format	Feb, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Retro Archives	Mar 18, 2020	16 out of 20	80
Commodore User	Jan, 1990	79 out of 100	79
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jan, 1990	78 out of 100	78
The Good Old Days (Staff Reviews only)	Dec 09, 2017	4 out of 6	67

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Trivia

Amiga Computing review

Amiga Computing gave Battle Squadron a whopping 109% (!) in their review, with both the graphics and gameplay scores going off the scale.

Atari ST conversion

Although The One reported the conversion of Battle Squadron on the ST is in production and should be released in autumn 1990, this version was never released.

Intro

The non-playable demo of the Amiga version contains an intro sequence that is animated and colorful when compared to the same but non-animated and black and white intro sequence in the game. Apparently there wasn't enough disk space for a full quality intro so they cut it down. The same cut-down intro is used in the Genesis version too.

Awards

• Amiga Power
  • May 1991 (Issue #00) - #49 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"

Development

According to text displayed after the outro sequence on the Amiga, Battle Squadron was developed in 8 months.

Information also contributed by B.L. Stryker.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Battle Squadron (Information about Battle Squadron on Wikipedia.)