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BattleSphere is a 3D space combat simulator for the Atari Jaguar console by 4Play/ScatoLOGIC Inc., released in 2000. The game is about 7 races, the Oppressors, the Smg'Heeds, the O'catnaut, the Slith, the Se'bab, the Telchines, and the Thunderbirds fighting a war over who will control and colonize the galaxy. It features 5 different play modes and the ability, unusual for a Jaguar title, to play over a network of up to 16 consoles. This network capability has been largely untapped, due to the game's release after Atari's takeover by JT Storage and abandonment of the Jaguar platform. Released after the Jaguar's demise, cartridge components and other supplies needed to manufacture the game were scarce, resulting in not enough copies to meet demand. A second edition of the game, with additional features and improvements, was released as BattleSphere Gold in 2002. Copies of both editions are extremely hard to find.
[edit] Play Modes
[edit] Single Player
- Alone Against the Empires - Game with strategy elements where you have command of other spacecraft and must move through a set of hexagonal sectors to defend your scattered starbases from enemy attack.
- Gauntlet - Defend six starbases in a single sector from waves of enemy attackers.
- Free-For-All - Destroy as many other starships as possible.
- Pilot Training - A series of training missions.
[edit] Multiplayer (networked)
- Gauntlet - Same as single player game, but using a 2nd console as an ally.
- Battle Sphere - 2 opposing consoles attempt to capture each other's starbases.
- Free-For-All - Same as single player game, but with human opponents at up to 16 networked consoles.
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