Battle Circuit 1997 Capcom
1997
Battle Circuit (c) 1997 Capcom.
In this side-scrolling beat'em up, 5 wacky colour-coded characters fight to arrest 'Dr. Saturn' and stop the 'Shiva System' from taking over the world! Earn money to buy special moves and power-ups. This game has 7 stages...
* Stage 1 : Inside enemy ship.
* Stage 2 : Fever in disco, den of evil.
* Stage 3 : Dead heat in desert.
* Stage 4 : Sneak in and foil Dr. Saturn's plans.
* Stage 5 : Jungle Battle, escape from death line.
* Stage 6 : Chase Zipang as you go down river.
* Final Stage : Showdown, desperate battle with Shiva system.
* Secret : Last battle, stop Master Program.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Capcom Play System II hardware (CPS II)
Game ID : CP-S II No. 21
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 11.8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Q-Sound (@ 4 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.63 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> [1] Attack, [2] Jump
>>> TRIVIA
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Released in March 1997.
Some of the game's characters seem to borrow moves & stuff from other Capcom games :
* Cyber Blue : His battle armor seems VERY inspired by the one used by 'Captain Commando', also his Cyber Cannon is reminiscent of Iron Man's Proton Cannon in 'Marvel Super Heroes'.
* Captain Silver : One of his special attacks is clearly based on Iceman's Artic Attack in 'X-Men - Children of the Atom'.
* Yellow Iris : Her Speed Up power attack is based on Psylocke's Gem Ability in 'Marvel Super Heroes' in which she summons copies of herself that attack enemies.
* Pink Ostrich : She borrows LOTS of moves from Zelkin Fiskerkogen, the bird alien from 'Star Gladiator - Episode : I Final Crusade'. Also her anklet is quite reminiscent of the spiky bracelets that Chun-li wears in the Street Fighter games.
* Alien Green : His jump & slam throw is clearly based on Haggar's Pile Driver in 'Final Fight'.
Johnny (the second boss) is based on Elvis Presley. When you defeat him, he becomes fat.
>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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Pink Ostrich and Alien Green are very hard to clear stage 2 & 3. So if you can put only one credit in the machine, play with another character.
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Planner : Burns Fuji, Dave Matumoto, Ryozo Tsujimoto, Satoshi.M
Program designers : T. Ueno, Batayon, HDO, Dress
Character graphics : Nakamu, Pinopu, Ino, Hana Kimo Komo, Shinya Kitamura, M. Nakatani, Yorio, Dekao, Dai, T.Ohsumi, Takep, Michiru
Title design : Shoei
Arts : Hiroki Ohnishi, Yamamoto Kouji, Nakamura Takako, Hirokazu Yonezuka, Nissui Asae, Nukeo, Hiro, Tokio.N
Sound effects : Hachibee
BGM : Syun Nishigaki (Kobekko)
All sound produced by Arcade Sound Team.
Voices : Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takashi Nagasako, Kouji Tobe, Miyuki Yamamoto, Jin Yamanoi, Miki Yoshino
Producers : Tomoshi Sadamoto, Ken Kun
General producers : Noritaka Funamizu, Yoshiki Okamoto
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.