Battle Squadron

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Battle Squadron
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Battle Squadron is a 1990 shoot-'em-up developed by Innerprise Software and published by Electronic Arts exclusively in the US and Europe for the Sega Mega Drive and Commodore Amiga.

Story

The alien Barrax Empire has been at war with Earth for centuries to gain control over the Universe. While returning from a mission to destroy all Barrax on Planet Urainia while gathering information on the empire's fleets, Commander Barry D. Mayers and Commander Lori Bergin were taken hostage by a Barrax nova cruiser, their last transmission mentioning something about being able to turn invisible for a short period of time. The mission is to rescue them.

Gameplay

A and C shoot; with a rather slow rapidfire ability. B drops a missile which destroys enemies within a radius of your ship (there is a limited stock of missiles).

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79 №42, p63[1]
68 №5, p90
85 №1, p65
80 №1, p76[2]
85 №4, p68-70[3]
72 №7, p44
84 №5, p54
90 №14, p10/11
80 №23, p52
87 №1, p39[4]
85 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
81
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[5]
ACE (UK)
79
[1]
Console XS (UK) PAL
88
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
50
[7]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
85
[8]
Gamers (DE)
67
[9]
Génération 4 (FR)
83
[10]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
83
[11]
Joystick (FR)
77
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
68
[13]
Mega Action (UK)
85
[14]
MegaTech (UK)
80
[15]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
80
[16]
Mean Machines (UK)
85
[3]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
80
[17]
Player One (FR)
72
[18]
Power Play (DE)
74
[19]
Raze (UK) PAL
84
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
87
[23]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
87
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
85
[25]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
56
[26]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
80
[27]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
25 reviews

Battle Squadron

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  1. 1.0 1.1 File:ACE UK 42.pdf, page 63 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 42.pdf_p63" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:Megatech UK 01.pdf, page 76
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachines UK 04.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 04.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  4. File:Segapro UK 01.pdf, page 39
  5. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 29
  6. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
  8. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 25
  9. Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 101
  10. Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 91
  11. Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 72
  12. Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 122
  13. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  14. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  15. MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76
  16. Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 38
  17. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
  18. Player One, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 44
  19. Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 135
  20. Raze, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-01-31), page 54
  21. Sega Power, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-06), page 10
  22. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
  23. Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 39
  24. Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 28
  25. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  26. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
  27. VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "February 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 40