Battle Beast (video game)

Battle Beast is a side-scrolling fighting game released for the PC in 1995.

Battle Beast
North American cover
Developer(s)7th Level
Publisher(s)BMG Interactive
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS
Release1995
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Gameplay

In the style of Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, a player can play against another human opponent or computer-controlled opponents in different levels using hand-to-hand combat, special moves and weapons to defeat each other.

Development

Battle Beast was developed by the American studio 7th Level.

Reception

Reviewing the Windows version, a Next Generation critic called Battle Beast "an incredibly fun and visually stunning fighting game". He complimented the play control, numerous secrets, and most especially the cute, humorous animation, concluding that "At its heart it's still just another 2D fighter, but its light-hearted feel gives it an edge over many of the others out there." He awarded it 3 out of 5 stars.[1] The game received a positive review from Computer Game Review, which concluded, "Finally, a quality fight game worth owning."[2]

Entertainment Weekly gave the game a B.[3]

Reviews

References

  1. "Battle Beast". Next Generation. No. 12. Imagine Media. December 1995. p. 188.
  2. Snyder, Frank; Chapman, Ted; Kaiafas, Tasos (November 1995). "Maulrats Unbound". Computer Game Review. Archived from the original on December 21, 1996.
  3. "Battle Beast". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
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