is a 1991 video game for the

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handheld console. It involves

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s fighting in

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sequences.

Gameplay

The object is to earn more

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by winning matches and spending that money on better

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s like

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, and

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s. Robots can be traded in for money (gold) if updating them is impossible. At the center of each starting point is a base (circle). Either the base must be destroyed or all the opponent's robots must be destroyed in order to clear the

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. There is a certain range to each weapon; opponents cannot be attacked if they are too close or too far away from the weapon's firing range. There are ten different maps in the game. Each level has its own

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. Players must deliver newspapers for a tiny

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in order to resume competing after a loss.

Development

The beta version of ''Head Buster'' had a different readout of the battle along with more complicated terrain types. Stairs, for example, would have been used to climb up steep mountains. They were removed during the late development stages. Players would have to develop their robots literally from the ground up in the unfinished version while robot models were already fully assembled in the finished version.

References

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