The Battle-Road

The Battle-Road
In-game screenshot
Developer(s)	Irem
Publisher(s)	Irem
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	NA: 1984
Genre(s)	Racing Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Cabinet	Vertical
Arcade system	Irem M-62 system hardware
CPU	Zilog Z80
Sound	Sound CPU : M6803 Sound Chips : AY8910, MSM5205
Display	Raster, 256 x 256 pixels, 544 colors

The Battle-Road is a vertical scrolling shooter racing arcade game released by Irem in 1984.

The game was an early open-ended vehicle combat game that featured branching paths and up to 32 possible routes. The player controls a car that is armed with two different types of guns (frontal and side), and drives for a road full of other dangerous vehicles like cars, motorcycles, trucks, helicopters. There are also other kinds of obstacles on the road. There is more than one path, in the same style used in Outrun.