Composer(s) Stephanie Wukovitz Initial release date 29 February 2000 Developers 4Play/ScatoLogic, 4Play | Genre(s) 3D Space Combat | |
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Designer(s) Scott Le GrandDouglas EngelStephanie Wukovitz Release date(s) 2000 (original)2002 (Gold) Mode(s) Single-player,Multiplayer (up to 32 players via Jaglink, ICD's Catbox or ScatoLOGIC's Scat-Box) Publishers 4Play/ScatoLogic, Scatologic Similar Atari Karts, Iron Soldier, Battlemorph, Cybermorph, Missile Comman |
Battlesphere gold review atari jaguar
BattleSphere is a 3D space combat simulator for the Atari Jaguar console by 4Play/ScatoLOGIC Inc., released in 2000. Released after the Jaguar's demise, cartridge components and other supplies needed to manufacture the game were scarce, resulting in not enough copies to meet demand. A second edition of the game, with additional features and improvements, was released as BattleSphere Gold in 2002. Although Scatologic will not release sales figures, a few hundred copies are known to have been manufactured. The first copy of BattleSphere was sold on eBay for over $1500.
Contents
- Battlesphere gold review atari jaguar
- Battlesphere atari jaguar gameplay high quality component
- Development
- Story and Gameplay
- Races
- Diabetes charity
- References

Battlesphere atari jaguar gameplay high quality component
Development

BattleSphere was originally called Star Battle, named after a mainframe game written by one of its creators back when he was in high school. PlayNet, the forerunner of AOL, almost bought Star Battle for its online services in 1986. The game was first announced in 1995.

After Hasbro bought out Atari, it took relentless lobbying by the BattleSphere fanbase and much behind the scenes persuasion to convince Atari to release the Jaguar console into the public domain. Without this event, BattleSphere, though completed in July 1998, would not have been allowed to be encrypted and released.

Concealed within Battlesphere is JUGS (The Jaguar Unmodified Game Server). JUGS allows anyone to develop and run Jaguar games if they own a copy of BattleSphere and a Catbox. BattleSphere was the first Jaguar game to include a development system hidden within it.

Despite the unusual length of time involved, the development budget for BattleSphere was rumored to be less than $10,000. The game's release was not without controversy with some customers complaining that insufficient copies were available.
Story and Gameplay
800 years in the future, the seven dominant races of the galaxy are at war. Stealing a plot idea from an ancient Star Trek episode, they have agreed to confine their hostilities to Sector 51, a spherical sector of space formerly used by the Earth government to secretly test new weapons and starships. Each race has sent its best soldiers and military hardware to participate in a tournament of space battles in this Battle Sphere. The race that wins the tournament will be given control of the galaxy.
Battlesphere storyThe game involves 7 races, the Oppressors, the Smg'Heeds, the O'catanut, the Slith, the Se'bab, the Telchines, and the Thunderbirds fighting a war over who will control and colonize the galaxy. It features 5 different play modes and the ability, unusual for a Jaguar title, to play over a network of up to 16 consoles, each with a pilot and an optional gunner, for a total of 32 potential players. The claimed network capability has not been tested, due to the game's release after Atari's takeover by JT Storage and abandonment of the Jaguar platform.
The game has the following play modes:
Races
Diabetes charity
According to 4Play/ScatoLOGIC Inc.'s Official BattleSphere Homepage all after-tax profits from BattleSphere went to diabetes research. The first copy of BattleSphere (signed by the authors) went for $1,575.