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Zoids: The Battle Begins

Zoids: The Battle Begins is a 1986 battle simulation developed and released in Europe for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and C64 personal computers by Martech, licensed by the Zoids toy manufacturer Tomy.

31 December 1986

Zoids: The Battle Begins is a simulator, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Zoids: The Battle Begins is

Zoids: The Battle Begins was released in 1986. It was published by Martech. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Zoids: The Battle Begins is a 1986 battle simulation developed and released in Europe for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and C64 personal computers by Martech, licensed by the Zoids toy manufacturer Tomy.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction.

Where it sits in the Zoids series

Zoids: The Battle Begins is the second of 24 entries we hold in the Zoids series. It arrived a year after Zoids. The next entry was Zoids: Chuuou Tairiku no Tatakai in 1987.

See all 24 Zoids games in release order →

What it launched against

Zoids: The Battle Begins launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did Zoids: The Battle Begins come out?
Zoids: The Battle Begins was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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