Gundam: The Battle Master

Gundam: The Battle Master is a video game that was released on the PlayStation console in 1997 by Bandai, the game was developed by Natsume.

Story[]

Due to global pollution and increase in population, humanity is no longer able to thrive on Earth. It fell to the International Symbiotic Community to create a new home for mankind in outer space by exploring other planets. Upon confirmation of viable living conditions, planetary colonization started immediately, successfully creating new homes many years later.

However, some colonies rebelled against the Community when they began to impose order, the resulting chaos leading to mass destruction. To protect themselves, the colonies created Mobile Suits. Due to their rarity and power, they became precious commodities and bounty hunters soon took these powerful machines for themselves. A vicious battle between these mercenaries soon broke out, the likes of which mankind has never seen.

Gameplay[]

Repeated damage to a specific body part on an enemy will result in that part's armor breaking.
There's no standard "health bar". Instead, a mobile suit has a "temperature bar" that would fill up as it gets hit. When the bar is full, the mobile suit overheats and is knocked down. When a mobile suit overheats three times, it is knocked out and loses the fight.
The standard punch and kick buttons are complemented by a shoot button (for firing beam rifles or machine guns), a weapon button (beam sabers, heat hawks, etc.), and a thrust button that allows the mobile suit to fly indefinitely.
Projectiles are unblockable.
Special moves are limited. A mobile suit will have a rapid fire version of the shoot button and one or two unique moves. All special moves drain a bar below the temperature bar that can only be filled by connecting with melee attacks.
Some mobile suits can dodge into the background to avoid attacks, while others can erect a beam barrier that can block projectiles (which can be held indefinitely unless hit by a melee attack).
Bosses are massive and fill up nearly half the screen. They can not be knocked back by any attack unless they overheat.

Characters[]

Mercury Promenade
Lloyd Nichols
Honey-B
Rachel Aiphath
Synapse
Carol Youngfan
Keiji Date
Smith Kingsley
Largo Ford
Noise Maddy
Gals Gordini
Stein H. Srihin
Maria Nichols

Mobile Suits[]

Bosses (Non-Playable)

Gallery[]

=Trivia[]

Despite the game never being released overseas, its opening narration is spoken in English.