I just happened to come across a rather neat new card game and set on the way to the Barcode Battler II, and I read it's Tanukii Studios, who approached Epoch Co., inventor behind Barcode Battler and Barcode Battler II, making that game.
The new card game set's called "
Riot Gunheads - Hyper World Injustice Fighters"!
I just took a moment to think this, if you're reading... You're probably thinking these questions in your heads, "What is Barcode Battler?", "What card games does it have?", "Do we even know how to play it?", alongside a few other questions.
Well, perhaps for those that don't know(or even remember if you've not played it in a very long time), it's time to give you a crash course.
Barcode Battler is a handheld game console that works very uniquely compared to other handhelds, like Game Boy, Game Gear, or even DS. While the controls are different, the system does have card sets sold at retail, comprising of players, but they also comprise of enemies, power-ups, even bosses.
The first model only had stats appear on-screen, for players seeking to battle against each other with their own playable warriors of their choice.
All anybody has to do, upon finding said cards in sets, is to scan by swiping them on its scanner while playing their barcode games in order to progress in their own adventures and face dangerous threats standing in their way.
The first model, unfortunately, while popular in Japan, didn't had actual graphics, sounds, and controls of its own, and its quickly forgotten by people...
Later, Barcode Battler II came along, and improved lot from the first model, to deliver better enhanced functionality to that handheld, including having single player mode. That model also gave way to link up with the Famicom and Super Famicom via an adapter, and allowed them to play games using the handheld's card battle system mechanics(too bad other regions' versions, like NES, didn't receive it), thanks to Epoch's partnership with Nintendo. It also brought up created card sets based on Nintendo's IPs, like, Super Mario and Zelda, along with other games based on T.V. IPs, like, Spider-Man, for instance.
No other new Barcode Battler game was made after '95... until now.
Tanukii Studios' hand in reviving the Barcode Battler itself could pave for later new games and card sets... but of course, their success may also well lead to the rise of Barcode Battler III, a more better model that pars very well to other stronger gaming handhelds(not counting mobile phones) and improved connectivity for multiplayer.
There's an interview done by Time Extension featuring Epoch Co. and Webb himself. You can take a read at that with this link I've left for you here -
https://www.timeextension.com/features/we-live-in-an-age-where-even-bubsy-can-make-a-comeback-meet-the-developers-trying-to-resurrect-the-barcode-battlerThere's another card game set coming up, called "
Woggle Ball '94 SuperSports Cards", but I'm not certain its Barcode Battler material. Still, its fun for anybody to try.
So, with that history trip done, I ask you this, would you give Barcode Battler a try? And, what cards would you collect?
Anyone around in here, would you please take some time to support Tanukii Studios' latest card games when they come out? It'd be neat to see some people get into the Barcode battling games once more. Hope you'll get your sets soon!
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