Bio-Hazard Battle

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Bio-Hazard Battle

Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console
ROM Size: 1MB
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-10-30	¥6,800	G-4087
US	1992	$?	1060
EU	1992	£?	?
JP	2007-01-30	600 points	?
US	2007-02-26	800 points	?
EU	2007-03-02	800 points	?

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Japanese title screen.

Bio-Hazard Battle, called Crying: Aseimei Sensou (クライング亜生命戦争) or simply Crying in Japan, is a 1992 shoot-'em-up game by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive.

The planet Avaron was plunged into deep biological war, and a retrovirus was synthesized to try to defeat the enemy. Unfortunately, the plan backfires: the planet is rendered nearly inhospitable, and the only survivors of the virus are sent to space to await a time when the new species of creatures that survive or thrive on the virus pose little enough a threat to set up a new colony.

Gameplay

There are four bio-ships available to pilot. Press button to fire a rapid-fire shot or either or to fire a charge shot. A miniature ship circles around the bio-ship that not only fires its own shots in time with the bio-ship, but also can collect upgrades to its current weapon and can be used as a shield, absorbing enemy bullets before they can hit the bio-ship. Also, unlike other shooters, the ship does not take damage by touching the ground on stages that do have ground.