Combat mode

Video game concept

Entering combat also causes the game to enter a special mode of operation where gameplay changes more or less, often entering an arena-like location or other greater detail representation of the location.

872

games

platforms

Name variations: battle mode, fighting mode

Sidewalk

C64 1987

Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds

9801 1986-12-19

Battle Skin Panic

8801 1990-12-15

Genghis Khan

DOS 1990

Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus

NES 1990-09-21

9801 1990

PS4 2016-02-18

MSX2 1988-05-21

9801 1989-12

IIE 1986

The first video game about Combat mode was released on August 1980.

Koei, SSI and Starcraft has published most of these games

Some games may allow player to choose when to enter combat mode of their own volition, others dictate it for them.

This may include entering a special combat screen or combat field separate of the game world otherwise traversed in.

Any and all cases of automated battles do NOT count, regardless if they enter a special screen or playing field to show how it resolves.

This is NOT for simply pulling out your gun and holstering it whenever you like, nor entering a combat stance.

Parent groups

Encounter mode, Modal

Platforms

Windows		102
NES		99
Linux		92
MS-DOS		70
NEC PC9801		50
NEC PC8801		36
MSX2		32
C64		31
Amiga		30
Apple II E		28
Mac OS X		23
Sharp X1		23
Atari ST		20
X68000		18
GB		17
MICRO 7 - FM7		16
Mac OS Classic		14
Famicom Disk System		9
PCE		9
Nintendo DS		9
PCE CD		8
MSX		7
Switch		7
Mega Drive		7
PS		7
PS Vita		7
FM Towns		6
PS3		6
Atari 400/800		5
Apple IIGS		5

Combat mode

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