History of video games/Platforms/Barcode Battler

History
The Barcode Battler was released by Epoch in 1991, and was very successful in Japan, but less successful in Europe.

The system was an early example of a game that attempted to leverage real world data in gameplay, and is notable for doing so in an era before widespread internet access, accurate and cheap public GPS access, or other common systems used in contemporary games that leverage real world conditions.

Technology
Little reliable information exists for the technological specifications of the Barcode Battler.

The Barcode Battler is said to be powered by a N2A03 CPU clocked at 1 megahertz.

The system supports a two player mode.