Time Soldiers

Time Soldiers, known in Japan as Battle Field (バトル フィールド), is a 1987 run and gun video game developed by Alpha Denshi for arcades and published by SNK.

Players move their characters with an eight-way rotary joystick, shooting enemies along a scrolling backdrop.

These controls are similar to the SNK-developed Ikari Warriors (1986)[1] which allowed the player to walk and rotate in eight directions.

The plot involves the protagonists traveling through time to rescue their comrades from the villainous Gylend.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Time Soldiers on their November 15, 1987 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

A player fights enemy soldiers in the World War era. The "D-Scanner" at the top of the screen shows the location of the comrade who must be rescued.