Battle System Test Version 1 Release

I've put the source code for the first release of the Battle Test up on GitHub. You'll find all the tape and disk images in a 7z file under the releases tab. It's a minimal implementation of the first battle from Final Fantasy VII, done as a scrolling set of text menus. It's not much of a game, but you can play it on almost any computer you can think of, and it's all written in glorious BASIC code.

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