Bishop of Battle

The Bishop of Battle

“	"Greetings, Earthling. I am the Bishop of Battle, master of all I survey. I have 13 progressively harder levels. Try me if you dare. Insert coin."	„
	~ Bishop of Battle

The Bishop of Battle is the main antagonist in the 1983 anthology horror film Nightmares. He is in the segment The Bishop of Battle. He is voiced by actor James Tolkan.

The Bishop of Battle is a malevolent entity in an arcade game called "The Bishop of Battle". The video game is a popular game with the kids. The game itself consists of blasting spaceships and other enemies with a hand-held laser gun while trapped in a circular maze. The game has 13 levels in it, no one has ever reached Level 13 till an obsessed teen named J.J. Cooney one night, breaking into the arcade place at Fox Hill Mall in Los Angeles. J.J. Cooney manages to reach Level 13. It's after J.J. has blasted the final enemy of Level 12 that the Bishop's cabinet suddenly starts to spark and smoke before collapsing entirely. J.J. thinks he's beaten the game. But a moment later an electronic voice intones: "Very good, Earthling. You have just reached Level 13. Welcome. Let's begin." And J.J.'s body is suddenly surrounded by a shocking electric field.

The mysterious Level 13 begins, elements from the video game world crossover into the real world. Each enemy from the game emerges out of the wrecked cabinet. J.J., still clutching the gun controller, finds that it shoots real lasers. But the newly materealized enemies can return fire as well... deadly fire. After turning the arcade into a disaster area, J.J. flees into the mall parking lot...

...only to be confronted by the face of his obsession, which threatens to literally consume him.

The Bishop of Battle about to consume J.J. Cooney.