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The Battlezone legend says that a military version of the game existed as a training simulator for the Bradley fighting vehicle. The designer, Ed Rotberg did post to RGVA before it became RGVAC that only two cabinets were made.
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A version called The Bradley Trainer (also known as Army Battlezone or Military Battlezone) was designed for use by the U.S. Army as targeting training for gunners on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. [27]
Battlezone with the limited edition Pericope Bezel is one of the most highly sought arcade games of the original Arcade Era. The Battlezone legend says that a military version of the game existed as a training simulator for the Bradley fighting vehicle.
Oct 28, 2016 · Atari's Battlezone arcade game released in 1981 was an immediate classic. This first-person wire frame vector shoot-em-up, puts the player at the controls of a tank wandering the wilderness of a futuristic-looking battlefield, shooting down enemy tanks, UFOs and missiles.
In the wake of the popularity of Atari Inc.’s coin-op video game machine, Battlezon e (1980), a first-person futuristic tank combat simulation, the US Army approached the company to develop a version for its Bradley fighting vehicle, an armored infantry combat vehicle that went into service starting in 1981.
- Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood
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Battlezone went into the arcades in November 1980 and created such a sensation that the U.S. army ordered modified versions of the games to use in training. Battlezone selling in 1980 at an MSRP of $2095.
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As Battlezone was so innovative for its time, the US Army commissioned Atari to create a version of the game for infantry vehicle training (called "Bradley Trainer"). Ed Rotberg was assigned the project, but was very opposed to it.
