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Battlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat game released for arcades in November 1980 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a tank which is attacked by other tanks and missiles. Using a small radar scanner along with the terrain window, the player can locate enemies and obstacles around them in the barren landscape.
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. Beyond the existence of prototypes ...
- Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood
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Oct 28, 2016 · Here, the final upright version of the cabinet included a periscope style interface that players looked through to play the game. This added to the illusion of actually being inside a tank: Atari’s Battlezone Upright Cabinet. An unexpected by-product of the game’s release was interest from the military.
Battlezone had two known prototype names before it was mass produced: Future Tank and Moon Tank. 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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Aug 7, 2012 · In the 1980s, Atari's Battlezone was the first video game to use 3D technology and sparked interest from the United States military. Learn more about Battlez...
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Great remastered retro PC titles @ ZOOM. Ed Rotberg is a true Atari legend and created the world’s first FPS with his masterpiece Battlezone! Ed shares all about the development of Battlezone and how this game led to him being approached by the US army to work on a ‘game’ for military purposes. Ed also reflects on the Polybius rumours and ...
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Aug 18, 2015 · Creating Realism in Military-Themed Games. August 18, 2015. Video games have come a long way since Atari's 1980 Battlezone, credited as the granddaddy to today's military-themed first-person shooters. Popular video games like the Call of Duty, Battlefield, Halo, and Medal of Honor franchises have bolstered the first-person shooter experience ...
