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- Battlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat game first released for arcades in November 1980 by Atari. It was a huge success, approximately 15,000 units sold. Battlezone was ported to Atari 2600 only in 1983.
Dec 25, 2013 · An Atari 2600 port of the famous vector arcade game Battlezone. It has colored raster graphics due to limitations of the console and the view is behind the tank rather than inside it. (The description below courtesy of MobyGames via a CC license.)
Battlezone was ported to Atari 2600 only in 1983. Battlezone gameplay. Battlezone uses wireframe vector graphics displayed on a black and white vector monitor. A colored overlay tints the display green for the bottom 4⁄5 where the action takes place, and red for the top 1⁄5 where the score and radar screen are displayed.
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Feb 22, 2018 · Battlezone for the Atari 2600 is a port of the classic arcade game! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: http://bit.ly/2lx4dgW Follow our socials: / retrogamesfan / retrogamesfan / retrogamesfan.
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A council of military com- manders has unleashed battal- ions of automated weapons into the countryside, These aerial fighters, flying saucers, tanks, and supertanks will turn the world into a lifeless landscape unless you can stop them. Luckily, you've discovered an old military tank hidden inside a museum.
How come the arcade vector graphics classic tank game Battlezone is not on any of the new consoles or compilations? It was on Atari’s Greatest Hits for iOS years ago (including the 2600 port) but since then nothing. I miss it!
In the 1980s, Battlezone was ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, VIC-20, IBM PC compatibles, ZX Spectrum, and later the Atari 8-bit computers and Atari ST. The ports to non-Atari systems were from Atarisoft .
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Oct 31, 2006 · SETTING UP: Set up your Atari 2600 or Atari 7800 and plug a joystick into the left controller jack. Battlezone is a one player game only. TV Type and Difficulty Switches aren't...
