Battlezone

Battlezone

Shooter|Atari Corporation|1980

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Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in November 1980. It displays a wireframe view (using vector graphics rather than raster graphics) on a horizontal black and white (with green and red sectioned color overlay) vector monitor. Due to its novel gameplay and look, this game was very popular for many years. Throughout the 1980s, Battlezone was ported to several home computer systems (usually on the Atarisoft label), including the Apple II, the Commodore 64, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and the Atari XEGS. The Atari ST port contains large parts of the original 6502 code which is emulated in real time. An Atari 2600 port was also released, but has colored raster graphics due to limitations and the view is behind the tank rather than inside it.

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Game Info

PublisherAtari Corporation
DeveloperAtari
Rating 3.7
IGDB Reviews22
Retrospect Reviews0

Release Dates

Worldwide
Europe
ZX SpectrumDecember 31, 1984
North America
Apple IIDecember 31, 1983
ArcadeNovember 1, 1980
Atari 8-bitDecember 31, 1987
Atari ST/STEDecember 31, 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAXDecember 31, 1983
Commodore VIC-20December 31, 1983
DOSDecember 31, 1983

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Battlezone cover