Battlezone
- Genres
- Shooter Simulator Arcade
- Platforms
- DOS · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Arcade · Atari Lynx · Atari ST/STE · Atari 8-bit · Commodore VIC-20 · Apple II
- Release
- Arcade Nov 1980 Exact Apple II 1983 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1983 Month only DOS 1983 Month only Commodore VIC-20 1983 Month only ZX Spectrum 1984 Month only Atari ST/STE 1986 Month only Atari 8-bit 1987 Month only Atari Lynx TBD No date yet
- Credits
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A
Atari
AC
Atari Corporation
Q
Quicksilva
- Board status
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About
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.
