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IGDB / 12916

Battlezone

1980 78 / 100 Arcade Shooter Simulator
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 Atariso Show full summary

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.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused

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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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Battlezone: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Atari, Atari
Publisher
Quicksilva, Atari Corporation, Atari, Atari
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Themes
Action, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • ZX Spectrum 1984
  • Atari 8-bit 1987
  • Atari ST/STE 1986
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1983
  • Arcade Nov 1980
  • Commodore VIC-20 1983
  • DOS 1983
  • Apple II 1983
  • Atari Lynx TBD

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