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Battlezone

Atari Lynx · Released November 1, 1980 · Developed by Atari · Published by Quicksilva

77Total 78Single player
ShooterSimulatorArcadeActionWarfare
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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.

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IGDB Rating
76.58 / 100
21 ratings
Total Rating
78.29 / 100
23 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person · Third person
Themes
Action · Warfare
Developer
Atari

Release history (9 entries)

DatePlatformRegion
Nov 1, 1980Arcade
Dec 31, 1983Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dec 31, 1983Commodore VIC-20
Dec 31, 1983DOS
Dec 31, 1983Apple II
Dec 31, 1984ZX Spectrum
Dec 31, 1986Atari ST/STE
Dec 31, 1987Atari 8-bit
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