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Battlezone
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Manufacturer:
Atari Year: 1980 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 1 Gameplay: Single Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
 Photo contributed by: TKGB
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Battlezone DescriptionUsing wire models on a vector display with a green and red overlay, a battle with opposing tanks, missiles and the occasional saucer is simulated among pyramids and cubes. The 1812 overture plays during high score.MiscellaneousPlay a free version of Battlezone at the official Atari site: http://www.atari.com/arcade/battlezone.VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,978 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,014 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,113 machines (3,796 unique titles).Very Common - There are 284 known instances of this machine owned by Battlezone collectors who are members. Of these, 272 of them are original dedicated machines, and 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 24 VAPS members with Battlezone machines for sale. There is one VAPS member with an extra Battlezone circuit board for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - Very Popular - There are 26 VAPS members currently looking for Battlezone. There is one VAPS member looking for a Battlezone circuit board set. This game ranks a 91 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 63 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalBattlezone was designed by Ed Rotberg at the same time as Red Baron, hence the similarities in architecture. The designer did not use a structured approach, however, and while shapes were displayed on the screen first in Red Baron, Battlezone ended up going to market first. Collector Doug Jeffreys attempted to resolve the differences between these architectures, but he found that Red Baron ended up being a superset of Battlezone, even though either cabinet can power up the other board set.TriviaThe Battlezone legend says that a military version of the game exists as a training simulator for the Bradley fighting vehicle. The designer, Ed Rotberg did post to RGVA (before it became RGVAC) that only two cabinets were made. During one of my visits to Atari, I did actually see one of the military cabinet in storage at their facility and it had lots of extra buttons but the same basic cabinet. Battlezone had two known prototype names before it was mass produced: Future Tank and Moon Tank. Also a prototype of a cocktail version was developed, including full glasstop artwork and control panel. Only one is known to exist as it was not released for production. There is no color overlay for the cocktail version since the images needs to flip for the second player.FixesThe rubber ring that centers the joystick is most likely broken and will be expensive to replace.As an alternative to replacing the rubber ring, a person could buy two Ultimate Joysticks, and one Ultimate Pushbutton from Happ Controls (http://www.happcontrols.com/). Manuals
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