Using 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.
Battlezone was produced by Atari in 1980.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Battlezone was produced include: Atari Soccer, Hercules, Superman, Atari Baseball, Asteroids, Red Baron, Missile Command, Turtleroids, Asteroids Deluxe, and Monte Carlo
Name | Battlezone |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1980 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7059 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Battlezone Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 1 |
Game Play | Single |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Bezel | Battlezone Bezel Image |
Control Panel | Battlezone Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Battlezone Side Art Image |
Overall Like |
3.86 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.81 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.85 |
Collector Desire | 4.14 |
Gameplay | 4.25 |
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Graphics | 4.14 |
Originality | 4.52 |
Sound/Music | 3.45 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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Battlezone had two known prototype names before it was mass produced: Future Tank and Moon Tank.
The Battlezone legend says that a military version of the game existed 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. The controller was similar to a Star Wars yoke. The simulator has an option for a TOW Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile. This was in keeping with the real Bradley's capabilities. As long as you kept the enemy tank in the cross-hairs of the TOW sight, you could not miss.
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.
The imagery from the arcade game was used in the intro scene for the PC game version update of the game. The image opens where you see the original graphics on the screen. The image zooms out and you see it is the radar screen on the tank from the PC version of the game.
There are 14,970 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,553 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 165,388 machines (6,943 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 613 known instances of this machine owned by Battlezone collectors who are active members. Of these, 593 of them are original dedicated machines. 19 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 25 active VAPS members with a Battlezone machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Battlezone circuit board for sale.
Wanted - Very Popular - There are 41 active VAPS members currently looking for Battlezone.
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 seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Battlezone 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.
The rubber ring that centers the joystick is most likely broken. An inexpensive replacement can be bought at:
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Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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2016 | 1 | 690.00 | 690.00 |
2018 | 3 | 1,180.00 | 1,406.00 |
All Years | 4 | 1,165.00 | 1,227.00 |