Battlezone Atari

In 2009 Hirschberg created Vector Tanks for the iPhone in the hope of catching Atari's attention, as he phrased it: “I ran up on stage before the big. BATTLEZONE(TM) NOTE: Always turn the console POWER switch OFF when inserting or removing an ATARI(R) Game Program(TM) cartridge. This will protect the electronic components and prolong the life of your ATARI Video Computer System(TM) game. GAME OBJECTIVE.

Product Information. Based on the Atari coin-op of the same name, Battlezone for the Atari 2600 is a first-person tank shooter. Your basic objective is to drive around the countryside, shooting enemies while avoiding being shot. Unlike the vector-based arcade game, which used a periscope as part of its control mechanism, this home version of Battlezone is played using a standard joystick.By the year 1999, all the nations of Earth have banded together in peace (according to this game, at least). Unfortunately, a renegade council of military commanders has disrupted this utopian existence by unleashing a battalion of automated tanks, aerial fighters, flying saucers, and supertanks upon the unsuspecting world. At the helm of an old military tank you found in a museum, it is your job to squelch this rebellion.

This unfortunately doesn’t work.Battlezone is a great arcade game, the Atari 2600 version is excellent too. I bought this, expecting to have no issues at all, it worked perfectly for a few hours, but then it started glitching up and cuts to black everytime now. I tried everything to fix the game, but sadly, nothing seemed to work.

I think the main problem is that this was never taken out of the box after 30+ years of being sealed. The game itself is wonderful, and you should definitely play it, but don’t go after a sealed copy of the game, this applies to just about ANY cartridge game that’s at least 20 years old, it’s best to buy a pre-owned copy, since the amount of use it went through would make it more durable.Verified purchase: Yes Condition: New.

Atari 2600 VCS BattlezoneThe Atari 2600 VCS Battlezone is an excellent port of the arcade Battlezone video game. The arcade Battlezone is famous for being the very first FPS (first person shooter) ever made, and this port is an excellent example of the things the Atari 2600 can do. The game gives the player a well 3D environment that shows the younger gamers that just because there is no Halo or even DOOM on the Atari doesn't mean the Atari doesn't have it's own share of FPS action that is still fun to this very day.

This is one of the best Atari VCS games by Atari.

Hit it rich complaints. Atari 2600 joystick:Joystick control:Player 1:Player 2:joystick↑↓←→TGFHtriggerSpacebarARESETF12F12SELECTF11F11PauseAlt+PAlt+PSaveF8F8black-white / color mode: F2paddle / joystick mode: Alt+LHelp:This Atari game is emulated by JavaScript only. If you prefere to use Java applet e­mu­la­tor, please fol­low this.Other platforms:This game can be played also in a version for. We are wor­king on the others.Game info:box coverGame title:BattlezoneConsole:Author (released):Atari, Inc. (1980)Genre:Action, Simulator, ShooterMode:Single-playerDesign:Ed Rotberg, Roger Hector, Owen RubinMusic:Game manual:File size:1613 kBDownload:not available (stream only)Game size:8 kBRecommended emulator:From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: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.Gameplay is on a plain with a mountainous horizon featuring a memorable erupting volcano, distant crescent moon, and various geometric solids (in vector outline) like pyramids and blocks.

The player views the screen, which includes an overhead radar view to find and destroy the rather slow tanks, or the faster moving supertanks. Saucer-shaped UFOs and guided missiles occasionally appear for a bonus opportunity.

The saucers differ from the tanks in that they do not fire upon the player, and do not appear on radar. The player can hide behind the solids or maneuver in rapid turns once fired on to buy time with which to fire himself. Common play in the US could run from 25 cents to a dollar per game, depending on machine setting. The typical setting is for 25 cent play, with three tanks.A standard enemy tank is worth 1,000 points, a supertank 3,000 points, and the flying saucer 5,000 points. The guided missile is worth 2,000 points when destroyed.

Each of these targets can be destroyed with a single shot from the player's tank. An extra life is awarded when the player's score reaches 15,000 points, and a further tank is then awarded at 100,000 points. No additional tanks are awarded until the score counter rolls over at ten million, and additional bonus tanks are again awarded at indicated scores of 15,000 and 100,000. The game only includes one hostile enemy on the game board at all times; the player never has to battle two enemy tanks at once, or a tank and guided missile. The UFO can appear on the screen at the same time as an enemy tank, and it can occasionally be destroyed by enemy fire.The geometric solid obstacles are indestructible, and can block the movement of a player's tank. Tactile wars jogo. However, they are also useful as shields as they also block enemy fire as well.There was a bug in some machines which caused very high phony scores into the seven digits to be posted (after a player would enter his initials).

Good players could actually reach this level after an hour or two of play.The music heard in the high score initials prompt is from Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.More details about this game can be found on.For fans and collectors:Find this game on video server or.Buy original game or Atari 2600 console at, or.The newest version of this game can be purchased on,or.Videogame Console:This ver­sion of Battlezone was de­sig­ned for A­ta­ri 2600, which was com­mer­ci­al­ly ve­ry suc­ces­s­ful vi­deo ga­me con­so­le of se­cond ge­ne­ra­tion pro­du­ced by A­ta­ri from 1977 to 1992. It was the first con­so­le that used re­mo­vab­le me­mory mo­du­les with ga­mes.

At the time of its grea­test fa­me, mo­re than 30 mil­li­on units of this con­so­le were sold for about $ 200 a pie­ce. To da­te, the ga­me li­bra­ry for this con­so­le con­tains near­ly 1,000 o­ri­gi­nal ga­mes. Mo­re in­for­ma­ti­on about theAtari 2600 can be found.Recommended Game Controllers:You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer.

If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller in or in some of your favorite online stores.Available online emulators:4 different online emulators are available for Battlezone. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. Formaximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basicfeatures of each emulator available for this game Battlezone are summarized in the following table:EmulatorTechnologyMultiplayerUSB gamepadTouchscreenWithout adsJavaScriptYESYESNOYESJavaScriptYESYESNONOJavaScriptYESYESYESNOJava appletYESNONOYESSimilar games:Comments.