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Its an action and simulation game, set in an arcade, scifi futuristic, tank and vehicular combat simulator themes and it was released on commodore 64, atari 8bit and vic20 as well. Operation, maintenance and service manual with illustrated parts lists. This firstperson wire frame vector shootemup, puts the player at the controls of a tank wandering the wilderness of a futuristiclooking battlefield, shooting down enemy tanks, ufos and missiles. Alternatively you can go to the battlezone 98 redux steam homepage and click on view manual or view quick reference showing 1 1 of 1 comments seqan. User hatrick shared pictures of two holes he noticed towards the top of both sides of the cabinet. Atari battlezone sch service manual download, schematics. Battlezone openface conversion kit installation instructions printing tm. Original atari battlezone arcade game manual for sale, price. Ataris upright battlezone cabinet is an imposing beast. Always turn the console power switch off when inserting or removing an atarir game. Some are fairly large graphics so they are slow but all the info is there thanks to paul swan for the scans and bob duryea for filling in my gaps.
This manual and everything contained within it, are property of atari games. It is not created under license from atari, or indeed even associated with their later and more famous battlezone, but is notable for several similarities in name and gameplay. In the game players control a tank with the goal of earning as many points as possible by destroying the enemy tanks, missiles, and flying saucers that continuously appear. The game plays from a first person perspective and two joysticks are used to maneuver throughout the battlefield in search of enemy tanks. Battlezone is an arcade game from atari released in november 1980. Robot tank, released by activision in 1983 for the atari 2600, is similar to the 2600 version of battlezone. Battlezone is a firstperson tank game first released in arcades by atari 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. The original version of battlezone unarguably deserves its place in the pantheon of greats.
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It is mocked up as the nsdf field briefing guide, and the cover of english versions is similarly designed after that document. Released by atari back in november 1980 and created by ed rotberg, battlezone was a first person shooter that put you in the driving seat of a tank where you could roam the landscape to seek out and destroy other tanks. First person tank, first ideas for battlezone, atari memo document. Battlezone this sketch is a mock up for first person tank, the game that became battlezone drawing. Yes its true, due to the limitations of the 2600, atari had to drop the wire frame graphics and resort to standard raster graphics instead. It is based on the 1977 board game ogre and its sequel g. Atari battlezone service manual download, schematics. This field manual is intended to instruct isdf soldiers and commanding officers about the usage of weapons and vehicles. Official pcb pinout information may be available in the manual. Released in 1983 on dos, its still available and playable with some tinkering. Encounter 1984 for the atari 8bit computers and commodore 64 is also similar to 2600 battlezone. To open downloaded files you need acrobat reader or similar pdf reader program.
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