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Was an arcade game released by gaming giants Atari way back in 1980.It became famous for its use of wireframe (or vector) graphics to create a three-dimensional gaming zone complete with enemy tanks and geometric obstacles.The way the game played and looked made it stand out from the crowd, leading it to be an instant hit and one that remained popular for a number of years.These days it has retained a cult classic status and is well remembered by many retro gaming enthusiasts as a true milestone in vector gaming.It is time to take another look at Battlezone some thirty two years later. Battlezone was housed in a standard upright arcade cabinet with a novel periscope viewfinder which the player used to view and play the game.This viewfinder really did make you feel like a proper tank commander as you looked through it to see the 3D world.Thinking of the punters, Atari also allowed the action to be viewed from the 'sides' of the viewfinder; thus allowing spectators to observe the action. What a great way to entice other players!The following year another version of the cabinet was released without the periscope to improve visibility to non-players and to improve the ergonomics for players who could not reach the periscope viewfinder.A smaller version of the cabinet was also released with no periscope viewer, the action was viewed with a standard screen which was angled upwards.The game graphics were actually monochromatic (white vectors on a black background) and used overlays to create the famous green gaming zone. The use of overlays prevented a cocktail table version from being mass produced as it was not viable to use them on a cabinet of this type.The controls consisted of left and right joysticks which could only be moved in the vertical axis, each controlling the 'treads' on the side of the player's 'tank'. This was actually a pretty realistic portrayal of 'tank driving' at that time.
Combining this method of driving with the periscope viewer led to a real immersion into the gaming zone for the player.One joystick was fitted with the button to fire at enemy targets. As players know, once you had unleashed a shot it took a few seconds to reload so it was prudent to choose your shots carefully lest you leave yourself exposed to counter fire. Not long after the game hit the amusement arcades there was a rumour that it was possible to actually drive to the erupting volcano shown on the distant horizon.If that wasn't crazy enough the rumour also claimed that the player could drive up the side of the volcano and into the crater to discover a hidden castle inside!This was, of course falser than a Tory promise, but plans to include such a feature in future versions of the game were inspired by this now famous myth!A similar myth also surfaced which described driving in the same direction for at least an hour without the loss of a life. The rumour went that if this was achieved the player would eventually reach the mountains on the horizon and see a munitions factory churning out enemy tanks!There were other rumours involving UFO motherships, being able to shoot the moon from the sky and so on.If Atari had managed to incorporate any of these 'features' it would have been the programming feat of the decade!
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