Battlezone is a critically acclaimed remake of the arcade game of the same name (by Atari). It was released by Activision in 1998 for Windows. Aside from the name and presence of tanks, this game bears little resemblance to the original. Activision remade it into a hybrid of a tank simulation game, a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game.
Legacy support
Currently Battlezone is more or less considered 'abandonware.' There are, however, community pages devoted to this game and its variants. BattlezoneClub is a long-standing community page supporting the original Battlezone 1.4 game, the Red Odyssey expansion pack, and Battlezone Enhanced; a standalone mod that fixes many of the original game's bugs, adds Dx9 support, and includes several new features such as special maps that contain unique units and units from the sequel, Battlezone 2. Battlezone Enhanced (now at version 1.3) also has many anti-hacking features to eliminate issues that plagued the original in online gaming, and is compatible with modern operating systems and hardware.
There is also a discussion/development thread headed by Ken Miller, one of the original Battlezone programmers, who is currently working on an update patch (unofficial) to address many of the issues faced with modern operating systems and hardware.
Table of Contents
- Red Arrival
- Eagle's Nest 1
- The Relic Discovered
- An Unexpected Connection
- Escape from Mars
- Behind Enemy Lines
- A Nasty Surprise
- Wrangling the Fleeing Herd
- The Race Is On
- Bring It Home
- Flying Solo
- Total Destruction
- The Three Beacons
- United We Fight - United We Die
- Strike At The Heart
- Tapping The Core
- The Ultimate Quake