Gameplay takes place on a flat plane with a mountainous horizon featuring an erupting volcano, distant crescent moon, and various geometric solids (in vector outline) like pyramids and blocks. The right size stick also has a fire button on top, which fires the player’s gun in the direction the tank is currently facing.

By moving the joysticks relative to each other, the tank can move forward or reverse (both moved in the same direction), turn on the spot to the left or right (one forward, one back) or move and turn at a slower rate (one forward or backward, one neutral). The player drives a tank using two joysticks, one controlling the right tread and the other the left. A colored overlay tints the display green for the bottom 4⁄5 where the action takes place, and red for the top 1⁄5 where the score and radar screen are displayed. Battlezone gameplayīattlezone uses wireframe vector graphics displayed on a black and white vector monitor. Battlezone was ported to Atari 2600 only in 1983. It was a huge success, approximately 15,000 units sold. Battlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat game first released for arcades in November 1980 by Atari.

Video game battle tanks