Pat is a rare breed of content creators, he goes above and beyond: Right from the beginning he gives as a pic of a movie poster in theatres around when the game was released to give us the feeling of that year, which helps a lot. From then on in, it's a comprehensive ( or very close to it ) look at the game of the hour including ports and sometimes descriptions of the hardware layout. I don't know any other person who makes such great, fun - to - watch videos where we actually learn a lot about the classic games we all know and love. I feel like I'm seeing them for the first time, or at least through new eyes. Thanks Pat!
Agree, Pat understands gaming culture, history and the pure artistic endeavour that went into the early games (and still continues now, albeit in a different ways). It's a golden channel.
It's hard to describe what make these vector graphics games look so good in person unless you've seen it. The clean lines and varying brightness feel like a sci-fi future from the past. You can watch footage of vector games, and it never looks as cool as it is on original hardware.
I totally believe you even though I've never seen a vector monitor in real life. I imagine it's as difficult as explaining how classic raster games look way better on a CRT like with Super Nintendo or Genesis to a younger gamer that's used to LCD/LED modern screens lol. 😃
I am a writer for Old School Gamer Magazine and I did an extensive article about Battlezone in OSG Issue #7. I was able interview most of the primary people involved including Ed Rotberg, Mike Albaugh, Jed Margolin, and Owen Rubin. In addition to the basic information, I was also allowed to see and examine the code for not only the game, but also the Math Box (an AMD 2901 which did the heavy lifting in rendering the vector graphics) since the 6502 couldn't handle the complex math operations. Since I am an old school machine language programmer myself, this proved to be very interesting on seeing how it worked. It addition, the Atari ST used the actual 6502 code from Battlezone within a virtual box that would run on the the Atari ST's Motorola 68000.
Battlezone II was amazing back in the day. The multiplayer was next-level with RTS base-building and commands as well as first-person combat and vehicle commandeering.
Battlezone, a favorite! I love that you excavate all these ancient artifacts from the era: ads, interviews, news stories, movie posters, little jingles, music, magazine articles, box art, graphics, manufacturing photos, and all the little surprises, secrets, hidden levels, Easter eggs, sound effects... I don't know how you do it, but THANK YOU! Incredible!
The memories! I still remember where I first played Battlezone. I was 11. There was this old house that was next door to a shopping plaza across the street from my school. The bottom floor of the house was a hardware store, and the rooms in the top floor that you had access to through a staircase on the side of the house, were a small arcade. It wasn't much bigger than my current living room. I remember that the first game that you saw when you walked in there was Berzerk. It was my first time seeing that one. Battlezone was in the opposite corner of the room. The games I recall them having was Berzerk, Space Invaders, Centipede, Pac Man, New York New York, Rip off, The End, Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Star Castle, Space Duel, and of course, the periscope version of Battlezone. And as a kid, I used to get money for a hot lunch from my parents, but sneak a sandwich with me to school. I would save my lunch money and go to the arcade after school and blow my quarters. I played the HELL out of ALL of these games. And when I couldn't play these games, I'd obsess about playing them and I would even design and build board game versions of them so I could play them when not in the arcade. Designing board games that perfectly simulated arcade games I loved was a serious hobby of mine back when I was a kid. I discovered that graph paper was perfect for precise pixel perfect movement too. I even developed systems for simultaneous movement. I always tried to make the board games FULLY match what I saw on those screens. The 3D games and laserdisk games completely flummoxed me though. I attempted Dragons Lair and failed miserably. The game just... lacked what made the game neat... the graphics.
the nintendo switch has a really good version of dragons lair 1 and 2 as well as space ace. but what trips me out is didnt they have a sub game utilizing the same periscope cabinet????? swore this wasnt the only game they used the periscope thing.
Atari needs to buy back the rights to Battlezone and then put the arcade version and the 2600 version on Atari 50. Players could use two analog sticks to drive the tank the way they did in the arcade and then use the shoulder buttons and/or triggers for firing. If Atari happens to be watching this... DO IT!
hope he talks about the amazing Battlezone reboot from 1999 where is set in an alternate history version of the Cold War and its sequel co created by Pandemic Studios
As a kid of the 70's & 80's I think my best arcade memory's are of Atari games. You had a lot of great games, from a lot of amazing companies, but Atari was just so next level. So many unique controls that immersed you in to the game like no other. Sadly, this also meant most home conversions of their best games never matched up. On a final note, I don't think I ever saw that full faced version and if I did, I never noticed. All the times I ever saw Battlezone, which was rather often, it was always the OG deluxe cab.
This game was at Fort Hood army base in the early 80s, and on Harvey Barracks by Kitzingen Germany in the mid 80s. Both were in arcades inside bowling alleys. I, like many of my young peers, needed to stand on a chair to play it. The story of the Army version saddens me. We have a local arcade that was started because somebody stopped a guy from destroying several arcade games. I cannot wrap my head around that.
Got it on the 2600 and had it on MS-DOS (wish I still did) as well as "Robot Tank" on the 2600. I really wish they had released it on the Vectrex in the '80s. Always wanted that one and "Red Baron" as they were two of my favorite vector graphic games at the time. =(
The thing about Battlezone 98 is that you need to look at it not as an original Battlezone game, but it's own thing entirely. It's hands down one of the best FPS/RTS games you can by, and the community has done a phenomenal job keeping the game alive!
The first time I played this, it was online, in computer class, in 1998. I was blown away that some java programmer came up with such innovative graphics on his own, that was easy on memory that allowed a "3d" game to be played on a junk computer online. I only realized it was an emulated arcade game from even earlier about 10 years later when youtube really took off and people like Patman educated me on video game history. Like loving a song, and realizing years later it was a cover the whole time, and the original was better.
I remember trying this when I was 10 but not understanding the tank controls fully. I later got the Atari 2600 version a few years later and spent many hours on it.
My elementary school hosted some sort of YMCA thing during the summer to keep kids out of the heat in phoenix. They happened to have a Battlezone cabinet in freeplay mode so I learned to love tank tread controls that year.
Battle zone and Red Baron were the very first vector games that I put in my collection, and they both got me hooked on vectors. Since then, I have accumulated enough of them to have what I call, "vector row"
Man I vividly remember playing this in the arcade, periscope version! Mind was blown! One in the first games i played! Really great stuff! Very immersive! 😎😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍
I have a lot of experience with Battlezone '98. I played it pretty extensively and it's actually one of the best strategy/shooter hybrid games I've ever played. You can give your units very thorough orders, and their AI is pretty good in my experience. I particularly like that the resource system is tied into combat - you get more resources by blowing up enemies and collecting the scrap.The more you kick the enemy's rear, the more resources you have. It's single-player campaign is pretty interesting, too.
Loved this arcade game as a kid; the only thing keeping from playing it more often was realizing that after a several minutes the quarter was gone, the game was over, andd (unlike comics) there wasn't anything to show for it. But it and asteroids were always my favorites even years after more detailed/sophisticated games came out.
Battlezone represents the first time I ever saw 3D of any kind. In this case, wire frame graphics, but it was AWESOME! I was blown away. It was expensive, 50 cents per play, but it didn't' take long to get good and get your money's worth. I was similarly impressed by Hard Drivin'.
As a little kid in the 80s i frequently visited my grand parents where my uncle had a c64.. my fav game to play... battlezone... this takes me back.. Thanks Pat.. now i'm watching this with my 6y old son.. ❤
when i was on holiday in the isle of man they had this in the arcade but it was turned off..the fella running it told me to reach around the back and turn it on..there was no back on the arcade cab and the cash box was just sitting in it full of 50 p coins..you can guess the rest ..lol
I remember, and really liked, this game, I preferred the original periscope view cabinet over the full, open video screened one, I spent hours playing it. And, great to see you back and about Patman. =^.^=
A quite remarkable feat of programming when you think how long ago it was, how new arcade gaming was at that time. A classic that I'm glad I did play in the 80s, in Bournemouth, UK.
Man, I remember playing this old game on my Atari 2600 when I was like 5 years old. It was one of the best games I had, next to Adventure and Pitfall. Not bad for a little Atari 2600 game. Thank you for this video Patman!
Thank you so much for your work of keeping the history of gaming alive. You helped reignite in me, a Computer Engineering dropout, the hope of trying again to make that "Write one book, plant one tree" and make one game, in my bucketlist. Thank you ^^ When I hear from you how things were done, and challenges and the drive to solve issues and create something new, it helps me move forward regardless of hardships.
What a tremendously well done review of one of the greatest games ever … not surprised though because PatMan is always great! Thanks hope you are continuing to heal 👊🏻😎🕹️
Dang Midway throwing away treasure.😂 Did they not know they're throwing Away a gem? Otherwise they played it so much They busted the machine and Was like screw it throw it out.😂
Being born in '83, I missed out on this gem, but, I was around for the 1998 Battlezone on PC, whose intro does homage to the original. Yes, you should play the '98 version, the soundtrack alone is *Chef's kiss*. Me & my brother played it to death back in the day, since it came free with our first PC. (This was 1999).
pat the best battlezone descandant game i had played was T mek. up to 8 players and sit down cabinet with to flight stick controllers was the best tactile sensation to date at the time. pat i hope if you see it in the wild just jump in one...
YES, the most triumphant return with Battlezone in tow no less! Always glad to see more arcade history from my favorite historian and narrator, glad you are well and back in the saddle Patman! Be blessed brother and thanks again for all you do. 😎👍
Oh man! Good choice! I liked but didn't LOVE this in the arcade as a kid but adored and owned the Activision clone 'Robot Tank' for my VCS that you briefly showed in the video, Pat. And like you I really enjoyed the later MS-DOS game Stellar7 that I played pretty much at the same time in rotation with Wing Commander when I got my first PC-clone in 1992. You are correct that there's no real way to replicate the experience of gripping those dual sticks and sticking your head into the viewfinder where so many greasy foreheads had been before yours anymore! Not sure if that's a shame or not. It definately was a unique experience tho!
When I was about 13/14 in 83/84 I was on a BBS that would have meetups. We would take our Commodore and Apples to the SYSOPs house and trade games all day and go for pizza at Round Table... Anyway the SYSOP had a Battlezone machine in his house! Great times.
The arcade game was one of those WOW games that was mind blowing when you first played it. Unlike anything else at the time. But, seriously, Robot Tank was THE best thing on the 2600. Absolutely incredible game. Battlezone 2600 was fine, but Robot Tank was next level.
One of my favorite arcade games. They had this down at the local pizza parlor. The Apple II port was an absolute abomination. The programmer really didn't know what he was doing. Stellar 7 shows what the platform was capable of for wire-frame animation
Oh man did Vector Graphics blow everyone away!!! To get that same feel i strongly believe u still need to play Vector games on the Arcade! Or get that Vectrex TV/Game! i remember playing this game quite a bit at our arcade back in the day! What a great video...thanks Patman!
In the 2016 VR Battlezone there is an easter egg. On certain stages you will see a giant pillar, at the base of the pillar it's lit up with curved stripes. if you center on one of the stripes on you and have one on each side of the centered one, it is the Atari logo.
Great video! My first exposure to the game was the Windows 16 bit port. I still prefer this version even if it takes a little work to make it run on modern computers.
I got to see and play the military version while we were deployed to South Korea for Operation Bear Hunt in 1986. There was also a version specifically designed for us T.O.W. missile gunners to practice acquiring targets, firing the missile, and tracking/engaging targets. Definitely pretty cool experience!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It was very cool indeed! The TOW missile gunner version was projected onto a big movie screen. Everyone in our platoon got to check it out. They were working on a version that would've supported multiple users so TOW gunners would be able to practice working together engaging targets (hammer and anvil, etc). Now THAT would have been the absolute TIT'S, but it wasn't ready at the time.
Here in the UK I never saw anything but the periscope version... I remember my dad having to lift me up to the eye level just to play it. Till I found a stool about the right size.. Fantastic game.
I've been watching this guy for a while.And I always enjoyed his videos.And I could not believe this man has this disability And he's still able to play these games and be so psyched about them. Love the guy keep it up.
Patman, You are definitely back. And the twisted jokes prove it. "The audio is as quiet as one of my wife's queefs in the middle of church.” I needed a good laugh this Saturday morning, and sir, thank you.
Atari 2600 version deserved even more love - arguably the filled in graphics were a taste of the future... and yeah you lost random cubes and pyramids but you gained having two enemies at once. (Not to mention keeping up an authentic 3D model where you could dodge an offscreen then onscreen bullet, unlike Robot Tank)
I Play Battlezone on package dell PC that was a long time ago, But I never played the arcade version before before years later I played Battlezone as part of Atari anthology collection on Microsoft Windows PC and it was awesome arcade version ever!! 😊❤
8:41 This is pretty amazing news coverage from the 1980s at the time, the coverage news talked about the new arcade game called BATTLEZONE the arcades game from the Mastermind of Atari at the time.
This was my dad's favorite to play when he took me to the arcade. Love and miss you Dad!
Pat is a rare breed of content creators, he goes above and beyond:
Right from the beginning he gives as a pic of a movie poster in theatres around when the game was released to give us the feeling of that year, which helps a lot.
From then on in, it's a comprehensive ( or very close to it ) look at the game of the hour including ports and sometimes descriptions of the hardware layout.
I don't know any other person who makes such great, fun - to - watch videos where we actually learn a lot about the classic games we all know and love.
I feel like I'm seeing them for the first time, or at least through new eyes.
Thanks Pat!
Those are some nice words indeed. You've always been a huge supporter of mine so I really appreciate that. As always, thanks so much.
Agree, Pat understands gaming culture, history and the pure artistic endeavour that went into the early games (and still continues now, albeit in a different ways). It's a golden channel.
@@Hologhoul That's awesome, glad you enjoyed the content so much
It's hard to describe what make these vector graphics games look so good in person unless you've seen it.
The clean lines and varying brightness feel like a sci-fi future from the past. You can watch footage of vector games, and it never looks as cool as it is on original hardware.
I totally believe you even though I've never seen a vector monitor in real life. I imagine it's as difficult as explaining how classic raster games look way better on a CRT like with Super Nintendo or Genesis to a younger gamer that's used to LCD/LED modern screens lol. 😃
I am a writer for Old School Gamer Magazine and I did an extensive article about Battlezone in OSG Issue #7. I was able interview most of the primary people involved including Ed Rotberg, Mike Albaugh, Jed Margolin, and Owen Rubin. In addition to the basic information, I was also allowed to see and examine the code for not only the game, but also the Math Box (an AMD 2901 which did the heavy lifting in rendering the vector graphics) since the 6502 couldn't handle the complex math operations. Since I am an old school machine language programmer myself, this proved to be very interesting on seeing how it worked. It addition, the Atari ST used the actual 6502 code from Battlezone within a virtual box that would run on the the Atari ST's Motorola 68000.
That is fantastic, love the magazine by the way
Battlezone II was amazing back in the day. The multiplayer was next-level with RTS base-building and commands as well as first-person combat and vehicle commandeering.
Yup. It's one of the first games I've ever played online. Everything about it was great. Wonder why they never made a sequel.
Oh man it feels great to have the great Patman back😎
Battlezone, a favorite! I love that you excavate all these ancient artifacts from the era: ads, interviews, news stories, movie posters, little jingles, music, magazine articles, box art, graphics, manufacturing photos, and all the little surprises, secrets, hidden levels, Easter eggs, sound effects... I don't know how you do it, but THANK YOU! Incredible!
Glad you’re okay man! Happy Little Games indeed!
The memories! I still remember where I first played Battlezone. I was 11. There was this old house that was next door to a shopping plaza across the street from my school. The bottom floor of the house was a hardware store, and the rooms in the top floor that you had access to through a staircase on the side of the house, were a small arcade. It wasn't much bigger than my current living room. I remember that the first game that you saw when you walked in there was Berzerk. It was my first time seeing that one. Battlezone was in the opposite corner of the room. The games I recall them having was Berzerk, Space Invaders, Centipede, Pac Man, New York New York, Rip off, The End, Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Star Castle, Space Duel, and of course, the periscope version of Battlezone. And as a kid, I used to get money for a hot lunch from my parents, but sneak a sandwich with me to school. I would save my lunch money and go to the arcade after school and blow my quarters. I played the HELL out of ALL of these games. And when I couldn't play these games, I'd obsess about playing them and I would even design and build board game versions of them so I could play them when not in the arcade. Designing board games that perfectly simulated arcade games I loved was a serious hobby of mine back when I was a kid. I discovered that graph paper was perfect for precise pixel perfect movement too. I even developed systems for simultaneous movement. I always tried to make the board games FULLY match what I saw on those screens. The 3D games and laserdisk games completely flummoxed me though. I attempted Dragons Lair and failed miserably. The game just... lacked what made the game neat... the graphics.
the nintendo switch has a really good version of dragons lair 1 and 2 as well as space ace. but what trips me out is didnt they have a sub game utilizing the same periscope cabinet????? swore this wasnt the only game they used the periscope thing.
Pat!!! Are you back at it? I’m so happy to see you doing what you love again!!!
Great History of Battlezone, Patman. A really unique Vector Tank battle game! Some cool home versions too. Thanks!
You so much
Atari needs to buy back the rights to Battlezone and then put the arcade version and the 2600 version on Atari 50. Players could use two analog sticks to drive the tank the way they did in the arcade and then use the shoulder buttons and/or triggers for firing. If Atari happens to be watching this... DO IT!
I'm pretty sure Battlezone had a math box in it and did not rely on the main processor to do all the calculations.
The PSVR version is f***ing amazing, pure Tron inspired graphics, and so playable. One of my faves.
PSVR is pretty amazing at the time?
The PS VR version was one of the best I.Loved it.
I agree, love it. But if you like that one, BattleZone Gold for SteamVR took the PSVR version and kicked it up a good notch.
Yeah the BattleZone for PSVR was amazing. Beside wip3out collection easy one of the best.
Definitely my favorite PSVR game.
hope he talks about the amazing Battlezone reboot from 1999 where is set in an alternate history version of the Cold War and its sequel co created by Pandemic Studios
I remember it because the movement driving around the Moon made me feel sick
I remember it because the movement driving around the Moon made me feel sick
As a kid of the 70's & 80's I think my best arcade memory's are of Atari games. You had a lot of great games, from a lot of amazing companies, but Atari was just so next level. So many unique controls that immersed you in to the game like no other. Sadly, this also meant most home conversions of their best games never matched up. On a final note, I don't think I ever saw that full faced version and if I did, I never noticed. All the times I ever saw Battlezone, which was rather often, it was always the OG deluxe cab.
One of my all time favorites! THANK YOU!!!
I really enjoy this amazing video of the history of BattleZone the arcade from Atari. ❤
Me and my old college roommates had Battlezone in our arcade. It was just cool having it in our collection.
This game was at Fort Hood army base in the early 80s, and on Harvey Barracks by Kitzingen Germany in the mid 80s. Both were in arcades inside bowling alleys. I, like many of my young peers, needed to stand on a chair to play it.
The story of the Army version saddens me. We have a local arcade that was started because somebody stopped a guy from destroying several arcade games. I cannot wrap my head around that.
Got it on the 2600 and had it on MS-DOS (wish I still did) as well as "Robot Tank" on the 2600.
I really wish they had released it on the Vectrex in the '80s. Always wanted that one and "Red Baron" as they were two of my favorite vector graphic games at the time. =(
AWSOME REVIEW! "Battlezone" was one of the first FPSs I remember playing!
The thing about Battlezone 98 is that you need to look at it not as an original Battlezone game, but it's own thing entirely. It's hands down one of the best FPS/RTS games you can by, and the community has done a phenomenal job keeping the game alive!
The first time I played this, it was online, in computer class, in 1998. I was blown away that some java programmer came up with such innovative graphics on his own, that was easy on memory that allowed a "3d" game to be played on a junk computer online. I only realized it was an emulated arcade game from even earlier about 10 years later when youtube really took off and people like Patman educated me on video game history. Like loving a song, and realizing years later it was a cover the whole time, and the original was better.
I remember trying this when I was 10 but not understanding the tank controls fully. I later got the Atari 2600 version a few years later and spent many hours on it.
Almost 50 years old and MAN dose Battlezone blow me away with it's 3-D Vector graphics and alien world!
Battlezone, the first first person shooter. loved this game in the arcades. at that time it was so futuristic.
My elementary school hosted some sort of YMCA thing during the summer to keep kids out of the heat in phoenix. They happened to have a Battlezone cabinet in freeplay mode so I learned to love tank tread controls that year.
Welcome back, Patman! We all missed you so much, and we’re happy you’re recovering! God Bless, and keep on persevering-doing what you love doing!
Thank you so much!
Welcome back buddy
Battle zone and Red Baron were the very first vector games that I put in my collection, and they both got me hooked on vectors. Since then, I have accumulated enough of them to have what I call, "vector row"
Looking forward to this one. I used to play the sh*t outta that game back in the day.
Yeah Me too!!
Man I vividly remember playing this in the arcade, periscope version! Mind was blown! One in the first games i played! Really great stuff! Very immersive! 😎😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍
I have a lot of experience with Battlezone '98. I played it pretty extensively and it's actually one of the best strategy/shooter hybrid games I've ever played. You can give your units very thorough orders, and their AI is pretty good in my experience. I particularly like that the resource system is tied into combat - you get more resources by blowing up enemies and collecting the scrap.The more you kick the enemy's rear, the more resources you have. It's single-player campaign is pretty interesting, too.
I'm SO GLAD you're back, and your Battlezone retrospective was ON FIRE! Thank you for another amazing, insightful video. May there be many more!
Loved this arcade game as a kid; the only thing keeping from playing it more often was realizing that after a several minutes the quarter was gone, the game was over, andd (unlike comics) there wasn't anything to show for it. But it and asteroids were always my favorites even years after more detailed/sophisticated games came out.
That's the way it was for me to, I wish I had all those quarters back :-)
I remember playing Battlezone on the gameboy and the arcade both when I was a kid and it's awesome. 😀👍🎮
Hope everything is well. Glad you’re back.
Battlezone represents the first time I ever saw 3D of any kind. In this case, wire frame graphics, but it was AWESOME! I was blown away. It was expensive, 50 cents per play, but it didn't' take long to get good and get your money's worth. I was similarly impressed by Hard Drivin'.
As a little kid in the 80s i frequently visited my grand parents where my uncle had a c64.. my fav game to play... battlezone... this takes me back..
Thanks Pat.. now i'm watching this with my 6y old son.. ❤
We love you, PatMan. Happy you are home, duder.
when i was on holiday in the isle of man they had this in the arcade but it was turned off..the fella running it told me to reach around the back and turn it on..there was no back on the arcade cab and the cash box was just sitting in it full of 50 p coins..you can guess the rest ..lol
I remember, and really liked, this game, I preferred the original periscope view cabinet over the full, open video screened one, I spent hours playing it. And, great to see you back and about Patman. =^.^=
16:53 always like how a year later they'll bring an old game back but
With a fresh coat of paint.😂
Hey Pacman great video as always
Another great video Patman! You entertain like no other on these videos!👍
A quite remarkable feat of programming when you think how long ago it was, how new arcade gaming was at that time. A classic that I'm glad I did play in the 80s, in Bournemouth, UK.
Man, I remember playing this old game on my Atari 2600 when I was like 5 years old. It was one of the best games I had, next to Adventure and Pitfall. Not bad for a little Atari 2600 game. Thank you for this video Patman!
Thank you so much for your work of keeping the history of gaming alive. You helped reignite in me, a Computer Engineering dropout, the hope of trying again to make that "Write one book, plant one tree" and make one game, in my bucketlist. Thank you ^^ When I hear from you how things were done, and challenges and the drive to solve issues and create something new, it helps me move forward regardless of hardships.
That is awesome, I'm glad my silly little videos can be of some use smiley
"Spectre" came out in 1991. It was a budget PC game that was similar to playing Battlezone on steroids. SUPER FUN
What a tremendously well done review of one of the greatest games ever … not surprised though because PatMan is always great!
Thanks hope you are continuing to heal
👊🏻😎🕹️
Dang Midway throwing away treasure.😂
Did they not know they're throwing
Away a gem?
Otherwise they played it so much
They busted the machine and
Was like screw it throw it out.😂
I've really missed getting to watch your documentaries, PatMan. It's great having you back.
Thank you very much
Being born in '83, I missed out on this gem, but, I was around for the 1998 Battlezone on PC, whose intro does homage to the original.
Yes, you should play the '98 version, the soundtrack alone is *Chef's kiss*. Me & my brother played it to death back in the day, since it came free with our first PC. (This was 1999).
pat the best battlezone descandant game i had played was T mek. up to 8 players and sit down cabinet with to flight stick controllers was the best tactile sensation to date at the time. pat i hope if you see it in the wild just jump in one...
YES, the most triumphant return with Battlezone in tow no less! Always glad to see more arcade history from my favorite historian and narrator, glad you are well and back in the saddle Patman! Be blessed brother and thanks again for all you do. 😎👍
Just can't beat those original vector graphics. Love that stuff, such a great aesthetic.
Almost all of those 80's vector games were good, not seen many that I wouldn't play.
I played the PC version back in the day. I miss it.
The 2600 port was a stroke of genius. An early example of doing more with less.
This guy. good to see you back on the saddle
Thanks my friend
Welcome to PatmanQC, good health, on fire edition!!! *BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!!*
*PAAAAAAAT MAAAAAAAN!!!!*
Happy little getting well paths....
The modern Battlezone Pc version is Fantastic. Love the RTS/TANK SIM idea.
You're not just back, you hit the ground running. Good video as always.
Thanks 👍
If New Wave Toys ever makes a Battlezone cabinet replica, they should make a Bradley Trainer can as well!
Oh man! Good choice! I liked but didn't LOVE this in the arcade as a kid but adored and owned the Activision clone 'Robot Tank' for my VCS that you briefly showed in the video, Pat. And like you I really enjoyed the later MS-DOS game Stellar7 that I played pretty much at the same time in rotation with Wing Commander when I got my first PC-clone in 1992.
You are correct that there's no real way to replicate the experience of gripping those dual sticks and sticking your head into the viewfinder where so many greasy foreheads had been before yours anymore! Not sure if that's a shame or not. It definately was a unique experience tho!
Definitely give Battlezone 98 Redux a try. Definitely my favorite version of Battlezone!
Glad to have you back Patman! Another great video!
Thank you kindly!
Great job Patrick! I’ve been sick the last week! Hope to see ya soon buddy !
All the best Patman, keep getting better and take it easy, don't over do it.
Thanks a lot
Excellent and informative as usual. Thanks Patman!
When I was about 13/14 in 83/84 I was on a BBS that would have meetups. We would take our Commodore and Apples to the SYSOPs house and trade games all day and go for pizza at Round Table... Anyway the SYSOP had a Battlezone machine in his house! Great times.
Pat's back, baby! Heck yeah!!
Thanks my friend
The arcade game was one of those WOW games that was mind blowing when you first played it. Unlike anything else at the time. But, seriously, Robot Tank was THE best thing on the 2600. Absolutely incredible game. Battlezone 2600 was fine, but Robot Tank was next level.
One of my favorite arcade games. They had this down at the local pizza parlor.
The Apple II port was an absolute abomination. The programmer really didn't know what he was doing. Stellar 7 shows what the platform was capable of for wire-frame animation
Oh man did Vector Graphics blow everyone away!!! To get that same feel i strongly believe u still need to play Vector games on the Arcade! Or get that Vectrex TV/Game!
i remember playing this game quite a bit at our arcade back in the day! What a great video...thanks Patman!
Oh man, I was just trying to remember the name of this game - amazing. You're the best!
Glad you enjoy it!
Thanks for another great video Patman!
Playing Battlezone as a kid, made driving a Bobcat and excavation equipment later in life much easier!
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Battlezone was one of my favorite games. I wasn't very good at it but I had a lot of fun playing it
In the 2016 VR Battlezone there is an easter egg. On certain stages you will see a giant pillar, at the base of the pillar it's lit up with curved stripes. if you center on one of the stripes on you and have one on each side of the centered one, it is the Atari logo.
Great video! My first exposure to the game was the Windows 16 bit port. I still prefer this version even if it takes a little work to make it run on modern computers.
Hi PMQC great video as always. I had the 2600 version back in the day ❤❤❤❤❤
I got to see and play the military version while we were deployed to South Korea for Operation Bear Hunt in 1986. There was also a version specifically designed for us T.O.W. missile gunners to practice acquiring targets, firing the missile, and tracking/engaging targets. Definitely pretty cool experience!
That is pretty wild, you are very lucky
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It was very cool indeed! The TOW missile gunner version was projected onto a big movie screen. Everyone in our platoon got to check it out. They were working on a version that would've supported multiple users so TOW gunners would be able to practice working together engaging targets (hammer and anvil, etc). Now THAT would have been the absolute TIT'S, but it wasn't ready at the time.
Great to see a new video! Thanks for the content!
Thank you so much for the donation, hope you enjoyed the video
Here in the UK I never saw anything but the periscope version...
I remember my dad having to lift me up to the eye level just to play it.
Till I found a stool about the right size..
Fantastic game.
Great choice, Pat. Love the original arcade cab plus the various home iterations. One of Atari's best ever.
Couldn't agree more!
Awesome Video Thanks Patman have a wonderful weekend
Thanks, you too!
Left stick forward, right stick backwards and you are turning to the right. I still remember how the controls work
Great video as always. I always love the attention to detail you put in your content. I hope you are not running out of games to cover! Lol
Thanks a lot, there's always something to cover
I've been watching this guy for a while.And I always enjoyed his videos.And I could not believe this man has this disability And he's still able to play these games and be so psyched about them. Love the guy keep it up.
Thanks for the video. Atari was so innovative.
Yes it was!
I thought I was hearing faint bloops and bleeps today.
Patman,
You are definitely back. And the twisted jokes prove it. "The audio is as quiet as one of my wife's queefs in the middle of church.” I needed a good laugh this Saturday morning, and sir, thank you.
LOL, glad I could help. Thanks
I remember playing Battle Zone over 40 years ago at my local Kmart
Had the pleasure playing the original arcade machine back in the day....really cool 😎
Same here!
Atari 2600 version deserved even more love - arguably the filled in graphics were a taste of the future... and yeah you lost random cubes and pyramids but you gained having two enemies at once. (Not to mention keeping up an authentic 3D model where you could dodge an offscreen then onscreen bullet, unlike Robot Tank)
Battlezone is one of my favorites.
HAHAHAHA! Was nice to see the voice I could hear screaming in the arcades in the 90s hasn't lost a beat!
Man I loved the PC Battlezone when I was younger. I recently got its redux version and sequel on Steam for dirt cheap...hasn't aged well sadly.
I Play Battlezone on package dell PC that was a long time ago, But I never played the arcade version before before years later I played Battlezone as part of Atari anthology collection on Microsoft Windows PC and it was awesome arcade version ever!! 😊❤
This is my all-time favorite arcade game hits of all time ever!! THANK YOU PATMANQC!!! ❤♥️❤️
6:56 THAT'S THE FACT JACK!!! 🇺🇲🎖️🇻🇮🪖
8:41 This is pretty amazing news coverage from the 1980s at the time, the coverage news talked about the new arcade game called BATTLEZONE the arcades game from the Mastermind of Atari at the time.
13:48 The 1980s commercial of BattleZone the arcade hit that's now on Atari 2600 from Atari.
Dang dude. I thought no mention of queefs was going to come up. 23:20 proved me wrong!