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(Update 24.
May 2018)
Battlezone (Atari 1980)
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Information
missing: Good
pictures
of the Upright and Cocktail. Pls. contact me, if
you can help.
Game
Info
Overview -
Battlezone
was the first 3D game around. Designed by Ed Rothberg plus
team.
Description -
tbd
Cabinet
Types
»
Battlezone
Upright - Released November 1980 (w/open face, June 1981) -
Production: 13,022 units -
price $2,095 - height 74.82", width 25.25", depth 25.25",
weight 290lbs.
» Battlezone
Cabaret
- when - units built? - Price? - height 54.25", width
20.44", depth 23.75", weight 185lbs.
» Battezone
Cocktail
- Prototype(s) only
Clones/Bootlegs
- not
known
Prototypes -
no
prototypes are known to exist. But some comments for related
games/names:
1. First Person Tank, Future Tank, Moon Tank - There were some
development stages that his game went through and where the naming
changed from First Person Tank -> Future Tank ->
Battlezone. At
one time it was also called Moon Tank.
2. Bradley Trainer (or Army Battlezone (ABZ) ). Some prototypes as a
trainer for gunners in a Bradley Fighting vehicle were developed for
the U.S. army. These trainers were based on the BZ hardware with some
heavy modifications.
Other Info
Sources
» None
currently
» Cabinet - currently only
Cabaret
(Mini) - [ link ]
» PCBs
&
other pics
»
Monitor Electrohome G05-802 - [ link ]
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Manuals/Datasheets/Technical
Info
Battlezone
- Upright
»
Battlezone
UR Service
and
Operation Manual - TM-156 1st
» Battlezone
UR
Schematics (Drawing Package as single pages) - DP-156-2nd -01a
-01b -02a -02b -03a -03b
- (DP-156 engineering version as
one page)
» Battlezone
Conversion Instructions (Scope to Non-Scope) - Conversion Instructions
» Battlezone
Monitor
Operations and Service Manual - TM-151 3rd
- (TM-151 2nd)
- (TM-151 Temporary)
Battlezone - Cabaret
»
Battlezone
Cabaret Service
and
Operation Manual - TM-166 1st
» Battlezone
Cabaret Schematics (Drawing Package as single
pages) - DP-156-2nd -01a
-01b -02a -02b -03a -03b
- (DP-156 engineering version as
one page)
» Battlezone
Cabaret Backdoor Sheet - Backdoor Sheet
» Battlezone
Monitor
Operations and Service Manual (G05-802/5) - TM-151 3rd
- (TM-151 2nd)
- (TM-151 Temporary)
Battlezone - All
Models
»
Theory of
Vector
Generators & Vector Monitors
- The secret life of Vector
Generators
- The secret life of of Vector
Monitors
- Programming the Vector
Generator
- Theory of Vector Generators
- AVG Description (Atari
Internal) 5.2
MByte
» "A
Hitchhikers Guide to the Atari Digital Vector Generator" ( Philip
Pemberton, Dec. 2005) - [ PDF ]
» Datasheets
for
electronic components - CPU 6502A - EPROM2716 - PROM 82S129 - Static RAM 2114 - D/A Converter AD561J - TTL Logic 74LSxx - AMD2901
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Repair
Tips
» B/W
XY
Monitor FAQ
V1.2. - http://www.ionpool.net/...bw_vector_monitor_faq.pdf
» Adjust
+5V on an
Atari AR1 or AR2 Power Supply - http://www.elektronforge.com/AdjustAtariPS.htm
Restore
Pages
» Hermanni Hyppönen (Finland) Cabaret Restoration
Pages - http://www.hypponen.com/.../bzrepair
Improvements/Add-ons
» Battlezone
-
High Score Save Kit (to buy) - http://www.brasington.org/arcade/hs/bzone/
» Battlezone
-
High Score Save (to build) - http://www.mikesarcade.com/...BZoneNVRAM.txt
- http://www.mikesarcade.com/...BZoneNVRAM-update.txt
» Battlezone
Plus! (by
Clay Cowgill) - http://www.ionpool.net/...battlezone_plus_roms.zip
» Battlezone
ROMS Version 2 as .zip. Eight (8)
2716 EPROMs needed - http://www.ionpool.net/...battlezone_version2_roms.zip
» Battlezone
ROMS
Version 1 as .zip. Eight (8) 2716 EPROMs needed - http://www.ionpool.net/...battle_zone_v1_roms.zip
» Battlezone
Mathbox
PROMS as .zip file.
Six (6) 82S129 (74S287) and one (1) 82S123 (74S288) PROMs needed - http://www.ionpool.net/...battlezone_proms.zip
» Battlezone
Mathbox PROM 1B - http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/atari/BZPROM1B.BIN
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Spares -
General - have a look
at the "Link Collection"
section to
find sources. I can help out with single items, if you don't find them
elsewhere. A
non conclusive List is in the "Electronics
/ Parts"
section.
Reproductions
» Upright
-
Background Art - http://www.classicarcadegrafix.com/
(Doesn't produce any longer arcade artwork)
» Upright
-
Control Panel Overlay and Side Art from Archer - http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/...archer_artwork_2006.html
» Red/Green
Color
Films from www.wizzesworkshop.com - http://www.wizzesworkshop.com/...ProdID=21
»
Joystick
Centering Bellows from www.wizzesworkshop.com - http://www.wizzesworkshop.com/...ProdID=19
» Have
also a look
in the "Link Collection"
section.
» Battlezone - Test
Report,
how well was it accepted in the arcades - Part 1 - Part 2
» Battlezone
- This sketch is a mock up for First Person Tank, the game that became
Battlezone - Drawing
» Battlezone
- Sketch of a tank - Drawing
» Costs
of a Battlezone, Atari Memo - Document
» First
Person Tank, first ideas for Battlezone, Atari Memo - Document
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