Battlezone (computer game)
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Battlezone is a re-make of the original arcade game of the same name for Microsoft Windows. It was released by Activision in 1998. Aside from the name and presence of tanks, this game bears little resemblance to the original game. Activision remade it into somewhat of a hybrid between a tank sim, a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game.
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Overview
The game has two campaigns, the American campaign and the Russian campaign. The game takes place in an alternate version of the 1960s in which the USA and the Soviet Union use alien technology to wage a secret war across the solar system, fighting for control of the rare resource bio-metal. Created by a long-extinct alien race, the Cthonians, a
Experiments into re-creating an ancient super-weapon, the Furies, end in disaster. The sentient Furies turn on their creators, causing the Soviet and American forces to join forces. The battle finally ends with the destruction of the terraformed moon Achilles and the main base of the Furies.
An add-on was later released which featured a Chinese campaign.
Legacy
Activision released a sequel in 1999, Battlezone II: Combat Commander, which involved a war resulting from the incursion of a race of extraterrestrials known as the Scions.
The game was ported to other systems by Crave Entertainment. In 2000, Crave ported the game to the Nintendo 64 and in 2001, curiously, to the Amiga.
See also
- Battlezone, the original arcade game
- Battlezone II: Combat Commander, a sequel developed by Pandemic Studios
External link
- MobyGames entry on Battlezone (http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,18/)