BattleZone

Homebrew port of the classic Atari 3D vector shooting game, BattleZone.

The aim of the game is to trundle around the world hunting the enemy. The enemy is also hunting you! There is only ever one hostile enemy in the world at any given time. Sometimes a benign Flying Saucer will float around the world too - it offers no physical threat other than distraction. Big points if you destroy it!

Your Battle Tank is equipped with a single-shot cannon. Once fired you cannot fire again until your shell hits something or reaches the end of its life - which is just over 2 seconds after firing. During the shell's flight your gunsight will flash to signal that firing again is not possible. When the flashing stops your weapon is active again.

TWIN TRACK CONTROLS:

You are driving a tank, so the default controls mimic the coin-op. This means you control the left and right tracks independently. It takes a little getting used to, but once mastered it becomes quite intuitive.

This 'Twin Track' control style is the game's default.

TRADITIONAL CONTROL STYLE (Twin Track) KEYS:

LEFT TRACK:

FORWARD ........... A

REVERSE ........... Z

RIGHT TRACK:

FORWARD ........... L

REVERSE ........... , (comma)

FIRE WEAPON ......... SPACE

TOGGLE ENGINE SOUND . F0

There is an alternative control style available which uses forward, reverse, rotate left and rotate right.

ALTERNATIVE CONTROL STYLE (Rotational) KEYS:

DIRECTION:

FORWARD ........... Q

REVERSE ........... A

ROTATION:

LEFT .............. O

RIGHT ............. P

FIRE WEAPON ......... SPACE

TOGGLE ENGINE SOUND . F0

Use the TOGGLE ENGINE SOUND key to silence the (very) annoying 'engine' sound of your own tank... You will want to do this!

Only one control style is active during the game. To change the control style, and/or redefine the control keys, press 'K' anywhere during the rolling attract sequences. Once you have changed control style and/or keys they remain in force for your current gaming session, or until changed again. Control choices will also persist across game re-loads for those with a Quazar TRINITY interface. See below.

Pressing 'SPACE' (the START GAME key) anywhere during the rolling attract sequences will start a new game.