According to just about everyone, Robot Tank was Activision’s attempt to make a VCS version of the popular Atari game Battlezone. Battlezone is great fully developed arcade classic, so when the game was scaled down to the VCS, something had to give, and where Battlezone was more of a tank combat simulation, Robot Tank is pure arcade.
Robot Tank for Atari 2600
Robot Tank for Atari 2600
Robot Tank for Atari 2600
According to just about everyone, Robot Tank was Activision’s attempt to make a VCS version of the popular Atari game Battlezone. Battlezone is great fully developed arcade classic, so when the game was scaled down to the VCS, something had to give, and where Battlezone was more of a tank combat simulation, Robot Tank is pure arcade.