Battlezone: Encyclopedia II - Battlezone - Cabinet

Battlezone - Cabinet

The game cabinet was a standard vertical shape with a novel "periscope" viewfinder which the player used to view the game. The game action could also be viewed from the sides of the viewfinder for spectators to watch. A later, less common version of the cabinet removed the periscope to improve visibility to non-players and improve the ergonomics for players who could not reach the periscope; hygienic concerns with the periscope, against which users pressed their faces, may have played a role in its removal.

A smaller version of the cabinet also existed with the screen angled upwards, and no periscope. A cocktail table version was tested as a prototype but not produced; it lacked the color overlays as the display would have to flip for opposing players.

The controls consisted of two joysticks, each with forward or reverse to move and turn. One joystick contained a button used to fire projectiles at enemy targets.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Cabinet", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki