Arcade Video game published 45 years ago:

Bradley Trainer (c) 1981 Atari.

The gameplay is very much a simulation. The other tanks do not fire at you, and the only way to end the game is to run out of ammo or shoot a 'friendly' tank or helicopter.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.512 Mhz) Sound Chips: POKEY (@ 1.512 Mhz), Custom (@ 1.512 Mhz)

Players: 1 Control: stick Buttons: 10

- TRIVIA -

In December of 1980, a group of consultants from the US Army approached Atari with the idea that the game "Battlezone" could be made into a simulator for the then-new 'IFV' Infantry Fighting Vehicle (or the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, as it is known now).

Many physical and gameplay changes were made to the original game, such as a new control yoke (a similar control was used for Star Wars), friendly and hostile vehicles and helicopters, more weapons (7.62 mm machine gun, a cannon with armor piercing or high-explosive shells; and a tube-launched optically-guided missile launcher, or TOW), and view selection (normal or magnified). The key was to guess the size of the target, use the on-screen gauge to align it, and dial in the distance to the object, to hit it with the first shot.

A prototype of the simulator was rushed out in March 1981, and was introduced at the worldwide TRADOC conference that year. It was a hit at the conference.

Player layout in our catalog: 1P.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Bradley Trainer. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Bradley Trainer is filed in our catalog as a 1980 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 1P.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Atari as developer.