ARCArcade · 1980 · first-person tank shooter

Battlezone

Battlezone (Arcade, 1980) has an official source code release, historicalsource/battlezone, and 4 other public projects, including an AI-assisted decompilation and an open-source reimplementation. An agent environment already wraps it.

Data checked 2026-10-12 · unbaked registry

SkoolKit

Projects

historicalsource/battlezone

Source releaseoriginal assembler sources (period toolchains: Atari PDP-11 MAC65/coi…40 starspushed 2021-10-15no license

A tank game

Original developer source listings archived by historicalsource (2021 Williams/Midway/Atari coin-op drops); no license, copyright owners' code. Raw listings; may need period assembler to rebuild.

Paul Maddern (pobtastic) SkoolKit disassembly

DisassemblySkoolKit (Python) control/skool files; reassembles to byte-exact snap…5 starspushed 2024-08-16GPL-3.0 license

A disassembly of Battlezone, created using SkoolKit.

SkoolKit disassembly (listed on skoolkit.ca/links)

BattleZone-Full-Disassembly-and-C-Portnew, unvetted

AI-assisted decompC (cycle-counted 1:1 port), plus emulator twin for verification1 starspushed 2026-09-19GPL-2.0 license

Atari Battlezone (1980): byte-exact disassembly from Atari's source, a cycle-counted 1:1 C port, and an emulator twin

AI-assisted (Claude) byte-exact disassembly from Atari's source + complete playable 1:1 C port, no 6502 core at runtime (Sep 2026)

Battlezone Disassembly

ReimplementationAssembly

development complete; status playable

Battle Zone disassembly (Manuel Polik (milnak); computerarcheology)covers 58 games

DisassemblyDASM (6502), Distella-derived listings8 starspushed 2026-04-26no license

Collection of Atari VCS (2600) dissembly. Some in complete state, some in early stages.

Commented disassembly by Manuel Polik (milnak); computerarcheology (milnak collection separates ROM-matching listings from a 'Not Matched' folder)

What you need

You need your own copy of the game: these projects ship code only.

Agent environments

MAMEToolkit (M-J-Murray/MAMEToolkit) can wrap any MAME game
ALE (Farama-Foundation/Arcade-Learning-Environment)

Same toolchain

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

MACSimCitySource releaseStatic recomp+419891.1k2026-10-11 BBCEliteSource releaseDecomp+219844882026-10-10 ARCCommandoSource releaseReimplementation+21985392026-09-19 APL2Lode RunnerReimplementationDisassembly+119832342026-07-09 ZXThe Great EscapeSource releaseReimplementation+119861322026-08-09 ARCRobotron: 2084Source releaseReimplementation+11982472026-06-09 2600River RaidReimplementationDisassembly1982142026-10-09 ZXManic MinerSource releaseReimplementation+21983552026-10-12

More on Arcade

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

ARCStreet Fighter II: Champion EditionAgent environment19926.5k2025-04-13 ARCPac-ManSource releaseMatching decomp+519801.6k2026-10-10 ARCOut RunSource releaseReimplementation+219868802026-10-11 ARCDefenderSource releaseStatic recomp+219816432026-07-20 ARCSpace InvadersReimplementationDisassembly19787982026-05-28 ARCOmega RaceSource releaseAI-assisted decomp+119815142026-09-17 ARCWizard of WorSource releaseReimplementation+119805142026-09-20 ARCOutRunReimplementation19868802023-12-26

Found via 6502disassembly.com/va-battlezone/, pobtastic.github.io/battlezone/, osgameclones.com/, computerarcheology.com/Atari2600/BattleZone/

GitHub data checked 2026-10-12. Notes are summaries from the research pass; the project pages are the authority.