Battlezone Archives
You’re currently browsing the Battlezone news archives at Local Ditch Gaming. These are mostly site updates and answers to reader mail. Peruse to your enjoyment.
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Find a slew of small updates to Local Ditch Gaming, mostly in the Battlezone and Battlezone II pages.
Although I consider the Battlezone and Battlezone II sections as strictly archives at this point, I updated the BZII page so that it’ll show the latest Battlezone-related news on the main page, just like the updated BZ1 section. Also, like the I ’76 and Mechwarrior sections, there’s now a Q&A page for the BZ and BZII. Similar idea: the BZ specific questions will show up. Or, you can to head the main Local Ditch Gaming index and see it all. Full list of updates below.
Site updates:
Battlezone – Codes – Added missing codes
Battlezone – About – Updated
Battlezone – Q&A – New page added
Battlezone II – Updated to match current site name
Battlezone II – About – Updated
Battlezone II – Links – Updated and cleaned broken links
Battlezone II – Demo – Download link fixed
Battlezone II – Patches – Download links fixed
Battlezone II – Message Boards – Updated
Battlezone II – Q&A – New page added
Interstate ’76 – Trivia – Community cameos added.
Mechwarrior – Downloads – Mechwarrior 1 Manual PDF added.
Q&A: Who runs Local Ditch Gaming? What do they know about Battlezone II? Is this a threat the in the form of a question?
Who are you and what do you know about Battlezone 2?
I’m a guy that was a fan of the original Battlezone, but didn’t too much get into Battlezone II. I know that if you want to play it nowadays, the easiest way is to pick the remastered version, Battlezone: Combat Commander, on Steam.
Oh, and there’s the long-forgotten and totally outdated Battlezone II section of Local Ditch Gaming. It could be worth a visit if you want to remember a pre-BZII world, complete with “Pandemic Watch” websites.
Battlezone 98 Redux, the remake of Activision’s real-time strategy version of the classic Battlezone has been released for your enjoyment.
Battlezone (the ’98 Activision version) is back. This time around, it’s courtesy of Big Boat Interactive and Rebellion Studios. New features include a graphical refresh, integrated Steam Workshop and mods, and functioning, easy-to-access multiplayer.
My thoughts: If you want to experience some Battlezone multiplayer action, now is the time. Hop in while everyone else is hopping and enjoy the fun.
At the moment, you can pick it up with 20% off via Steam.
Activision’s ’98 classic, Battlezone, gets a remaster from Rebellion Studios.
Rebellion Studios, currently producing a remake of Atari’s original Battlezone, has released an open letter announcing that they’ll be remastering Activision’s more modern version of Battlezone, too.
I find it interesting that they describe their remake of Atari’s game as a reboot, while the Activision version gets a remaster. Now, what exactly does remastering entail? (more…)
On this page:
http://www.localditch.com/interstate-76/faq.html
You state that the only server is on battlezone1.net This is not true, the anet server has been in operation continuously since 2002.
911 servers owned and operated by Eddy Wright (Wright Hobbies LLC) since 2002 for all your Activision Activenet games
The servers.dat is available on the forum, http://battlezoneclub.org
Great to hear that there are still a few more anet servers out there. I think at one point in time I used to have a link to the bz911 servers, but removed it when the .com site went down. It looks like the site has moved over to a .net address since I’ve been following it.
In Interstate ’76, the server connections work a bit differently than in BZ and some of the other Activision games. There is no servers.dat file. Instead, users have to manually input the server address. Just to verify, is 911.alink.bz911.net the correct address? I’ve updated the site to reflect that, but would like to confirm that it is indeed correct.
You have a great website, I mainly visited it for the Battlezone pages, I saw that you allow sites to be added to your link page upon request. I would like to ask if you could add my site, it is located at http://home.kpn.nl/lrother1994/maproom.htm or, if you want the short link http://www.bzmaps.tk
I already have a link to your site up on my links page, you provide some very good information about Battlezone and other games, I really enjoy browsing your site.
It’s up on the site. Thanks for the e-mail and the link!
have you plaed BZE?
No.