I'm one of the few who learned of and love Battlezone because of Rise of the Black Dogs. Last summer I re-played BZ and decided to find out more, which is when I learned that it was originally a PC game. I've since downloaded the 1.4/1.5beta versions of BZ from battlezone1.com and liked this game even more, though the music of RotBD remains my personal favorite soundtrack out of the Battlezone games. I tried playing online with it, but wasn't very successful. :S Oh well.
Anyways, my love for Battlezone has resulted in my attempt to re-create Battlezone somehow. I've found battlezone3.com, but I think I'm going to skip out on that one
. At first I wanted to make a Starcraft 2 mod, since I've used the Warcraft 3 editor and Starcraft 2's was similar and could of had been perfect to re-create BZ. No support for hitboxes though, so I moved on. Then I met another guy with a similar goal and we started to work together on making it a reality. We got a storyline that fits into the Battlezone universe, with one sizable difference, new units, new gameplay concepts, etc. However, now that project (nicknamed "BZP") is on hold and we're going to work on another one instead; but I'm still going to make a BZ something in a newer engine or game mod. Not the BZP one mind you, but one with more Battlezone 1-ness.I'm decided to make this little BZ project of mine in Unity 3D, which I think is a fantastic engine to put it in. Plus its pretty nifty on the programming side of things (three different programming languages! yay!). So far all I've done is re-create the Grizzly tank in Blender, then UV mapping the original Grizzly texture to it, but I plan on doing more (the Soviet scout unit is next on my list!).
So how's my Grizzly re-creation? It's not 100% accurate, but I tried my best.
Two more pics located here.
I want to recreate all of the vehicles, even though it'll take me some time to make them all, as well as the structures for this project. I lack the textures for everything else though, so if someone has them and could give them to me... well, you'd be my savior!
I'm not introducing any new units either.The project will have campaign and multiplayer, though I don't have any more details than that ATM. I'm calling it "Battlezone: Dark Side of Pluto" and takes place a few months after BZ1 ended. Here's a bit of info on the campaign, which will focus more on the plot-line, hopefully will have more drama, and will have an increased variety of missions.
Deep-space radar has detected a massive explosion on the surface of Pluto, Commander. The soviets have sent their own “investigation” to the planet, so we’re guessing it wasn’t them that made the explosion. Command has decided to send you and your platoon to the planet to investigate and report your findings. Be wary commander: we have no idea what caused it, and fury survivors are not out of the question. But do not fire upon the CCA under any circumstances.
We’re counting on you to find out. Good luck commander.
. I like it mostly because of its programming stuff (three supported languages) and you get all but a bit of (mostly) unnecessary features.
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. I can still do it, but it just wouldn't be the same. I haven't seen a chinese pilot yet though, so maybe them 
