Ultra Tank, introduced by Atari in 1979 was billed as "the ultimate tank game for 1 or 2 players."
1979 marked the second anniversary of the Atari 2600 video game system. In the spring of that year, Atari introduced 10 new games including Superman, Sky Diver, Human Cannonball, Video Chess, Miniature Golf, Slot Machine, Casino, Canyon Bomber, Football, and Bowling.
Nolan Bushnell, then president of Atari, announced that Pizza Time Theater would expand nationally. "Pizza Time Theaters," he said, "combine the popularity of a pizza restaurant with coin-operated games and amusements, and the unique Cyberamics system of giant, three-dimensional, computer-controlled cartoon characters which we are now ready to mass produce."
The top coin-op games of the summer of 1979 were Space Invaders (Midway), Football (Atari), Sprint II (Atari), Starfire (Exidy), Star Hawk (Cinematronics), Space Wars (Cinematronics), Sea Wolf (Midway), and Super Breakout (Atari).
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