The situation is understandably vexing for Vector Tanks programmer Peter Hirschberg, since he claims to have contacted Atari seeking a licence for its '80s arcade classic Battlezone (in which wireframe tanks do battle across a simple 3D environment). "Anything that has even a passing resemblance to an Atari classic has been issued a copyright infringement claim," the statement continues. It seems that Atari has laid a landmine beneath the wireframe tracks of nostalgic blasters Vector Tanks and Vector Tanks Extreme, for the company has had both games pulled from Apple's App Store on the grounds of copyright infringement.īlack Powder Media, the developer responsible for the Vector Tanks series, has used its Kickstarter page to issue a statement regarding the sudden removal of its software.Īccording to the indie developer, "Atari appears to be paving the way for a reissuing of their classics by putting the squeeze on hundreds of apps."
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