Good games range from the solid to the exceptional.
Activision's Battlezone was one of those unique occurrences in the gaming world that falls into the exceptional category but, due to some wacky phenomena or another, did not fly off the Wal-Mart shelves as fast as Huge Trophy Buck Hunter 19. The Battlezone I fell in love with was released in early 1998 and had very little to do with its predecessor, except that tanks were involved. It took no brilliance for the game critics to recognize it as an instant classic. It was a merger between the action and real-time strategy genres that actually worked. And boy, did it work.