Tank Battalion
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, MSX, VIC-20, X68000 |
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Arcade MSX
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| Genre(s) | Multi-directional shooter |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet | Upright, cabaret, and cocktail |
| Arcade system | Namco Warp & Warp |
| CPU | 1× MOS 6502 @ 1 MHz |
| Sound | Discrete |
| Display | Vertical orientation, Raster, 224 × 256 resolution |
Tank Battalion (タンクバタリアン Tanku Batarian) is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1980. The only real port was to the MSX, but in 1985 received a successor in the form of Battle City for the Family Computer, and another successor, Tank Force, for the arcades in 1991. In 2014, a hombrew port was made for the Commodore VIC-20.
Gameplay
The player, controlling a tank, must destroy twenty enemy tanks in each round, which enter the playfield from the top of the screen. The enemy tanks attempt to destroy the player's base (represented on the map as an eagle) as well as the player tank itself. A round is cleared when the player destroys all twenty enemy tanks, but the game ends if the player's base is destroyed or he runs out of lives.
See also
External links
- Tank Battalion at the Killer List of Videogames
- Tank Battalion at the Arcade History database
- Tank Battalion at MobyGames