Battle City1985

Battle City

1985 Bandai Namco Entertainment

Game modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Details

First release date

September 9, 1985

Developer

Themes

Keywords

modern warfare
war
pixel art
tank
digital distribution
modern military
pictographic level design
non-humanoid protagonist
virtual console
in-game map editor
cheat code
wii virtual console

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Keywords

modern warfare
war
pixel art
tank
digital distribution
modern military
pictographic level design
non-humanoid protagonist
virtual console
in-game map editor
cheat code
wii virtual console
nintendo 3ds virtual console
wii u virtual console

Overview

Sharp X1 Game: Battle City (1985 Dempa / Namco)

Battle City, also known as Tank 1990 or Tank in some pirate multicart releases, is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco. The game was later released for the Game Boy and was included in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault. It is a port of the arcade game Tank Battalion with additional features (including two player simultaneous play and a level edit feature). There was also a rendition for Nintendo's Vs. System arcade cabinets. The player, controlling a tank, must destroy enemy tanks in each level, 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 a bird, eagle or Phoenix), as well as the human tank itself. A level is completed when the player destroys all 20 enemy tanks, but the game ends if the player's base is destroyed or the player loses all available lives.

Screenshots

Screenshot for Battle City