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Battle Tanks

Battle Tanks

Battle Tanks is a fast 2D tank arcade game with multiplayer and split-screen modes.

“Battle Tanks” is billed as a funny battle on your desk, where you can choose one of three vehicles and eliminate your enemy using a whole arsenal of weapons. 

It has original cartoon-like graphics and cool music, it is fun and dynamic, it has several network modes for deathmatch and cooperative — what else is needed to have fun with your friends? And all is packed and ready for you in “Battle Tanks”.

 Battle Tanks

License
GPL v2

Developer
Netive Media Group

Website
btanks.sourceforge.net

Requirements

Support:
FAQ, SourceForge Project Page

Selected Reviews:
Linux.comRaiden's Realm

Features include:

  • Multiplayer game. Network game and split screen mode are available, and also a mixed mode is possible, when two players use split screen on the server computer, and others connect via LAN. Two modes are available: deathmatch battle and cooperative game.
  • Builders of “Battle Tanks” love these good old arcades of the past century. So they have tried hard to implement everything best of these old arcade games.

Performance characteristics:

  • Three vehicles: Tank, Shilka, and rocket launcher. Each vehicle has its special features.
  • Lots of weapons:
    • Four types of ammo:
      • "Eternal fire" type tank shell
      • Shell with laughset focal point
      • Explosive shell
      • Dirt gun
    • Six types of rockets:
      • Homing Missile
      • Uncontrolled rocket
      • Boomerang rocket
      • Gas rocket
      • Stop-rocket
      • Nuclear missile "Pure Thermonuke"
    • Landing troops: Machine gun and rocket troopers
    • Mines
    • MG turret
  • Multiplayer maps (eight for deathmatch and four for cooperative mode) in different locations such as city, village, forest, desert etc
  • Game world that reacts on player. Roads have traffic, buildings can be destroyed, weather effects are simulated…
  • Lots of war objects: troops, vehicles, helicopters and other.
  • Keyboard and gamepad are supported.

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Last Updated Tuesday, September 16 2008 @ 02:20 PM EDT


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