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a brief explosion and accompanying sound, during which time the other tank cannot shoot, before restoring the tank at the same position. Destroyed land mines do not return. Points are displayed above the play area, and flash during the final twenty seconds of the round. The game continues until the time runs out, after which the player with the higher point value wins the match. Each game typically costs a
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with a pair of joysticks, moving them forwards and back to drive, reverse, and steer, and firing shells with a button to attempt to destroy the other tank. The destruction of a tank from a mine or shell earns the opposing player a point, and tanks reappear after being destroyed. The winner is the player with more points when time runs out, with each game typically one or two minutes long.
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is white and the other is black, while the central area is filled with black X marks representing land mines. The tanks can fire shells, which destroy the other tank if they hit; tanks are also destroyed if they hit a land mine. The destruction of a tank grants the opposing player a point and causes
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of Atari's games, in effect doubling their potential reach. Kee did have its own manufacturing equipment and therefore the ability to develop original titles, and after several clone games lead engineer Steve
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in which the players, each controlling a tank, attempt to shoot each other. The maze is a set of blocks set at right angles to each other with an empty square central area all viewed from above; the shape of the maze is not symmetric, and is the same between games. One of the tank
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to develop into a finished product, codenamed K2 Tank. Rains added the maze and central minefield to the game design and developed the final hardware, including the simple control scheme. Peter
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was initially developed as a console version of the arcade game, like the cancelled dedicated console version, with additional plane-based game modes added during development. Despite Atari's cancellation of the dedicated console version of
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was a commercial success and is credited with buoying the finances of the newly merged Atari at a critical time for the company. Atari produced a second version of the game, a
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2755:Peripherals
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2513:Atari BASIC
2450:Triple Hunt
2394:Stunt Cycle
2205:Major Havoc
2177:Jet Fighter
2037:Black Widow
1925:(1977–1980)
1908:Atari Games
1886:(1984–1996)
1880:(1972–1992)
1878:Atari, Inc.
1727:Triple Hunt
1674:Stunt Cycle
1579:Jet Fighter
1558:Doctor Pong
1186:Bogost, Ian
1121:, pp. 35-36
791:Video Games
760:, pp. 19–21
704:Atari, Inc.
554:Western Gun
485:version of
302:Development
244:version of
189:arcade game
175:Multiplayer
119:Platform(s)
105:Designer(s)
2871:Maze games
2840:Categories
2709:Prototypes
2635:Game Brain
2628:Prototypes
2614:VCS (2021)
2481:Prototypes
2457:Ultra Tank
2415:Super Pong
2380:Starship 1
2338:Space Race
2331:Space Duel
2317:Shark Jaws
2268:Quadrapong
2114:Food Fight
2100:Fire Truck
2030:Battlezone
1798:Basketball
1759:Fire Truck
1713:Starship 1
1593:Shark Jaws
1487:Space Race
1345:BattleZone
1289:2019-09-07
1081:2016-12-06
1056:2016-12-06
1019:2016-12-06
1009:"Tank III"
994:Play Meter
954:2016-12-06
914:2016-12-06
873:2016-12-05
834:Ziff Davis
812:2018-10-12
656:2016-12-05
591:References
577:Battlezone
568:Battlezone
499:Atari 2600
495:Atari 2600
476:Ultra Tank
453:Play Meter
426:A sequel,
349:Lyle Rains
250:Atari 2600
240:(1978). A
238:Ultra Tank
218:Lyle Rains
112:Lyle Rains
2746:Portfolio
2545:Home Pong
2527:Atari DOS
2408:Super Bug
2373:Star Wars
2324:Sky Diver
2303:Red Baron
2282:Quiz Show
2212:Millipede
2191:Liberator
2086:Destroyer
2058:Centipede
2023:Avalanche
1995:Asteroids
1944:MobyGames
1939:Kee Games
1791:Asteroids
1766:Sky Diver
1752:Avalanche
1720:Super Bug
1699:Destroyer
1660:Quiz Show
1303:CRC Press
1200:MIT Press
1119:Wolf 2012
1033:Wolf 2007
978:1534-2328
944:"Tank II"
932:pp. 31–32
842:1058-918X
799:0733-6780
740:1078-9693
559:Gun Fight
327:Kee Games
282:maze game
193:Kee Games
85:Kee Games
65:Kee Games
2762:Printers
2685:MEGA STE
2680:Atari ST
2471:Warlords
2366:Sprint 8
2359:Sprint 4
2352:Sprint 2
2345:Sprint 1
2240:Pin-Pong
2170:Indy 800
2156:I, Robot
2142:Gravitar
2044:Breakout
1918:AtariAge
1890:Atari SA
1667:Sprint 2
1618:Breakout
1572:Indy 800
1283:Archived
1164:(2005).
1097:, p. 300
1095:Lapetino
1075:Archived
1050:Archived
1046:"Tank 8"
1013:Archived
948:Archived
908:Archived
889:, p. 131
867:Archived
803:Archived
772:, p. 249
672:, p. 120
647:Archived
624:, p. 291
468:Tank III
366:mask ROM
273:Gameplay
232:(1975),
230:Tank III
228:(1974),
160:Genre(s)
2741:ST Book
2650:Panther
2489:Tank II
2436:Tempest
2296:Rebound
2275:Quantum
2261:Pursuit
2107:Firefox
2093:Dominos
1977:Arcades
1871:Primary
1706:Dominos
1586:Pursuit
1519:Rebound
1382:at the
1129:Sources
1035:, p. 39
530:Telstar
487:Tank II
444:Tank II
440:Tank II
428:Tank II
360:-based
292:quarter
287:sprites
263:Telstar
246:Tank II
226:Tank II
171:Mode(s)
130:Release
22:TNK III
2716:Sierra
2700:Falcon
2655:Sierra
2640:Cosmos
2602:Jaguar
2429:Tank 8
2233:Outlaw
2184:LeMans
2163:Indy 4
2149:Hi-way
2121:Gotcha
1954:Tengen
1653:Outlaw
1639:LeMans
1632:Indy 4
1565:Hi-way
1480:Gotcha
1424:1970s
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