1982 · Don Priestley · Shoot 'em up
3D Tanx
1982 video game
- Released
- 1982
- Platforms
- BBC MicroBBC Microcomputer SystemCommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXZX Spectrum
- Genres
- Shoot 'em up
- Developers
- Don Priestley
- Publishers
- DK'Tronics
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Country
- United Kingdom
About
3D Tanx is a shoot 'em up video game written by Don Priestley and published by DK'Tronics in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and BBC Micro.
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The aim of the game is to shoot tanks moving across a bridge, shown in the distance into the screen. The player aims a gun turret by adjusting its rotation and elevation, this being the '3D' aspect of the game. Skill and timing is required to strike the tanks.
Reception
Crash magazine wrote, "The graphics are very good and so is the sound," and concluded,"...and at the price, excellent value."
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Collections1 collection
Platform libraries
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