
- 69/100
- Players7 ratings

1998 · The 3DO Company · Action · Post-apocalyptic
BattleTanx
Nintendo exclusive
99% of the females on Earth. Various countries fight over each other's quarantine zones, and end up engaging in nuclear war, destroying much of civilization. The few remaining females are held by gangs who have taken over small pieces of the world. S.
- Released
- 31 December 1998
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64Game Boy Color
- Genres
- ActionPost-apocalypticShooter
- Developers
- The 3DO Company
- Publishers
- The 3DO Company
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- First personThird person
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
- Languages
- English
About
BattleTanx is a 1998 action game released for the Nintendo 64, produced by The 3DO Company. The game was followed by a 1999 sequel, titled BattleTanx: Global Assault.
Keywords
- modern warfare
- vehicular combat
- post-apocalyptic
- tank
- tank combat
- vehicle combat
- modern military
- nuclear bomb
- retroachievements
- rumble pak
- controller pak
- nintendo 64 exclusive
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
There are three tanks in the game for the player to choose from. The player can choose between a Moto Tank, M1A1 Abrams MBT, or the Goliath. There are 17 levels to complete in order to finish the single player game, all of which are filled with enemy tanks. Each level is located in a specific place in the United States, such as New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. The game features destructible environments, and in some cases, interactive environments.
In the game's multiplayer mode, players can battle with up to 4 players simultaneously. There are four different multiplayer configurations; Battlelord mode (equivalent to capture the flag), Deathmatch, Family Mode, and Annihilation.
Story
In 2001, a virus has killed 99% of the female population of Earth. Various countries fight over each other's quarantine zones, and end up engaging in nuclear war, destroying much of civilization. The few remaining women (called Queenlords) are held by gangs who have taken over small pieces of the world. S.
government. Griffin becomes separated from his fiancée, and New York City is destroyed. He claims a tank for his own and sets out to cross the United States to find her, battling gangs as he reaches his goal. After surviving the ruins of New York City, Griffin heads westward gaining recruits in the countryside, Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.
Reception
The Nintendo 64 version received favorable reviews, while the Game Boy Color version received unfavorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation said that the former console version was "fast [and] controls well, and it's got tanks blowing up everything in sight – sounds good to us."
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Ported as
- BattleTanx
- Built on it
- BattleTanx
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