Ludography
BattleTanx cover

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

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 6429 December 1998North America

Editions and related releases

Ported as
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