Cosmo Tank

Nintendo exclusive

The player controls an armoured fighting vehicle from either a first-person perspective or a third-person perspective; depending on the level design. All games begin on a planet's surface with an overhead view. When the player enters a tunnel, the view switches to first-person. After destroying the Life Core inside a tunnel, the player travels to a new planet through a vertically scrolling stage.

Released: 8 June 1990
Platforms: Game Boy
Genres: Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: Japan
Languages: English

About

Cosmo Tank is a video game published by Asuka Technologies and developed by Atlus. It was released in 1990 for the Game Boy; with most of the gameplay programmed as a 2D shooter with some levels resembling that of a 3D shooter video game.

All the 2D levels were designed by Masami Satō while all the 3D levels were designed by Hidehiko Harada.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
game boy link cable support

Media

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Gameplay

Cosmo Tank has three modes. In quest mode, the object of the game is to destroy Alien Life Cores on five planets to free them from Master Insect. Players can earn experience levels in the quest mode by defeating enemies. The maximum number of experience points that a player can earn is 999; which allows players to reach the level cap of 6.