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2001 · BlitWise Productions · Arcade · Artillery

Pocket Tanks

The fastest game of artillery you'll ever play. Pocket Tanks is designed to be easy to learn, and fun to master. All the excitement of lobbing projectiles over a mound of dirt without all the complicated details found in most artillery games. Select your angle, power, and fire over 30 distinct weapons at your opponent. There is an innovative Weapon Shop to keep the game moving fast and a Target Practice mode for experimenting with all the weapons "no holds barred!"

Released: 2001
Platforms: Android Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Arcade Artillery Turn-based strategy
Developers: BlitWise Productions
Publishers: BlitWise Productions
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Pocket Tanks is a 1 or 2 player artillery game developed by Michael P. Welch from Blitwise Productions. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2001 and was later released for iOS in 2009 and Android in 2012. It is available as shareware as well as a premium version known as Pocket Tanks Deluxe, which includes the content from all 30 expansion packs.

›Story

The point of Pocket Tanks, is to use various weapons to attack the other player's tank. Each hit scores a certain amount of points, which varies based on the weapon and proximity. At the end of 10 volleys, the player with the highest points wins.

Keywords

modern warfare
magic
ants
turn-based
blocks
tank
explosion
modern military
grapple
randomly generated maps
nuclear bomb
nameless location

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Gameplay

Pocket Tanks was adapted from Welch's earlier Amiga game Scorched Tanks. Pocket Tanks features modified physics and additional weapons ranging from simple explosive shells to homing missiles. The game also allows each player to move their tank a maximum of four times at a small, prefixed amount each time.

The goal of Pocket Tanks is to use various weapons to attack the other player's tank. Each hit scores a certain number of points, which varies based on the weapon and the proximity of the target. At the end of 10 volleys, the player with the highest score wins.

Development

Michael P. Welch from Blitwise Productions created Amiga games before he started developing PC games such as Super DX-Ball and Neon Wars. Welch developed Pocket Tanks as remake/sequel of the Amiga game Scorched Tanks and extended the gameplay with modified physics, dozens of new weapons (hundreds with a paid expansion), and the ability to move the tank. The game's soundtrack was created by Eliran Ben Ishai as Impulse Tracker Module file. The first version of Pocket Tanks was released in 2001.

On October 26, 2001, the first version of Pocket Tanks was released after a beta. This version continued to be updated, adding features such as network support and more weapons.