Tank Commander is an arcade developed by Creative Sparks, released 31 December 1984 on Atari 8-bit and Commodore VIC-20.
What Tank Commander is
Tank Commander is an arcade game developed by Creative Sparks and released in 1984. It is available on Atari 8-bit and Commodore VIC-20.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are a Tank Commander and your mission is to drive around the top view landscape in various directions and destroy all the enemies fuel dumps. As you drive your tank you must avoid the other enemy tanks as well as a jet-fighter that appears occasionally and bombs you. The terrain of the landscape consists of rivers, hills and trees with the rivers having to be crossed by bridges and the hills drove round. The trees can be fired on to remove or just run over them, and a road can be driven on but this attracts the enemy. Your ammo has to be watched as you only have a limited supply and if you are hit by the enemy then you lose one of four lives. Two players can play and each player takes…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Tank Commander launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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