Tanktics
Tanktics was a game developed by DMA Design in 1999 for the PC. It was published by Interplay. The objective of the game is to progress through four time periods, building and controlling tanks from that…
Tanktics is a real time strategy (rts) developed by DMA Design, released 1 August 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Tanktics is
Tanktics is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by DMA Design and released in 1999. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tanktics was a game developed by DMA Design in 1999 for the PC. It was published by Interplay. The objective of the game is to progress through four time periods, building and controlling tanks from that period to fight the "evil black tanks" from a more advanced period. Notably, tanks are constructed by hand out of parts, which are randomly constructed by a factory (the "Part-o-Matic") in the player's base when it is provided with resources. Different parts may offer the ability to cross different terrain, offensive capabilities more suitable to current tactics, and so forth. The player's primary control is "the crane", a flying magnet (held by, for example, a pterodactyl in the first…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Tanktics launched on 1 August 1999, within three weeks of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Croc 2, Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War and Puyo Pop.
Released around the same time: Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Croc 2, Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War, Puyo Pop.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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