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Tank Battalion


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Tank Battalion - Japanese Title

Manufacturer: Namco
Year: 1981
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Namco Galaxian
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Description

A maze game where the player controls a tank and battles enemy tanks that pursue and attack.

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Miscellaneous

The game was licensed to Game Plan for US manufacture and distribution.

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Uncommon - There are 7 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines, 0 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

This is the only Namco game to use a 6502 processor.

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Legacy

  1. Tank Battalion
  2. Tank Force

Foto-Finder™

  1. The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 141; Color photo;
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