Tank
Description
Two Tanks white and black face off in a maze of blocks. Small X's denote mines. Player with the highest score achieved by blasting the opponent, or him running into mines, after the allotted time, wins.
Tank was produced by Kee Games in 1974.
Kee Games released 16 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Kee Games was based in United States.
Other machines made by Kee Games during the time period Tank was produced include: Elimination, Twin Racer, Tank II, Spike, and Formula K
Specs
| Name | Tank |
|---|---|
| Developer | Kee Games (United States) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 12989 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Labyrinth / Maze |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| Game Specific | Tank Pinout |
| Dipswitch Settings | |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Competitive |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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Video Clips
Tank KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.13 (2 votes)
Fun Factor: 3.00
Overall Like |
3.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 3.50 |
| Fun (Solo) | 2.00 |
| Collector Desire | 3.50 |
Technical Rating: 3.25
| Gameplay | 4.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.00 |
| Originality | 3.50 |
| Sound/Music | 2.50 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
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Trivia
This was the first game to have solid, contiguous characters. This was made possible by the first-ever use of ROM chips to store graphic data in a production videogame.
Tank was released by Kee Games and became so popular that distributors no longer demanded exclusivity, and Atari and Kee were free to publicly become the single entity that they always had been. Atari created Kee in order to form its own competition and to get around the exclusivity demanded by distributors at the time a legacy of Pinball.
Cabinet Information
The first 50 or so cabinets have a protruding wooden coin box area, between the two speaker grills and above the footpad.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tank Census
There are 15,446 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,747 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 168,513 machines (7,065 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 64 known instances of this machine owned by Tank collectors who are active members. Of these, 56 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with a Tank machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Tank circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Tank.
This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Flyers
1975
/ 2 Pages
Legacy or Series
- Tank
- Tank II
- Tank III
- Tank 8
- Ultra Tank
Manuals
Foto-Finder® (Books)
- Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 100; Color photo
- The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 25; Color photo Price guide: No
- Arcade Fever Sellers (ISBN 0762409371) Page: 20; Color photo
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 25; Color photo
Additional References (logged in members often see more)
- 3D Model (External): cocktail (427a5ff881d8ad8f15000ab5e56184f5)
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