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Tank Battalion

タンク・バターリオン

Description

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

Tank Battalion was produced by Namco in 1981.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Tank Battalion was produced include: Pac-Man, Navarone, Bomb Bee, Cutie Q, Puck Man, Galaga, Warp & Warp, King And Balloon, Batting Chance, and New Rally-X

Specs

Name	Tank Battalion
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10026
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth / Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Namco Galaxian
Game Specific	Tank Battalion Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Tank Battalion Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail
Control Panel	Tank Battalion Control Panel Image
PCB	Tank Battalion PCB Image

Video Clips

(first level complete) Tank Battalion, arcade, Namco, 1981 (No Sound)

Tank Battalion KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.80 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Miscellaneous

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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tank Battalion Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Common - There are 21 known instances of this machine owned by Tank Battalion collectors who are active members. Of these, 10 of them are original dedicated machines. 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Tank Battalion machine for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Tank Battalion.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 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

Venture Line, Inc. - A Step in the Right Direction

1981 / 8 Pages

How To Guarantee A Full Cash Box

1980 / 2 Pages

Technical

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

Legacy or Series

Tank Battalion
Tank Force

Manuals

Namco Tank Battalion Japan Service Manual - Tank Battalion Manual — **Namco Tank Battalion Japan Service Manual**
(35 pages, 7.6 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 141; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 43; Color photo
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 141; Color photo

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