It is a successor to Namcos 1980 Tank Battalion, and would be succeeded itself by the 1991 Tank Force.

System would follow, and the game would eventually end up in the Japanese version of Star Fox Assault (a Namco-produced game).

The enemy tanks attempt to destroy the players base (represented on the map as a bird, eagle or Phoenix), as well as the human tank itself.

Examples include brick walls that can be destroyed by having either the players Tank or an enemy Tank shoot at them, steel walls that can be destroyed by the player if he has collected three or more power-up stars, bushes that hide Tanks under them, ice fields that make it difficult to control Tank and pools of water which cannot be crossed by Tanks.

The game becomes more challenging in later levels, as enemy Tanks may act as decoys to lure players away from their base so that another Tank can destroy it.

In addition, flashing Tanks could be destroyed for power-ups.

There are several types of power-ups: Tank symbol gives an extra life, star improves players Tank (having one star make shots faster, having two stars allow two simultaneous shots, having three stars allow the player to destroy steel), bomb destroys all visible enemy Tanks, clock freezes all enemy Tanks for a period of time, shovel adds steel walls around the base for a period of time and shield makes players Tank invulnerable to attack for a period of time.

Battle City was one of the earlier games to allow two players to play simultaneously.

Both players have to defend the base together, and if one player shoots the other, the friendly fire victim would be unable to move for a while (but can still shoot).

It was also one of the first NES games to allow players access to an edit mode where they could create custom levels, though these custom levels cannot be saved unlike in similar modes such as the one in Excitebike.

In that time, it was the best-selling video game console for which more than 700 licensed games and a number of non-licensed.

You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game).

However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer.

If you do not have a gamepad, you can buy one of these NES controllers.

You can copy it freely, but indicate the origin and keep the license.

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