3D Tanx

3D Tanx
Developer(s) Don Priestley
Publisher(s) dk'tronics
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum, C64, BBC Micro
Release date(s) 1982
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single Player

3D Tanx is a shoot 'em up video game written by Don Priestley and published by dk'tronics in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum,[1] C64[2] and BBC Micro.

Gameplay

The aim of the game is to shoot tanks moving across a bridge, shown in the distance into the screen. The player aims a gun turret by adjusting its rotation and elevation, this being the '3D' aspect of the game. Skill and timing is required to strike the tanks.[3]

Critical reaction

As an early home-computing title, it received good reviews. CRASH magazine highlighting the good (for the time) graphics and sound.[4]

References

  1. "3D Tanx". World of Spectrum.
  2. "3D Tanx". Lemon64.
  3. "3D Tanx review". Sinclair User (14).
  4. "3D Tanx review". CRASH (3).
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