Review: Tanks! for webOS 23
Tanks! for webOS is a simple, vector graphics-based game where you ...shoot at tanks. That's pretty much it, but it's addictive as all get out, has good sound (use headphones, as the sound is now directional), and a blast.
It's a simple game - you simply launch, tap, and then get to driving and shooting. Controls are handled with two fingers - one on either side of the screen. These control the two treads of your tank, so steering take a bit to get used to. You tap the center of the screen to fire and keep an eye on the radar there to see the other tanks that are gunning for you. The result of all that is a game where you can actually see what's going on (since your fingers are on the sides of the screen) as you play.
It's a buck, it's fun, it's retro-cool, it's a crime it's not moving up on the PDK Hot Apps Leaderboard, and it should be on your device. Check out a quick video of the game after the break!
23 Comments
sound is directional? That alone is making me download this.
Tried it last night and it is great!
sweet!
I just bought it :)
I love these 'nerdy-looking' games.
thanks.
Freed demo? This game rocks... and it's only a buck! Show the developer some love! We need more cool stuff like this!
I'm fed up with this Palm geo filter. Unable to download and try these awesome games.
This reminds me of a similar game I used to play on the computer. Forget the name of it. It could very well be called tanks and thats maybe what the developer was going for. I loved that game. Thats What I love about Palm. They are a "PC" :)
Just did some research. The game was called Battle Zone. Hellz yeah.
Battle Zone is still around, although it has morphed into "Battle Zone Capture the Flag" or "BZFlag" for short. It's available for every major desktop OS, and some minor ones too (like Sun desktop) You can download it at http://www.bzflag.org. (Note that you will need a 3D card to play, but the requirements are minimal.)
Enjoy!
Some of us remember when this was an arcade game.
Yeah, I never played the arcade. I was born in 1984 so I played the old DOS game. Its crazy to think we have this stuff on our cell phones now.
Spray and pray.
I fed sooooo many quarters during the early 80's at the Battlezone arcade game, http://www.atari.com/play/atari/battlezone
Downloading it *RIGHT NOW* Cheers!
yep... it was called.... Tank!
I as so often, i read too fast, thought, you meant "Thanks for WebOS"
So:
Thanks for WebOS!
Hi All, I'm the developer - thanks for all the kind words. Any feedback or suggestions, feel free to drop an email to support at cmgresearch.com or pm me.
In the pipeline I've got more baddies to blow up, I want to add the flying saucers from the original Battlezone game.
I'm also thinking of adding power ups and shield recharges around the landscape. Might have two modes, classic where you die quite quickly :) and a new one where you've got power ups to keep you going a bit longer.
Cheers
Chris.
Thank you for making it available for WebOS :)
any chance for a free demo?
Sorry, I can't really think of any way of making a lite or demo version of the app - there's not much that can be removed or limited.
You're kidding, right?
If you can't figure out whether you'd like to pay a paltry $1 for this game from watching Dieter's video, then this is probably not the app for you.
Kudos to the dev. This looks like a great port of a beloved classic game from my childhood.
UFOs and power-ups would be fantastic additions!
I was surprised this wasn't shooting up the PalmHotApps charts. I downloaded immediately after seeing him post about it in the forums... BattleZone was great, and this is just as fun!
Thanks for the vid review on this one, Dieter. Snapped it up right away to fill my "kill a couple seconds with a fun vector shoot um up game" niche.
It's a very no-frills game. But ohhhh how sweet simple can be. Slap a little neon and some explosions at the retro style and it's a blast! XD
I used to play this game on DOS!! very addictive indeed...