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About Battle City
Battle City is Namco's 1985 tank game, and the template for every top-down tank game since. You defend an eagle at the bottom of the map from twenty enemy tanks per stage, using brick walls you can shoot through, steel walls you can't, water you can't cross and bushes you can hide in.
Its lasting appeal is the terrain: the map is a puzzle you modify. Shooting a channel through brick creates a firing lane; leaving it intact protects your eagle. Two players can play together, which is how most people remember it.
How to play Battle City
- Move
- Arrow keys
- Fire
- Space
- Player 2
- W A S D and the second fire key
- Destroy all twenty enemy tanks in a stage to advance.
- Protect the eagle at the bottom of the map — losing it ends the game.
- Brick walls can be shot through; steel needs a powered-up shot.
- Collect power-ups from flashing tanks for stars, shields and extra lives.
Battle City tips
- Wall the eagle in with brick and keep repairing it — most losses are a tank slipping past you.
- Grab the shovel power-up when the eagle's walls are broken; it rebuilds them in steel.
- Fight near the top of the map so leakers have further to travel.
- Star power-ups stack — a fully upgraded tank fires faster and through steel.
Battle City — questions
How many enemies are in a Battle City stage?
Twenty per stage. Destroy them all to advance; letting them destroy your eagle ends the game immediately regardless of how many you've killed.
Can you play Battle City two-player?
Yes — it was designed for co-op, with two tanks defending the same eagle on one keyboard.
Does it work on a Chromebook?
Yes — a tiny 2D game that runs with nothing to install.
- Categories
- Action & Shooter, Strategy & Simulation
- Platform
- Web browser — desktop, mobile, and Chromebook
- Cost
- Free, no download or sign-up