TNK III

T.A.N.K. is a vertically scrolling multidirectional shooter developed and released in arcades by SNK 1985. It was published in North America as TNK III by Kitcorp. Versions of T.A.N.K. for home computers were released by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC in 1987. A sequel was also released for the Nintendo Entertainment System titled Iron Tank.

Amstrad cover art
Developer(s)SNK
Publisher(s)Arcade
Ports
Ocean Software
Re-release
Hamster
Designer(s)Koji Obada
Platform(s)Arcade, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Switch, PlayStation 4
Release
  • JP: July 1985
  • NA: September 1985
  • EU: January 1986
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter

T.A.N.K. features the first appearance of Ralf Jones (AKA: Paul), predating his appearance in Ikari Warriors (1986). T.A.N.K. also introduced rotary joystick controls. The game's lead designer was Koji Obada, who went on to design and direct SNK's arcade hit Ikari Warriors, which popularized the rotary joystick controls introduced by T.A.N.K.

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