🎮 Relive the classic arcade experience! Defend the Eagle Base and destroy all enemy tanks!
🎯 Game Overview
"Pixel Tank Battle" is a retro-style game that pays homage to the classic Battle City on the NES/FC platform. Players drive their tank through a maze of brick walls, steel, and ice, aiming to destroy all incoming enemy tanks while protecting the Eagle Base located in the center bottom of the map.
- Game Goal: Destroy all 20 enemy tanks to proceed to the next stage.
- Failure Conditions: The player runs out of lives, or the Eagle Base is destroyed.
🛡️ Core Gameplay and Features
1. Player Tank
- Movement: Use the arrow keys or WASD/↑↓←→ to control the tank's direction and movement.
- Shooting: Use the Spacebar or Enter key to fire projectiles.
- Tier: The player tank can be upgraded by collecting Star (⭐️) items, which increases firing speed and power.
- Tier 0/1: Increases firing rate.
- Tier 2/3 (Advanced): Gains the ability to destroy steel walls.
- Lives: Starts with 3 lives, which can be replenished by collecting extra life items.
- Shield: Collecting the Helmet (⛑️) item grants a brief period of invincibility.
2. Enemy Tanks
You will face four distinct types of enemy tanks:
| Type | Characteristics | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Standard movement speed and firepower. | ⭐ |
| Fast | Extremely high movement speed, hard to hit. | ⭐⭐ |
| Power | Faster bullets, posing a greater threat. | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Armor | Possesses 4 hit points (HP); must be hit multiple times to destroy. | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
- Item Carrier: Some enemy tanks are "Item Carriers" and will drop a random power-up item upon destruction.
- Spawning: Enemy tanks continuously spawn from three fixed locations at the top of the map until the total quota of 20 is reached.
3. Map Elements and Power-ups
- Brick Wall: Can be destroyed by tank shells.
- Steel Wall: Only high-tier player tank shells can destroy this.
- Eagle Base: Located at the bottom center. Must be protected; its destruction leads to Game Over.
- Power-up Items: Randomly appear on the battlefield, offering temporary buffs or special effects.
- 💣 Bomb: Instantly destroys all enemies currently on screen.
- ⭐️ Star: Upgrades the player tank's tier.
- ⛑️ Helmet: Grants the player a temporary invincibility shield.
- ⏳ Timer: Temporarily freezes all enemy tanks.
- ⛏️ Shovel: Temporarily fortifies the Eagle Base walls by turning surrounding bricks into steel.
- ❤️ Life: Grants one extra life.
⚙️ Controls
| Action | PC / Desktop | Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Move | Arrow Keys (↑↓←→) / WASD | D-Pad (Bottom-Left) |
| Shoot | Space / Enter / Key J | Action Button (Bottom-Right) |
| Start/Retry | Click START/RETRY button on screen | Click START/RETRY button on screen |