![]() ![]() You may choose to command only your particular tank or as many as 20 tanks, artillery and aircraft, while the battle rages around you with up to 40 total vehicles on the battlefield. Variations on the game were included in the Atari 2600 game Combat, as well as in the Coleco Telstar game Telstar Combat!, both in 1977.The beauty of this armored warfare simulation is that it can be played from the simplest action mode to the most complex operational level of company command. A dedicated console version of Tank II was announced in 1977 but cancelled later that year the joysticks for the game, however, became the standard joystick controllers for the Atari 2600 (1977). It led to a cocktail cabinet release of the game and to four sequels: Tank II (1974), Tank III (1975), Tank 8 (1976), and Ultra Tank (1978). The game was commercially successful, selling over 10,000 units and buoying Atari's then-troubled finances. In September 1974, Atari announced a merger with Kee, which went into effect a month after the release of the game. ![]() The game's cabinet was designed by Peter Takaichi. It was created as part of Bristow's vision to move the company away from only producing copies of Atari's games into also developing original titles. Tank was designed by Steve Bristow, who had previously worked with the founders of Atari on Computer Space, the first arcade video game, and was developed by Lyle Rains.
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