Armor Battle

aka: Armor Ambush

Moby ID: 8883

Released

1979 on Intellivision

Credits

1 person

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Moby Score

5.8

#21,904 of 24.2K

Critics

51% (6)

Players

(23)

Review Ranking

#141 on Atari 2600

Collected By

47 players

Genre: Action
Racing / Driving
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Tank

Intellivision Specs

Multiplayer Options: Same/Split-Screen
Number of Players Supported: 2 Players

Included in

A Collection of Classic Games from the Intellivision (1999)

See Also

Armor Battle (1978 on Dedicated handheld)

Description official descriptions

Armor Ambush (aka Armor Battle) is a two player game, where each player is in command of two tanks (one at a time), and they must try to destroy each other.

The battlefields constantly change, so no battle is ever the same. Tanks move at average speed on grass, fast on roads, slow through trees, and slowest through water.

Tanks will explode after three direct hits. The Harder game mode adds ricochet shots.

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Credits (Intellivision version)

Programmer

Chris Kingsley

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 51% (based on 6 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.8 out of 5 (based on 23 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Discussion

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Intellivision demo at 1979 International Winter Consumer Electronics Show,Intellivision demo at 1979 International Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Creative Computing Apr. '79	Andrew Fisher (697)	May 21, 2023

Trivia

Production Notes

This game was used when the Intellivision was test marketed in 1979, it sold over 700,000 copies.

The developer, Chris Kingsley, wanted to call the game "Tanks-A-Lot".

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MobyGames ID: 8883

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by JPaterson.

Xbox 360, Windows added by Alaka. Intellivision added by Servo.

Additional contributors: Servo, piltdown_man.

Game added April 13, 2003. Last modified March 10, 2024.