Pocket Tanks, often abbreviated as PTanks or simply as PT, is a 1-2 player computer game and mobile game developed by Michael P. Welch from Blitwise Productions. Originally released for Windows and Mac OS X in 2001, it was later released for iOS (2009) and Android (2012). It is available as shareware as well as a premium version known as Pocket Tanks Deluxe, which includes the content from all 30 expansion packs.

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Pocket Tanks
The "Roman Candle", one of the 15 weapons in the Meteor expansion pack.
Developer(s)	Blitwise Productions
Publisher(s)	Blitwise Productions
Producer(s)	Michael P. Welch
Designer(s)	Michael P. Welch
Composer(s)	DNA-groove (Eliran Ben Ishai)
Platform(s)	Windows Mac OS X iOS Android Windows Phone
Release	2001
Genre(s)	Artillery
Mode(s)	Competitive Players: 1–2

Gameplay

The game was adapted from Welch's earlier Amiga game Scorched Tanks, Pocket Tanks features modified physics, as well as additional weapons ranging from simple explosive shells to homing missiles, and the ability to move the tank.

The goal of Pocket Tanks is to use various weapons to attack the other player's tank. Each hit scores a certain number of points, which varies based on the weapon and the proximity of the target. At the end of 10 volleys, the player with the highest points wins.

The game features a fully destructible environment, which allows the player to create and put themselves on pedestals, in tunnels, or bunkers, allowing for more strategic gameplay. Pocket Tanks supports weapon expansion packs, and each player can have up to 325 different weapons in total. Network play was made available in the v1.3 release.

Expansion packs

There are expansion "weapon packs" which give the player more weapon choices during gameplay, available to those who own Pocket Tanks Deluxe. In the PC version, there are 30 Expansion Packs available to download. All packs that include 5 weapons are available for free, and 15 weapons that have to be paid for (mobile versions only). There are 325 weapons in total, including the 30 from the original game and 295 from the Deluxe Version.

Development history

Michael P. Welch from Blitwise Productions created Amiga games before he started developing PC games such as Super DX-Ball and Neon Wars. Welch developed Pocket Tanks as remake/sequel of the Amiga game Scorched Tanks and extended the gameplay with modified physics, dozens of new weapons (hundreds with a paid expansion), and the ability to move the tank. The game's soundtrack was created by Eliran Ben Ishai as Impulse Tracker Module file.[1] The first version of Pocket Tanks was released in 2001.

Version 1.3 was released in November 2007. It contains bug fixes as well as LAN and IP support.

A Collector's Edition of Pocket Tanks was released on November 16, 2007. It contains the first 14 expansion packs and the Deluxe version of Pocket Tanks.

As of 2022, there are 325 weapons to collect on the desktop version, which can be obtained by purchasing all of the expansion packs. This version is available for MacOS and the Windows Desktop. The mobile version is expanded to 375 weapons.

On October 26, 2001, the first version of Pocket Tanks was released after a beta. This version continued to be updated, adding features such as network support and more weapons.

On June 1, 2008, Pocket Tanks became available for Mac OS X.

On April 15, 2009, Pocket Tanks was released on iOS. This version included a new touch interface and 35 weapons to enjoy for free. The iOS version continues to be updated along with other mobile versions that were released later.

On December 7, 2012, Pocket Tanks became available on Android.[2]

On January 9, 2013, Pocket Tanks was released on the Windows Store for devices running Windows 8 and Windows RT.[3]

On March 7, 2013, Pocket Tanks was released on the Amazon Appstore.[4]

Version 2.1 added support for the latest weapon packs and fixes bugs that prevented from being playable on the Surface Pro.[5]

Version 2.3 "Brings online functions from a third-party Backend as a Service supported framework to a Blitwise maintained AWS hosted server infrastructure."[6]

Version 2.7.2 is currently the latest release of the game as of July 2022 and is available for the iOS, Android and Windows Store versions of the game. Pocket Tanks and Pocket Tanks Deluxe is currently available on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Amazon Appstore, and Windows Store. The original PC versions of the game lack some of the features of the mobile and Windows Store version.

The game is still being updated as of 2022.

References

External links

• Official site

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