[TANK (short film by Stu Maschwitz)] (Viewer #66,753)
This was what cutting-edge video games were like 30 years ago. Not sure they’ve improved since then.
[TANK (short film by Stu Maschwitz)] (Viewer #66,753)
This was what cutting-edge video games were like 30 years ago. Not sure they’ve improved since then.
Those orange lines made me think at first it was something else; the one where you’re a spider (or something) sliding down a web and you had to watch out for spikes.
The movie does evoke the tank game I played in the ’80. The graphics were about the same quality, but simpler—just polygons to hide behind and maneuver around.
I believe you’re thinking of Tempest and Battle Zone, respectively:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1fid9sD8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctr54kopo8I
I once played Battle Zone for 2 hours on one quarter, with a score of 1,614,000
Yeah, that’s it—for both!
& that high score rocks!
(Did you know they released the source code for Joust in the last few years?)
This just gave me a great idea to build a Battlebot. I’m pretty sure I will be this years champion if I do it.