Tank Trax

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Use of Computer 60%

Graphics 44%

Playability 47%

Getting Started 55%

Addictive Qualities 52%

Value For Money 50%

Overall 51%

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Producer: Mastertronics Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.95 Language: BASIC with machine code Enter the explosive battlefields of the Second World War and engage in combat with the columns of enemy tanks, it says on the inlay. First thing to note here, is the use of the plural in tanks, actually there's one tank to battle with. Well, there's two if you play this game as it should be - in two. It doesn't state on the cover that it is only a two player game, although that doesn't prevent you playing against yourself. The option menu allows for wind variation, playing by day or night and playing in foothills or mountains. Playing at night means that the two tanks are invisible except when a shell explodes nearby. In the foothills one tank is usually lower down a hillside with a low rise between it and the other tank. In the mountains there is a giant molehill between you. Each player has an inclination and a velocity counter. The object is to get the trajectory and force of shot correct to blow up your opponent's tank. Shots which hit the mountains blow chunks out of them. The wind feature allows you to have the wind blowing at steady velocity in one direction or to change direction and force randomly. The trajectory of shots is affected by the wind. COMMENTS Control keys: 6/7 elevate up/down and decrease/increase velocity with key 1 to set positions, 2 to fire Joystick: hardly necessary Keyboard play: fairly slow Use of colour: limited Graphics: average Sound: poor Skill levels: 1 Originality: there have been better games on the theme than this

Fighting your way over the mountains in Tank Trax - you can say of the graphics, that they do their job.