Pocket Tanks 1.3

• License:

  Free to try; $15.99 to buy (Buy it now)

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.5 stars (out of 733 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  1,967,001

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  30-weapon trial

• Date Added:

  September 28, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Pocket Tanks 1.2 Pocket Tanks 1.1 Pocket Tanks 1.0

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Publisher's description of Pocket Tanks

From BlitWise Productions:

If you like games such as Warheads SE and Worms Armageddon, you will have a blast with this game. Pocket Tanks is designed to be the fastest game of artillery you'll ever play, with all the excitement of lobbing projectiles over a mound of dirt without the complicated details found in most artillery games. Select your angle and power, then fire a very unique arsenal of weapons at your opponent. Games are won based on points for good aiming. It is fun for the whole family.

Version 1.3 includes LAN Game support, for playing a game on two separate computers through a local area network.

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Editor's review of Pocket Tanks

• 3.0 stars

• "Pocket Tanks"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Pocket Tanks 1.3

Taking a page from the popular Worms series, this well-designed game puts a rocket in your pocket so you can take out other enemy tanks. While the game is enjoyable, however, it doesn't hold up in terms of design against other similar games. The game menu is too clever, for one. Each time you select a menu option, your choice "animates" and flies across the program window. This process takes so long, however, that during testing we got bored. Overall the program window is well designed, with large, easy-to-read buttons. Unlike Worms, there is no voice-over during the action, which we missed. That said, the background music is very entertaining. To play, select a weapon in turn with your opponent, choose the angle of your shot and how powerful you want the shot to be, and the fire away. The simplistic graphics don't necessarily take away from the enjoyment, yet there's no option to play online or over a LAN, just against another player on the same machine in a "hot-seat" situation. If you like Worms, this game may appeal, but it's not at the top of the list.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 4.7 stars out of 733 votes
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• 4 stars

  Version: Pocket Tanks 1.3

  "Great game"

  by jplugboer on June 16, 2008

  Pros: It's teasing your mind, when your mind is stil busy from work. It gives you the possibility to relax. Just aim and fire. Great!

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• 4 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Pocket Tanks 1.3

  "Good on my mac, not my windows."

  by master paku on December 30, 2007

  Pros: It works on my mac with the mac version. Its very fun, played it for hours at my friend's house.

  Cons: Does not work on my windows computer (Vista Ultimate x64, using EVGA nVidia GeForce 8500 GT) got the error couldn't resize to 800x600 in 32 bit. I don't know why it does this, because my video card supports that. Running as an administrator doesn't help.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Pocket Tanks 1.3

  "i love pocket tanks"

  by reynaldonike on November 28, 2007

  Pros: it downloads fast and is great.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Pocket Tanks 1.3

  "Pretty good"

  by dreirot on June 5, 2009

  Pros: Great artillery style gameplay, good enough graphics.

  Cons: Some weapons seem to have too much drop.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Pocket Tanks 1.3

  "Simple, yet always fun!"

  by neolink70 on May 6, 2009

  Pros: The large variety of weapons to use, especially with added weapon packs allow for different strategies to formed, and with random weapons every time, the gameplay is always different! Pocket Tanks also uses very little system resources.

  Cons: One of the negative effects of having so many weapons is that players who don't own the game or play much may be confused with the variety of weapons. Other than that, there aren't many cons to consider at all!

  Summary: Overall, Pocket Tanks is a brilliant, yet addictive, game that can be played over and over with out repetition. Now with the added functionality of LAN and the (secret) IP to IP mode, you can play against others much more easily!
  
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