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+title: Tank
+tags:
+- duel
+- maze
+- tank
+years:
+- '1974'
+params:
+  specs:
+  - label: year of release
+    value: '1974'
+  - label: companies
+    value: Kee Games
+  - label: type
+    value: game
+  - label: media
+    value: arcade cabinet
+  - label: systems
+    value: Arcade
+  - label: number of players
+    value: 2 players (versus)
+  - label: staff
+    value: Steve Bristow (designer), Lyle Rains (programmer)
+  screenshots:
+  - title: ''
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: ''
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: Arcade cabinet
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  machines:
+  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
+  company: /companies/misc
+  oc_id: 90
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221130074448/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=90
+    date: '2022-11-30'
+---
+
+"You feel good as your tank rolls along the road. Suddenly, the crunching, clanking sound of another tank treads is heard. A shell bursts near your tank! You swing toward the enemy - and fire! Missed!! You reload and take evasive action. The enemy tank gets closer - trying for a better shot. It fires - just to the right. You brake, swing and fire point blank! Your shell "SHIRRS", and then - the ground shakes as it explodes! The enemy tank lies still. You've WON! - this time....
+
+Realistic tank sounds: rumbling, as they move. The clanking of treads, a small burst as the cannons fire, a big burst as the tank explodes. True-to-Life tank control too! TANK! You've never had it so REAL!"
+
+Release in november 1974 by Kee Games, Tank became the most popular game of that year. Kee Games was in fact a company created by Atari to simulate competition and thus take a largest part of the market. The game became so popular that the exclusivity agreements demanded by distributors were thrown out the window, allowing Atari and Kee to re-form as one company.
+
+The game was designed by Steve Bristow and Lyle Rains at Kee Games, with Lyle doing much of the programming. "I was working on it when I hired Lyle," Steve Bristow recalled, "Then I gave it to him and he finished it. A lot of the implementation was his, but the original idea was mine."
+
+Tank was an instant hit because it had superior graphics and realistic sound. The theme was also a novelty and changed from the myriad of pong games released so far. The success of Tank even enabled Atari to survive in a bad period for them.
+
+Tank was the first game to use IC-based ROM to store graphical data.
+
+Tank had many sequels and inspired a lot of other games, such as Combat for [Atari 2600](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/).