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Pixel Tanks

Top-down tank combat in a destructible maze. Rotate your tank, drive forward, and fire missiles at your opponent. One missile at a time — miss and you're vulnerable until it expires. 2-minute rounds, best of 3. Five maze layouts keep every match fresh.

In Retro Games solo mode, you control the left tank while the AI controls the right tank. Difficulty changes how quickly the AI tracks corridors, dodges missiles, and takes shots.

Pixel Tanks P1: 3 P2: 1 ROUND 2 1:24

Controls

  • Arrow Left / Right or A / D — Rotate tank
  • Arrow Up or W — Drive forward
  • Space / Shift — Fire missile

Rules

  • One missile per player at a time — you can't fire again until it expires or hits
  • Missiles travel at 2.5x tank speed with a 2-second lifetime
  • Half-second cooldown after each missile expires
  • Hits score 1 point — most hits when the 2-minute timer runs out wins the round
  • After each hit, both tanks respawn at starting positions with 2 seconds of invulnerability
  • Best of 3 rounds — first to 2 round wins takes the match
  • Tied round? No round win awarded to either player
  • No backward movement — plan your approach carefully
  • Maze is randomly selected from 5 symmetrical layouts

Inspiration

Based on Atari's Combat (1977) — the quintessential tank battle game.

See Also

Retro Games · P2P Session · /p2p

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