Tank War Next by Elegor
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Tank War Next, a graphical shoot-em-up for the ZX Spectrum Next.
In Tank War Next, players take on the role of a battle tank commander tasked with navigating through treacherous battlefields. The objective is to neutralise enemy turrets, paving the way for follow-up attacks to secure and dominate these contested territories.
Five enemy turrets must be destroyed on each battlefield, but players face threats from enemy tanks, soldiers, minefields and more. Some turrets are protected by walls and gates, so the player must navigate around walls and destroy gates where necessary to gain access to the turrets.
There are seven different maps in the game, along with six different ‘themes’ (grassland, desert, winter, swamp, moon and lava) which are then combined to create many different battlefields for the player to explore.
NEW VERSION – WITH EXTRA MAPAn updated version of Tank War Next is now available to download, with the following additional features:
- New map, providing four additional levels
- Prison Islands – where is the additional tank hidden?
- New Difficulty Mode settings:
- STANDARD
- One extra tank
- Ability to gain further tanks by breaking into POW camps
- HARD
- STANDARD
- Enemy tank will now always spawn off screen
DEMO AVAILABLE
A single-level demo of Tank War Next can be downloaded below.
CONTROLS
The game can be controlled using either a keyboard or a joystick plugged into the Next. You control the tank in a typical tank-like fashion:
- Q = Forward
- A = Reverse
- O = Turn Left
- P = Turn Right
- SPACE = Fire
LEVEL CREATION
Tank War Next has been designed with an open architecture, allowing additional level packs to be created and released by anyone. Level layouts, tile map graphics and colour cycling can all be defined on a level-by-level basis. Documentation on file formats and level structures are included in the ReadMe.
COMPATIBILITY
The game requires version 2.08 or 2.09 of the ZX Spectrum Next distribution. This means that it will run on Kickstarter 2 machines immediately, but will require KS1, N-Go and XBerry Pi machines to be running 2.08, 2.09 or above. The game will work with VGA or HDMI displays at either 50 or 60hz.
CSPECT
The game will run with version 2.19.4.4 of CSpect using a 2.08 distribution, but due to issues with the music driver it is better to use the special TankWarNextCSPECT.zip file. This contains a full SD card image that can be placed in the CSpect directory and then run as follows:
cspect -nextrom -zxnext -esc -mmc=tankwar.mmc
The game is inside the TankWarNextCS_v1.1 folder.INSTALLATION
Download the TankWarNext_v1.1.zip file and copy it to your SD card. You can place the file in any directory (e.g. ‘home’). On the Next itself, the file can be unzipped in the browser by navigating to it and pressing Enter. This will create a new folder called ‘TankWarNext_v.1.1’.
Access the folder by pressing Enter, then find the file called ‘tank.bas’. This is the main game file, which can be run by highlighting it and pressing Enter again. ENJOY!
**DEMO **INSTALLATION
Download the TankWarNextDemo.zip file and copy it to your SD card. You can place the file in any directory (e.g. ‘home’). On the Next itself, the file can be unzipped in the browser by navigating to it and pressing Enter. This will create a new folder called ‘TankWarNextDemo’.
Access the folder by pressing Enter, then find the file called ‘tankdemo.bas’. This is the main demo file, which can be run by highlighting it and pressing Enter again.