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Tank Wars
{{Infobox video game
|title = Tank Wars
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|developer = Kenneth Morse
|released = [[1990 in video gaming|1990]], [[1991 in video gaming|1991]], [[1999 in video gaming|1999]]
|genre = [[Artillery game]], [[Strategy game]] 
|modes = [[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[MS-DOS]]
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'''''Tank Wars''''' (also known as '''''BOMB''''' because of the file name) is an [[artillery game]] developed in [[1990 in video gaming|1990]] by Kenneth Morse.<ref>Kenneth Morse's ''[http://www.mobygames.com/game/tank-wars__ Tank Wars]'' on [[MobyGames]]</ref>

There is another artillery game named Tank Wars, written in [[1986 in video gaming|1986]] by Cody Snider for [[MS-DOS]] and the [[Apple II]].<ref>Cody Snider's ''[http://www.mobygames.com/game/tank-wars_ Tank Wars]'' on [[MobyGames]]</ref> Apart from the basic concept, these two games are not related.⏎
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==Description==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Tankwars-shot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tank Wars in-game screen shot]] -->

The game allows for up to ten players in any combination of human and computer players.  The number of games played in a set is chosen before the game (default is 20 games).  New terrain is randomly drawn at the start of each individual game, and the tanks fall one by one into their start positions in random order, evenly spaced horizontally on the screen.  The tanks then take t(contracted; show full)6 colors only.  It prefers 286 and 386 computers, but is playable on 486s and slow Pentiums as well.  Versions 2.0 and 2.5 seem to be optimized for the 286 PS/2 computers that were handed out to schools in 1988-1991.  Versions 3.0 and 3.2 are optimized for slow 386 machines. Tank Wars runs under [[Windows XP]], but the game runs almost unplayably fast and there are graphical glitches that prevent one from seeing the angle/power settings.
You can manually edit settings.cfg and tweak the keyboard settings.


The [[DOSBox]] emulator is used on newer computers to allow the game to slow down enough to be playable.⏎
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041055/http://www.download-central.ws/DOS/Games/T/Tank-Wars/ ''Tank Wars'' review and download]
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/gameempire/SOFT/ADV/SECRET/BOMB.DOC ''Tank Wars'' Instructions & Tips]

[[Category:1986 video games]]⏎
[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:Apple II games]]
[[Category:Artillery video games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:DOS-only games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]