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Crank Tanks
A classic artillery game of lobbing powerful weapons at distant tanks.
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Description
A classic artillery game of lobbing powerful weapons at distant tanks. Featuring scrolling, destructible terrain with falling dirt, a wide variety of ridiculously powerful weapons, a score-chasing Survival mode, custom games, hotseat multiplayer, bots, and even flying tanks, this is easily the best (even if by virtue of being the only) such artillery game for the Playdate. Crank Tanks features: 21 different weapons with varied effects 2 kinds of shields Jump jets Teleporters Air-dropped supply crates Local high scores Lots of scrolling maps complete with minimap Six AI difficulty levels Snarky enemies A cool little tutorial State of the art 1-bit graphics Parallax scrolling And much more!
- Crank: Required
- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
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Uses the D-Pad, both A and B buttons, and the crank. While some precision is required with the crank, the game is turn-based and you have all the time in the world to adjust your inputs.
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Playdate - CrankTanks #1
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Gameplay and impressions / Empty Pixel Gaming
Crank Tanks on the Playdate - A Worms Inspired Masterpiece?
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Gameplay and impressions / Destination Playdate
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Gameplay and impressions / Mao the Boom
Playdate - CrankTanks #2
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Playdate - CrankTanks #3
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Age note: Contains military-style weaponry, tanks, and explosions.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.