Game Details
| Size | 335 MB |
| Region | USA |
| Genre | Action, Vehicular Combat |
| Format | 7z / BIN |
| Year | February 24, 2000 |
| Console | PSX |
BattleTanx: Global Assault (2000) is a high-octane, post-apocalyptic vehicular combat game developed and published by the legendary 3DO Company. Originally released for the Nintendo 64, this PlayStation 1 port brought the franchise’s signature brand of explosive, urban tank-on-tank warfare and dystopian campiness to Sony’s 32-bit hardware.
Trading the precision of real-world tank simulations for frantic, arcade-style demolition, it stands out as one of the most unapologetically chaotic action titles of its era.
Story & Premise: Apocalypse in an Armored Caravan
The narrative acts as a direct sequel to the original BattleTanx. In the year 2001, a catastrophic virus known as the “X-Virus” wiped out 99.9% of the female population on Earth, throwing society into a Mad Max-style dark age ruled by unhinged tank-driving warlord gangs.
A Global Rescue Mission: The protagonist from the first game, Griffin Spade, has built a peaceful oasis in San Francisco with his wife Madison and their young son, Brandon. However, Brandon possesses mysterious, latent telepathic “Edge” powers. A sinister villain named Baron Von Frankenbolt kidnaps the boy, intending to harness his abilities to conquer what remains of civilization.
To save his son, Griffin packs up his faction’s specialized armor fleet and embarks on a destructive road trip across the globe, tearing through post-apocalyptic ruins from New York all the way to London, Paris, and Berlin.
Back Cover Description
THE WORLD SURVIVES ON REELING TRACKS AND TURRET FIRE!
Baron Von Frankenbolt has taken your son, and the only way to get him back is to flatten every major city on Earth! Drive a massive array of devastating, high-tech treads through fully destructible urban environments. Engage in brutal, localized skirmishes against localized tank gangs, level entire skyscrapers, and launch nuclear strikes to claim absolute supremacy!
- Total Environmental Annihilation: Shoot through or level every structure in sight—shatter the Eiffel Tower, smash through the Brandenburg Gate, and topple landmarks!
- Massive Armored Selection: Take control of diverse tank classes including the agile Hover Tank, the balanced M1A1 Abrams, or the towering, twin-cannon Goliath!
- A Deadly Secondary Arsenal: Turn the tide of battle by scavenging specialized pick-ups including guided Swarm Missiles, Laser Arrays, and tactical Cloaking Devices!
Key Gameplay Features
- Fully Destructible 3D Sandboxes: The absolute highlight of the gameplay. Unlike many games of the era where buildings acted as solid, unbreakable walls, BattleTanx allows you to physically level almost every piece of geometry on the map. You can blast through residential houses to create new flanking shortcuts or collapse an entire skyscraper directly onto an enemy tank to crush them.
- Dynamic Tank Tier Roster: Before rolling out into a stage or a multiplayer arena, you choose from a highly stylized list of armored war machines:
- M1A1 Abrams: The quintessential all-rounder, offering balanced speed, armor plating, and standard cannon yield.
- Goliath: A slow-moving, heavily armored behemoth that fires terrifying, high-velocity dual shells.
- Hover Tank: Operates on a magnetic cushion, letting it strafe laterally and slide seamlessly across water hazards, though its armor is tissue-thin.
- MotoTank: A lightning-fast, weaponized motorcycle that can easily outrun incoming projectiles but is highly vulnerable to splash damage.
- Over-the-Top Power-Up Weaponry: Your standard tank shells are just the baseline. Arena grids are loaded with floating icons that dramatically alter combat. Players can lock onto targets with Swarm Missiles, set narrow choke-points ablaze with the Flamethrower, deploy protective Energy Shields, or collect the incredibly rare Tactical Nuke to vaporize every enemy within a massive radius.
- Vicious Local Multi-Gang Modes: The home multiplayer mode translates into absolute couch chaos. It supports frantic 2-Player Split-Screen Mode (unlike the N64 version’s 4-player support due to PS1 hardware limitations) with diverse modes like Deathmatch, Hold the Fort, and Family Mode (which swaps out the gritty elements for stylized cartoon visuals).
Short Review: Pure, Brainless Demolition Fun
The Good
- Satisfying Destructive Feedback: There is an immense, timeless joy to rolling a massive tank down a crowded street and turning everything in your path into smoldering rubble. The explosion physics and smoke effects are highly energetic for a PS1 title.
- Excellent Map Variety: Chugging through instantly recognizable real-world locations and reducing historical landmarks like the Eiffel Tower or the ruins of the UK Parliament into dust gives the campaign a wonderfully over-the-top, global scale.
The Bad
- Noticeable PS1 Technical Cuts: Because the original game was designed for the Nintendo 64’s superior 3D rendering architecture, the PS1 port suffers from classic hardware limitations. The frame rate can visibly stutter during massive nuclear explosions, texture warping is prevalent on walls, and the local multiplayer is strictly capped at two players instead of four.
- Highly Unforgiving Difficulty Spikes: Later stages throw an absurd volume of enemy tanks at you simultaneously. Because enemy AI possesses frame-perfect aiming accuracy with heavy missiles from off-screen, you will frequently find your tank exploding before you can even locate the source of the fire.
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