History VideoGame / Battletanx

* FrickinLaserBeams:
** The Marksman, a tank with light armor but a big-honking laser cannon. The vehicular equivalent of a ColdSniper.
** The Laser PowerUp. Plasma Bolts are lasers that [[DeathInAllDirections bounce all over the place]]. Both have BeamSpam as their SecondaryFire.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: An early cutscene in the first game has four Moto Tanks destroy two M1's and a Goliath with no trouble. Granted, the tanks seem to be unoccupied, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent one of the four Moto Tanks crushes himself under the Goliath.]]

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The first game's RunTheGauntlet levels have such [[SarcasmMode charming]] names as "Stranglehold Bridge", "Armageddon Highway", and "The Crimson Gate". Also, The Tunnel has the InUniverseNickname "No-Man's Land", because no man has ever crossed it and lived (of course, being [[GameplayAndStorySegregation the second level of the game, it's piss-easy]][[note]]maybe the player's the first one to try taking a tank down it?[[/note]]).

* LuckBasedMission: More of a Luck Based Bonus, but one of the levels in Global Assault has a group of powerups sitting tauntingly behind an indestructible barrier, including a Nuke powerup. The only way to get behind it and grab the powerups? Using your limited supply of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin teleport]] powerups, which give you no control over where you end up. If you happen to use your last teleport to get IN the box you can't get out without dying.
%%* MamaBear: Madison and Griffin in the sequel.

%%* PowerUp: Lots of them.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks'', made by the same company and features an upgraded version of the M1 Abrams, among other tanks reminiscent of those from ''[=BattleTanx=]''. The story of ''Thunder Tanks'' doesn't come out and say it, but it basically implies that it is set in the future after this apocalypse has faded into memory and tank combat is now a rich man's sport (like jousting or golf). The fact that they have a female co-host in the game, as well as several female tank drivers, gives one hope that eventually humanity pulled back from the Class 3 apocalypse somehow.

* ThePowerOfLove: The motivation of Griffin and his army in the first game. The later GameBoy port {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by naming its last level "Love Conquers All".

In the original ''[=BattleTanx=]'', the player controls Griffin Spade, a tough guy from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Queens]] whose fiancee Madison is one of those taken by the U.S. Government to a secure facility. After surviving the apocalypse, and armed only with an [=M1A1=] Abrams, Griffin begins a mechanized trek across the remains of the United States, blazing westward through Chicago, Las Vegas, and finally San Francisco, crushing rival gangs, rescuing other captured women, and forging his own army in his search for Madison. The two are finally reunited when Griffin storms the Quarantine Zone on Alcatraz Island, incidentally leaving them in command of the most sizable and least malevolent faction in the former United States. A port for GameBoyColor was released in 2000, which featured the storyline and gangs of the first game, but with music taken from the second.

''[=BattleTanx=]'' is a 1998 game for the {{Nintendo 64}} by Creator/The3DOCompany, which was followed a year later by a sequel that also appeared on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. The premise is simple: [[GenderCide a plague has killed nearly every woman on the planet]], forcing the worlds' governments to cloister the surviving females away in heavily-fortified quarantine zones. In the mayhem, [[ApocalypseHow a nuclear war was sparked]], reducing much of the Earth to rubble and leaving the survivors to fight over the species' few females, who are now worshipped as "[=QueenLords=]". For reasons unexplained (save by the RuleOfCool), all of these tribes of brigands and freaks managed to get their hands on tanks. Lots and lots of tanks.

%%* {{Badass}}

''[=BattleTanx=]'' is a 1998 game for the {{Nintendo 64}} by Creator/The3DOCompany, which was followed a year later by a sequel that also appeared on the PlayStation. The premise is simple: [[GenderCide a plague has killed nearly every woman on the planet]], forcing the worlds' governments to cloister the surviving females away in heavily-fortified quarantine zones. In the mayhem, [[ApocalypseHow a nuclear war was sparked]], reducing much of the Earth to rubble and leaving the survivors to fight over the species' few females, who are now worshipped as "[=QueenLords=]". For reasons unexplained (save by the RuleOfCool), all of these tribes of brigands and freaks managed to get their hands on tanks. Lots and lots of tanks.

* SuicideAttack: The M-80 Demolition Vehicle. Small, lightly-armored, and lacking in a main weapon besides its self-destruct attack. Another PlayStation exclusive.

* MonsterClown: The Psycho Brigade, a gang of mechanized [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker-wannabes]].

* TheWikiRule: Has one as well.

** The Marksman, a tank with light armor but a big-honking laser cannon. The vehicular equivalent of a ColdSniper.
** [[CaptainObvious The Laser]] PowerUp. Plasma Bolts are lasers that [[DeathInAllDirections bounce all over the place]]. Both have BeamSpam as their SecondaryFire.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Nuke. It damages everything within the stage. ''Including you.''
** Averted if there's a subway tunnel to hide in after firing the nuke. Surface to find a wasteland with all your enemies dead.
*** Using the Teleport powerup in the second game just when the shockwave is about to hit can save you from any damage.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassArmy: ALL of them in both games!
** BadassBiker: The Skull Riderz, who roam the highways in Mototanks and other light vehicles.
** BadassFamily: The Spades, in spades.
** BadassLongcoat: Griffin picks one up right at the end of the first game's introduction.
** BadassNormal: In comparision to the other gangs, Griffin's Army is the most normal of the bunch, and still is to a degree in the second.
** FourStarBadass: Essentially what a Battlelord is.

* MamaBear / PapaWolf: Madison and Griffin in the sequel.

* NextSundayAD

* PowerUp: Lots of them.
** DeflectorShields: Shield.
** DefogOfWar: Radar.
** FireBreathingWeapon: Flamethrower.
** FrickinLaserBeams: [[CaptainObvious The Laser]]. Plasma Bolts are lasers that [[DeathInAllDirections bounce all over the place]]. Both have BeamSpam as their SecondaryFire.
*** Bouncing Betties fire a spray of lasers when tripped.
*** Guided Missiles also have them in their SecondaryFire mode.
** {{Grenade|Tropes}}: [[CaptainObvious Grenades]]. Their SecondaryFire is a BigBulkyBomb.
** HealingPotion: Health.
** HomingProjectile: Guided Missiles. Their SecondaryFire is a [[BiggerIsBetter bigger missile]] that shoots FrickinLaserBeams.
** {{Invisibility}}: Cloaking. The SecondaryFire also projects an intangible {{Doppelganger}} for your enemies to waste ammo on.
** LandMineGoesClick: Mines and Bouncing Betties. The former's SecondaryFire lays down an entire minefield, while the latter's drops a continuous trail of Betties behind you.
** MacrossMissileMassacre: Swarmers. SecondaryFire takes it UpToEleven by unloading your entire supply at once.
** MindControl: The Edge.
** NukeEm: [[CaptainObvious The Nuke]].
** OneUp: In the first game. Replaced by [[FictionalCurrency Tank Bucks]] in the second.
** SentryGun: Gun Buddies. SecondaryFire lets you lay down a whole herd of them.
** SuperSpeed: Turbo.
** TeleportersAndTransporters: Teleporter.

* RuleOfCool

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks'', made by the same company and features an upgraded version of the M1 Abrams, among other tanks reminiscent of those from ''[=BattleTanx=]''.
** The story of ''Thunder Tanks'' doesn't come out and say it, but it basically implies that it is set in the future after this apocalypse has faded into memory and tank combat is now a rich man's sport (like jousting or golf). The fact that they have a female co-host in the game, as well as several female tank drivers, gives one hope that eventually humanity pulled back from the Class 3 apocalypse somehow.

** CripplingOverspecialization: The Rhino tank-hunter, which sports a huge fixed gun and a heavily-reinforced front which can take more punishment than even the [[MightyGlacier Goliath Tank]].. Unfortunately, its sides and rear are extremely vulnerable, and it can't engage targets who flank it. Also strangely susceptible to fire attacks.
** DeathFromAbove: The {{PlayStation}}[=-exclusive=] B-6 Bulldog, which uses a mortar as its main gun.
** DoABarrelRoll: The [=FLP-E=] or "Flippy" tank. It's small, has a light gun, and not much armor, ''but'' has modified tracks, a gyro-stabilized cockpit, and angled jets on its flanks. The result is a tank that can flip itself sideways over and over, dodging incoming fire and generally [[ConfusionFu baffling its opponents]].
** FragileSpeedster: The Mototank, a tiny wheeled vehicle with dual machine guns and light armor. Capable of streaking about and running circles around larger tanks, but capable of being flattened by heavier tanks. Also the Hovertank, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin flying tank]] that moves extremely fast, can move in any direction without turning, and doesn't set off standard landmines. A third is the Rattler, which is basically the Mototank with MoreDakka.
** FrickinLaserBeams: The Marksman, a tank with light armor but a big-honking laser cannon. The vehicular equivalent of a ColdSniper.
** GatlingGood: The Rattler, a small tank with a fixed [=GAU-8=] gatling cannon, letting it chew through even heavy armor. Also capable of turning on a dime. The Playstation-exclusive Shredder tank is an even faster, better-armored vehicle with a smaller, turret-mounted 35mm gatling gun.
** GunsAkimbo: The M2 Hydra, an Abrams variant with two lighter cannons, making up in rate of fire what it loses in punch.
** HoverTank: The (wait for it) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hovertank]]. An Abrams that floats, propelled forward by turbines. Hard to control and sub-par compared to the Abrams, but able to ignore minefields, strafe sideways, and reach an impressive top speed.
** JackOfAllStats: The right honorable [=M1A1=] Abrams, mainstay of the U.S. military and all-around solid tank.
** KillItWithFire: The Inferno Tank, light and fast with a heavy [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
** MacrossMissileMassacre: The Hornet, a tank capable of spamming rockets, or even firing them around corners.
** MightyGlacier: The Goliath, a behemoth with a [[{{BFG}} really big cannon]]. Slow as Christmas but able to laugh off round after round of enemy fire. Also commonly mounted on a side-scrolling rail in front of fortresses as a sort of detachable gun turret. Also capable of making pancakes out of Mototanks and Rattlers.
** SuicideAttack: The M-80 Demolition Vehicle. Small, lightly-armored, and lacking in a main weapon besides its self-destruct attack. Another PlayStation exclusive.

** BonusPoints: The first game has them.

** FragileSpeedster: The Mototank, a tiny wheeled vehicle with dual machine guns and light armor. Capable of streaking about and running circles around larger tanks, but lacking in firepower and capable of being flattened by heavier tanks. Also the Hovertank, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin flying tank]] that moves extremely fast, can move in any direction without turning, and doesn't set off standard landmines. A third is the Rattler, which is basically the Mototank with MoreDakka.

* ActionMom: Madison in the sequel, an upgrade from her [[DistressedDamsel role in the first game]].

* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: Griffin Spade.

* ExcusePlot: Really, this game's plot mostly exists to give you a reason to drive around in a CoolTank and [[StuffBlowingUp blow stuff up]]. [[JustHereForGodzilla Not that anyone's complaining]].

* ThePowerOfLove: The motivation of Griffin and his army in the first game. The later GameBoy port [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by naming its last level "Love Conquers All".

** [[GrenadeTropes Grenade]]: [[CaptainObvious Grenades]]. Their SecondaryFire is a BigBulkyBomb.

** DeathFromAbove: The {{Playstation}}[=-exclusive=] B-6 Bulldog, which uses a mortar as its main gun.

* TheWikiRule: Has one as well.

* SugarApocalypse: Some of the ads for ''Global Assault'' involved an army of [=BattleTanx=] rampaging through what certainly were not the {{Teletubbies}}. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7brl9mzmgPY first]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tigO7U7AmBc second]] commercials, however. . .

** BadassFamily: The Spades, in [[IncrediblyLamePun spades]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: The huge, impossibly cool-looking tank on the second game's cover? [[BigNo It doesn't appear in the actual game]].

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The first game's RunTheGauntlet levels have such [[SarcasmMode charming]] names as "Stranglehold Bridge", "Armageddon Highway", and "The Crimson Gate". Also, The Tunnel has the InUniverseNickname "No-Man's Land", because no man has ever crossed it and lived ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation except it's piss-easy]]).

* PsychicPowers: The "Edge," capable of swaying others to your will. Both Griffin and Madison are strong in it, [[FridgeBrilliance and this may explain how Griffin was able to forge an army so easily in the first game]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks'', made by the same company and features an upgraded version of the M1 Abrams.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The music for the "Fremont Street" stage in the first game sounds similar to [[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC]]'s "TNT".

* MonsterClown: The Psycho Brigade, a gang of mechanized [[{{Batman}} Joker-wannabes]].

''[=BattleTanx=]'' is a 1998 game for the {{Nintendo 64}} by 3DO, which was followed a year later by a sequel that also appeared on the {{Playstation}}. The premise is simple: [[GenderCide a plague has killed nearly every woman on the planet]], forcing the worlds' governments to cloister the surviving females away in heavily-fortified quarantine zones. In the mayhem, [[ApocalypseHow a nuclear war was sparked]], reducing much of the Earth to rubble and leaving the survivors to fight over the species' few females, who are now worshipped as "[=QueenLords=]". For reasons unexplained (save by the RuleOfCool), all of these tribes of brigands and freaks managed to get their hands on tanks. Lots and lots of tanks.

* ThePowerOfLove: The motivation of Griffin and his army in the first game. The later GameBoy port [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by naming it's last level "Love Conquers All".

** SuicideAttack: The M-80 Demolition Vehicle. Small, lightly-armored, and lacking in a main weapon besides its self-destruct attack. Another {{Playstation}} exclusive.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The Queenlords have some pretty improbable hair colors, thanks in part to {{Color Coded Multiplayer}}

In the original ''[=BattleTanx=]'', the player controls Griffin Spade, a tough guy from [[NewYorkCity Queens]] whose fiancee Madison is one of those taken by the U.S. Government to a secure facility. After surviving the apocalypse, and armed only with an [=M1A1=] Abrams, Griffin begins a mechanized trek across the remains of the United States, blazing westward through Chicago, Las Vegas, and finally San Francisco, crushing rival gangs, rescuing other captured women, and forging his own army in his search for Madison. The two are finally reunited when Griffin storms the Quarantine Zone on Alcatraz Island, incidentally leaving them in command of the most sizable and least malevolent faction in the former United States. A port for GameBoyColor was released in 2000, which featured the storyline and gangs of the first game, but with music taken from the second.

* BottomlessMagazines: You can switch to unlimited ammo in the options.

** BadassAbnormal: Cassandra, in the second game. And Griffin, Madison, their son, and technically every woman left alive has [[PsychicPowers "The Edge"]].

* SugarApocalypse: Some of the ads for ''Global Assault'' involved an army of [=BattleTanx=] rampaging through what certainly were not the {{Teletubbies}}.

** CripplingOverspecialization: The Rhino tank-hunter, which sports a huge fixed gun and a heavily-reinforced front. Unfortunately, its sides and rear are extremely vulnerable, and it can't engage targets who flank it. Also strangely susceptible to fire attacks. On the other hand its front armor can take more punishment than even [[MightyGlacier Goliaths]].