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Omeganian
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
DoctorLaz
Since: Apr, 2016
FerrousFaucet
Since: Feb, 2014
2016-04-22 22:15:01
Any time you see the word "abandonware", check gog.com.

So the newly launched update of Battlezone awakened a long forgotten memory in me. It was a Playstation 1 game, set in space. You played as a futuristic battle tank basically a super prototype.You were bluegrey, if that helps, and your enemies were red. Your tank had a ton of different weapons, but the ones I remember best were a beam weapon similar to Cyborg's arm canon from Teen Titans, which fired from the left side of the tank, then the right side, alternating. The other one that I remember best was a weapon which fired almost like "miniature suns." It is familiar to me because it had a very distinctive sound. It made a "Fwoom" sound.
However, the part I remember most, which will be of the most help to you is this. As you drove your tank around, you could find these pads laid out in RTS style, and you could capture them. Once you had captured the main pad, you could place a tower there. at will, as long as you were in ranged, you could swap from the Tank to the Tower. The tower was stationary but had massively improved firepower. Once in the tower, you could build building around it, which could summon different forms of units. The interesting part was that once you had built these buildings, and got back in your tank, you had hotkeys which would summon the units to your tank. So when things got too much for just your tank, you could summon something to help you fight. There were fighters, and bombers, that much I remember.
Finally, I remember the final boss. It was a very loud, angry man, piloting a larger, much more powerful version of your tank. It was distinct in that it was bright red to your bluegrey.
If anyone knows what this is, I would be eternally grateful.