Alexandre Moreira's
BATTLE NATION
Current version : 1.01
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If someday you had played the NES, then maybe you remember Battle City, a 20 years old classic by Namco, the same developer of Pac-Man, Galaga and Rally-X. Battle City has the same quality of the other Namco classics. It is a simple game, with simple controls, and it has a taste of originality. It's maybe the first game who presented "power-ups", special items that, when grabbed, could enhance your firepower, speed etc.
This game, however, is not intended to be a perfect remake of Battle City. Despite all its qualities, Battle City, as everything in life, also had its faults, which I tried to remove. Now there is no base to protect against the enemy bullets, but the enemies are smarter, meaning that just concentrating on survive and destroy your foes makes this game fun and hard enough. There are also other changes you may notice, so you can tell they are different games at all.
All the kinds of background elements present in Battle City are also in this remake. Water (now featuring bridges so you and your enemies can cross lakes and rivers in certain points), bushes where enemies can hide, metal walls and the cool brick walls you can destroy to open your way across the level.
Eight different kinds of power-ups, that may paralyze your enemies, protect you against enemy bullets, give you bonus lives or points, or enhance your tank attributes.
Three different difficulty levels, so you can first get training, and when you feel you're prepared, enter the real war!
Five different kinds of terrain (no black background anymore), and 25 levels to be cleared until the final victory!