Battletanx on the Nintendo 64 did not have set sales records. The 3DO Company game certainly did open, even if ever so briefly, a new genre of gaming. One that few companies jumped in on, such as Sega did with Alien Front Online which was “similar”. The year is 2001, a virus has wiped out the feminine side of the human race. At least almost all of them ensuring the species is at least severely restricted in growth and survival. Long story short here, you play a guy, he has a fiancée and she is somewhere in the world. You are a tank operator that is down on his luck. Not interested in waiting for love to find you, you take your future into your own hands. You take a tank without permission of course and set out to find your future bride. Video games are no fun if you ask permission before doing something.

Battletanx was 3DO attempting to rise again

3DO may go down in history as the company that had quite a bit of potential. Likely to succeed where others have failed and to blaze new trails where no one had gone before. The problem is, those in charge forgot how to run a business. The system that carried the name, 3DO, was held back by it’s controller. Anyone that has actually used one knows what I mean. By going against the grain when it comes to development software did not help either. They went with Mac development kits when the industry was solidly in the IBM compatible camp. That doesn’t mean they didn’t know how to make fun games, Battletanx being one of them.

Futuristic history alternate story

It is interesting, the choice of years was 2001. In other mediums, such as movies like Back to the Future, we have lived through the prophetic years mentioned. What other years were bad in gaming? Just name the ones we have lived through or will soon. Say up to 2020 and see how many we can name.

Battletanx hit the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color and is not available digitally at this time.

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