Armor Battle
Platform: Intellivision
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: INTV
Genre: Vehicular Combat
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1979
Developer: APh Technological Consulting
Publisher: Mattel Electronics
Players: 2 VS
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Armor Ambush (aka Armor Battle) is a two player game, where each player is in command of two tanks (one at a time), and they must try to destroy each other.

The battlefields constantly change, so no battle is ever the same.  Tanks move at average speed on grass, fast on roads, slow through trees, and slowest through water.

Tanks will explode after three direct hits.  The Harder game mode adds ricochet shots.


CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Dust off your field glasses and scan the horizon for enemy tanks. There's one -- grinding its way out of the woods!

You see each other at the same time. Both turrets swing toward their targets. Who will fire a split second sooner? And who will be reduced to a pile of rubble?

When you've beaten your opponent, move on to a new battlefield. There are literally hundreds of new terrains to conquer!

War may be nerve-wracking, but this is pure fun!


PRODUCTION NOTE:

An M Network version of the game, called Armor Ambush, was released for the Atari 2600.


FUN FACT:

The game actually made it pretty far through the production phase with the title "Tanks-A-Lot" before some Mattel bigwigs pronounced the name "stupid" and made APh change it. David Rolfe (Major League Baseball) avers, however, that the name wasn't APh's idea - it had been attached to the original concept art that came from Mattel.

 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/intellivision/armor-battle
http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/credits/action.html#armor
