Battle City/Gameplay

Controls

 * : Use the D-pad to direct your tank in any one of four directions. Diagonals are not possible.
 * or : Press either button to fire in the direction your tank is currently facing.
 * : Pauses the game.
 * : Not used.

Players
These are the tanks that the first and second players control. Player 1 controls the yellow tank, and player 2 controls the green tank simultaneously. Both tanks can only have one of their own shots on the screen at one time, and may not fire again until the shot hits an enemy or collides with a wall. Unless a force field is surrounding the tanks, preventing them from taking damage, they can be destroyed by one enemy bullet. If one player shoots another, it will prevent the other player from moving, although it will still be possible to turn and fire.

Normal Tank
This is the regular enemy tank. They move a bit slower than your tank, and their bullets travel at the same speed as yours (with no power-ups applied.) It takes one shot to destroy them.

Fast Tank
This is the fastest enemy tank. They can move at a substantially faster rate than your tank can travel. Their bullets, however, travel at normal speed. It takes one shot to destroy them.

Power Tank
This tank has the greatest offensive power. They move at the speed of normal tanks, but their bullets travel must faster, as fast as your tank can when you collect the star power up. It takes one shot to destroy them.

Armor Tank
This tank has the most defensive power. They can move and shoot at normal speeds. However, it takes four shots to destroy them. They start out green and gradually become gray until the fourth shot destroys them.

Power-Ups
A power up will appear in one of sixteen locations randomly on the screen whenever a tank that flashes red is hit. You must touch them to collect them and activate their effects. Collecting each powerup gives 500 points to player.

Environment
There are a few different types of obstacles scattered around each stage. Knowing how to use them to your advantage is the key to your survival.

Projectile collision

 * Friendly and enemy projectiles will cancel eachother out when they collide in the air.
 * Try to avoid that situation with power tanks in medium-close range or closer, especially when your tank isn't upgraded.
 * Also avoid this situation in case of armored tanks, especially when your tank isn't upgraded or it can lead to a life loss. The more hits armored tank has left, the further the safer range is.

Avoid being cheap-shot by the enemy

 * When tanks are positioned like in this picture, they are vulnerable to eachother's shots. Try moving sideways to avoid it.

Use bricks and steel walls in your advantage

 * When your tank is positioned so, you are in a great advantage. Not only can't enemy shoot at you, but you also have a free shot for the enemy tank.

Thin walls

 * Shooting brick wall 3 times can make the remaining wall to be not destructible from the other side, yet blocks the enemy movement. Wish such tactic, enemy has less paths to your home base, making it easier to defend. This strategy can be used well in level 13 or level 35 for an example.
 * This tactic cannot be used with a tank that has collected 3 stars, because such tank destroys bricks with double power. Thus, in 2-player mode, it's better if only one player has got the tank upgraded to maximum.