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Pixel Tanks

Top-down tank combat in a destructible maze. Rotate your tank, drive forward, and fire missiles at your opponent. One missile at a time — miss and you're vulnerable until it expires. 2-minute rounds, best of 3. Five maze layouts keep every match fresh.

Pixel Tanks P1: 3 P2: 1 ROUND 2 1:24

Controls

  • Arrow Left / Right or A / D — Rotate tank
  • Arrow Up or W — Drive forward
  • Space / Shift — Fire missile

Rules

  • One missile per player at a time — you can't fire again until it expires or hits
  • Missiles travel at 2.5x tank speed with a 2-second lifetime
  • Half-second cooldown after each missile expires
  • Hits score 1 point — most hits when the 2-minute timer runs out wins the round
  • After each hit, both tanks respawn at starting positions with 2 seconds of invulnerability
  • Best of 3 rounds — first to 2 round wins takes the match
  • Tied round? No round win awarded to either player
  • No backward movement — plan your approach carefully
  • Maze is randomly selected from 5 symmetrical layouts

Inspiration

Based on Atari's Combat (1977) — the quintessential tank battle game.

See Also

P2P Games · /game