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The real news this week is that the “secret best game ever” Death Tank is making its way from the Sega Saturn to the Xbox Live Arcade. While some may simply brush it off as “nothing but a clone of Scorched Earth“, it is much more than that.
Unlike Scorched Earth or Worms, Death Tank was entirely real-time. Grab 7 of your mates, a stack of controllers and a Sega Saturn Multitap and you’ll have bullets, nukes, rolling mines and air strikes flying over your head. It was the Geometry Wars of its time, and is still a blast to play with a bunch of friends. Death Tank! Ready for action? I […]
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back
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