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Article #2521[rec.games.programmer...] Re: XBATTLEZONE != XTANK
From: Lance A. Brown
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 1990 08:38
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 1990 08:38
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Archive-name: x11/games/xtank/1990-12-01 Archive-directory: ftp.eng.umd.edu:/pub/xtank/ [128.8.133.9] Original-posting-by: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) Original-subject: Re: XBATTLEZONE != XTANK Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) -=>On 30 Nov 90 21:50:03 GMT, sam@umd5.umd.edu (Sam) said: > In article <7647@umd5.umd.edu> sam@umd5.umd.edu (Sam) writes: >> In article <7645@umd5.umd.edu> I wrote: >>> >>> About 6 months ago I saw a version of the arcade game battlezone >>>running on a DECstation 3100. Does anyone know where I can find the >>>source for this game? >>> >>> Mail replies to sam@umd5.umd.edu >> xtank != battlezone >> I have xtank and enjoy it! But alas it is not battlezone. >> The version of battlezone I saw had very few options. All tanks >> were the same, and the views were 3D with the only obstacles being >> pyramids and robot tanks. However it was still quite enjoyable to play. >> So if any one out there knows were the code for this game >> exists, let me know. There is a more current version of XTANK out now days. It uses a top down view currently and has a number of different tank bodies, engines, etc. It is possible to design your own tanks and mazes, and there are a number of different "games" you can play. The sources can be FTPed from ftp.eng.umd.edu Lance -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lance A. Brown brown@cs.utk.edu 3500 Sutherland Avenue, Apt. L-303 Graduate Student in Computer Science Knoxville, TN 37919 Sun SparcStations are Neat! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!emv From: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [rec.games.programmer...] Re: XBATTLEZONE != XTANK Message-ID: <1990Dec8.083854.11702@ox.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 08:38:54 GMT References: <7647@umd5.umd.edu> <BROWN.90Dec1141426@hydra2a.cs.utk.edu> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) Followup-To: rec.games.programmer,comp.windows.x Organization: University of Tenn., Knoxville, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 45 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.windows.x