The game was innovative in that, instead of the player's tank being destroyed with a hit from an enemy, it was merely damaged, losing some capabilities such as radar or speed (enough damage would eventually destroy the tank). The tank is equipped with radar to locate enemy squadrons. The game has the player remotely control a futuristic robot tank, whose mission is to stop enemy rebel tanks rampaging across the countryside from reaching downtown Santa Clara, California, United States. It was designed and programmed by Alan Miller and published by the then-fledgling Activision. Robot Tank is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600. Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. A square with the number 12 appears each time a squadron of twelve enemies areįor a more detailed documentation, see the AtariAge page.If you think that the game in your browser doesn't work as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table.

The number of enemies destroyed is the only reward.Ī small tank appears at the top of your screen for each enemy The general article on Atari environments outlines different ways to instantiate corresponding environments The respective observation spaces areīox(,, (128,), uint8)īox(. Observations #īy default, the environment returns the RGB image that is displayed to human players as an observation. Number of bonus Robot Tanks allowed at any one time is 12.ĭetailed documentation can be found on the AtariAge page Actions #īy default, all actions that can be performed on an Atari 2600 are available in this environment.Even if you use v0 or v4 or specify full_action_space=False during initialization, all actions will be available in the default flavor. You earn one bonus Robot Tank for every enemy squadron destroyed. Happens - or just become damaged - sensors report the damage by flashing on your control panel (look at V/C/R/T squares). Rocket fire - your video scrambles with static interference when this

Your Robot Tank may get lost when it is hit by enemy

The game begins with one active Robot Tank and three reserves. Game ends when all of your Robot Tanks areĭestroyed or all 12 enemy squadrons are destroyed. You control your Robot Tanks to destroy enemies and avoid enemy fire.

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