<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Namco	O
's	O
1980	O
Tank	B-Application
Battalion	I-Application
,	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
succeeded	O
itself	O
by	O
the	O
1991	O
Tank	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
arcade	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
VS.	I-Application
System	I-Application
would	O
follow	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
eventually	O
end	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
release	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
related	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
1991	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nova	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
was	O
never	O
officially	O
released	O
outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
inclusions	O
in	O
unofficial	O
famiclone	B-Operating_System
multicarts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	B-Application
City	I-Application
contains	O
35	O
different	O
stages	O
that	O
are	O
13	O
units	O
wide	O
by	O
13	O
units	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Famicom	O
version	O
of	O
Battle	B-Application
City	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
co-op	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
level	O
editor	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
simplicity	O
,	O
Battle	B-Application
City	I-Application
hosts	O
an	O
extensive	O
ROM	O
hacking	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
