<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Yutaka	O
Kounoe	O
,	O
whose	O
works	O
include	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
,	O
Lucky	B-Application
&	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Point	B-Application
Blank	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
installment	O
to	O
Namco	O
's	O
Battle	B-Application
City	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
itself	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Tank	B-Application
Battalion	I-Application
(	O
1980	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
two-player	O
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
very	O
much	O
like	O
that	O
of	O
Tank	B-Application
Battalion	I-Application
,	O
except	O
that	O
this	O
time	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
(	O
on	O
an	O
upright	O
model	O
)	O
or	O
four	O
(	O
on	O
a	O
cocktail	O
)	O
players	O
can	O
play	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
seven	O
new	O
types	O
of	O
enemy	O
tanks	O
(	O
Normal	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Speed	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Hard	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Big	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Rapid	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Tomahawk	O
Tanks	O
and	O
Jeeps	O
)	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
fifteen	O
types	O
of	O
powerups	O
(	O
Bonus	O
500	O
,	O
1000	O
,	O
2000	O
and	O
3000	O
,	O
Shot	O
Powerup	O
,	O
4-Way	O
Shot	O
,	O
Hyper	O
Shot	O
,	O
Ripple	O
Laser	O
,	O
Twin	O
Shot	O
,	O
Small	O
,	O
Shield	O
,	O
Bomb	O
Attack	O
,	O
Timer	O
Stop	O
,	O
Force	O
Field	O
and	O
Extend	O
)	O
which	O
appear	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
collect	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
their	O
tanks	O
 '	O
firepower	O
and	O
boost	O
their	O
score	O
;	O
the	O
enemies	O
also	O
roll	O
into	O
view	O
from	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
instead	O
of	O
just	O
appearing	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
enter	O
from	O
the	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
sides	O
,	O
every	O
fourth	O
round	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
boss	O
"	O
round	O
where	O
the	O
players	O
must	O
fight	O
Train	O
Cannons	O
,	O
AK	O
Tanks	O
and	O
Boss	O
Cannons	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
round	O
's	O
regular	O
enemies	O
,	O
the	O
players	O
cannot	O
destroy	O
their	O
own	O
headquarters	O
walls	O
,	O
when	O
one	O
player	O
shoots	O
another	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
pushed	O
back	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
an	O
ending	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
seen	O
after	O
clearing	O
all	O
thirty-six	O
rounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
reported	O
that	O
Tank	B-Application
Force	I-Application
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
February	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
for	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Damien	O
McFerran	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
said	O
that	O
Tank	B-Application
Force	I-Application
made	O
for	O
an	O
odd	O
inclusion	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
obscurity	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Pac-Man	O
with	O
tanks	O
and	O
destructible	O
environments	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
