<s>
Tanktics	B-Application
:	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Game	I-Application
of	I-Application
Armored	I-Application
Combat	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Eastern	I-Application
Front	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1976	B-Application
two-player	O
tank	O
battle	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
by	O
Chris	O
Crawford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
initially	O
self-published	O
it	O
as	O
Wargy	B-Application
I	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
in	O
1981	O
as	O
Tanktics	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tanktics	B-Application
has	O
no	O
graphics	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
tokens	O
on	O
a	O
map	O
using	O
coordinates	O
the	O
computer	O
,	O
acting	O
as	O
referee	O
,	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawford	O
created	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
first	O
called	O
Wargy	B-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
in	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1130	I-Device
from	O
May	O
to	O
September	O
1976	B-Application
,	O
reporting	O
that	O
it	O
defeated	O
several	O
experienced	O
war	O
gamers	O
at	O
a	O
December	O
1976	B-Application
convention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
his	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
any	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1130	I-Device
not	O
being	O
a	O
consumer	O
computer	O
that	O
war	O
gamers	O
would	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
KIM-1	B-Device
,	O
then	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
in	O
December	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawford	O
sold	O
the	O
PET	B-Device
version	O
himself	O
;	O
as	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
BASIC	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
easy	O
to	O
port	O
from	O
one	O
system	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1981	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
expanded	O
and	O
renamed	O
into	O
Tanktics	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
under	O
that	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
disliking	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
handled	O
line	O
of	O
sight	O
,	O
and	O
bugs	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
(	O
the	O
review	O
offered	O
unofficial	O
patches	O
for	O
the	O
BASIC	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
recommended	O
it	O
for	O
those	O
seeking	O
neither	O
arcade	O
action	O
nor	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
's	O
Panzer	O
games	O
or	O
Squad	O
Leader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1991	O
survey	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
of	O
strategy	O
and	O
war	O
games	O
gave	O
Tanktics	B-Application
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
