FPV Tank Wars?

[Jerold]

Back in the 80's we had a game called Battle Zone. Essentially it was at FPV tank battle.

It used vector (wire frame) graphics and the arena was open. Essentially an a sandbox with AI opponents. Or at least as much as you could given the technology.

I ran across this video and started thinking. Why can we have a FPV RC tanks with and use laser tag technology for projectiles? Maybe it's been done, maybe I'm crazy?

 

[Greywolf74]

I swear I've seen this game before.

 

[Jerold]

If you were a kid in the 1980's and had a quarter, you probably saw it. There were home releases too.

 

[WickedFog]

I loved the game when it came out.

And by the way... yes, you can buy tanks that use infrared sensors to have tank battles. You just need to add an fpv cam and vtx to send the camera signal to the goggles. It has been done quite a bit actually. I have two tanks in my ebay cart just for this purpose.

 

[Doom!]

have also seen RC tanks that shoot airsoft and paintballs.

 

[WickedFog]

have also seen RC tanks that shoot airsoft and paintballs.

Yeah, you can buy the same tanks with infrared, airsoft cannons, etc. They are all over ebay from $300-$1200 or so, depending on the options you want, like metal tracks, metal drive wheels, metal gearbox, etc.

 

[Doom!]

Mrs. Doom's uncle had an all Aluminum Tiger Tank that fired paintballs and had FPV the works. I think he paid almost 4 grand for it. When he died it mysteriously went missing. Pretty sure his nephew the junkie made off with it.

 

[FJC_GUY]

I pumped a lot of quarters into BattleZone at the movie theater and the arcade when I was a kid.

 

[WickedFog]

I pumped a lot of quarters into BattleZone at the movie theater and the arcade when I was a kid.

I did the same at Pizza City here.

 

[Jerold]

Mrs. Doom's uncle had an all Aluminum Tiger Tank that fired paintballs and had FPV the works. I think he paid almost 4 grand for it. When he died it mysteriously went missing. Pretty sure his nephew the junkie made off with it.

Did it look like this?

 

[BuZzLigHtyEAR]

Did it look like this?

I was thinking of that video.

 

[FJC_GUY]

This reminded me of a site I used to mess around on.

https://www.retrogames.cz/play_110-DOS.php?language=EN

 

[Doom!]

Did it look like this?

No but I'll bet it weighed 200lbs. or more. I only saw a vid of it but it was pretty healthy. No where near as big as the on in the a-10 vid though