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'''''Trax''''', known in Japan as '''''突撃!ポンコツタンク, Totsugeki! Poncotsu Tank, "Charge! Junk Tank"''''', is a scrolling tank shooter developed and published by [[HAL Laboratory]] in Japan in 1991, and published by [[Electro Brain]] in the USA and UK later that year. It has a single-player story mode and a multiplayer competitive mode.
 
'''''Trax''''', known in Japan as '''''突撃!ポンコツタンク, Totsugeki! Poncotsu Tank, "Charge! Junk Tank"''''', is a scrolling tank shooter developed and published by [[HAL Laboratory]] in Japan in 1991, and published by [[Electro Brain]] in the USA and UK later that year. It has a single-player story mode and a multiplayer competitive mode.
  
I never played this game when it was popular. Instead, I saw it on a list of the best Game Boy games and played it in an emulator.
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I never played this game when it was popular. Instead, I saw it on a list of the best Game Boy games and played it in an emulator. I found the game to be quite enjoyable, and it had real potential, but it ends far too soon.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:58, 27 November 2017

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Trax, known in Japan as 突撃!ポンコツタンク, Totsugeki! Poncotsu Tank, "Charge! Junk Tank", is a scrolling tank shooter developed and published by HAL Laboratory in Japan in 1991, and published by Electro Brain in the USA and UK later that year. It has a single-player story mode and a multiplayer competitive mode.

I never played this game when it was popular. Instead, I saw it on a list of the best Game Boy games and played it in an emulator. I found the game to be quite enjoyable, and it had real potential, but it ends far too soon.

Status

I do not own the game, but I beat it on 2017-11-26.

Review

  • Overall: 3/10
  • Best Version: Game Boy

Good

  • Scrolling shooters are usually so frustratingly difficult, I don't bother with them, but this one was enjoyable the whole way through.
  • The game has pretty decent graphics and sound for a Game Boy game.
  • The animation, especially for the bosses, is cute and fun.
  • Movement is nicely responsive.
  • The weapon power-ups vary in style, and none of them are bad.

Bad

  • You can only turn your turret clockwise, which is a pain. I know this is a limitation of the Game Boy's controls, but it makes the game less-playable.
  • The game is far too easy. The first time I played it I beat it.
  • It would have been nice to allow the weapons to be upgraded to multiple levels.

Ugly

  • The game is far too short. There are only 4 level, so you can beat it an about 15 minutes. Had I paid money for this I would have felt ripped off.

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