Xref: utzoo rec.games.programmer:2630 comp.windows.x:30088 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!utkcs2!!brown From: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: XBATTLEZONE != XTANK Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 90 19:14:26 GMT References: <7647@umd5.umd.edu> Sender: news@cs.utk.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Tenn., Knoxville, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: sam@umd5.umd.edu's message of 30 Nov 90 21:50:03 GMT -=>On 30 Nov 90 21:50:03 GMT, sam@umd5.umd.edu (Sam) said: > In article <7647@umd5.umd.edu> sam@umd5.umd.edu (Sam) writes: >> In article <7645@umd5.umd.edu> I wrote: >>> >>> About 6 months ago I saw a version of the arcade game battlezone >>>running on a DECstation 3100. Does anyone know where I can find the >>>source for this game? >>> >>> Mail replies to sam@umd5.umd.edu >> xtank != battlezone >> I have xtank and enjoy it! But alas it is not battlezone. >> The version of battlezone I saw had very few options. All tanks >> were the same, and the views were 3D with the only obstacles being >> pyramids and robot tanks. However it was still quite enjoyable to play. >> So if any one out there knows were the code for this game >> exists, let me know. There is a more current version of XTANK out now days. It uses a top down view currently and has a number of different tank bodies, engines, etc. It is possible to design your own tanks and mazes, and there are a number of different "games" you can play. The sources can be FTPed from ftp.eng.umd.edu Lance -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lance A. Brown brown@cs.utk.edu 3500 Sutherland Avenue, Apt. L-303 Graduate Student in Computer Science Knoxville, TN 37919 Sun SparcStations are Neat! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------