This week, it's been a celebration of all-things SNK, with the release of Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and select fighting games on the eShop currently half price until 20th November. To go out with a bang, Hamster has now added one of the company's top-down vertically scrolling shmup to the Arcade Archives collection.
Introducing T.N.K III (otherwise known as T.A.N.K.) – a classic arcade game first released in 1985 where you take control of a tank and destroy everything in sight. Here's the backstory and some screens from the PR:
In the last years of the great war, when authorities get word that an enemy nation is developing weapons on a small island, they order a special task force to destroy the enemy's development facilities.
Colonel RALF of the special task force learns that this is crucial for victory and decides to take on the sabotage mission alone.
This latest Hamster release will set you back $7.99 / £6.29 and supports 1-2 players. You'll also be able to adjust various game settings such as difficulty and reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings during their prime. Last of all is the ability to compete against high scores set by players from all over the world.
Will you be adding this one to your digital collection on the Switch? Comment below.
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Looks like it’s aged like S.H.T
Hmm, this looks a lot like Iron Tank in the screenshots. That was a fun NES game.
@nessisonett
Gameplay > Graphics
We have this already on switch with the SNK 40th anniversary
I always loved this game in arcades.
The power-ups really felt powerful and exciting.
It was always so much fun to run over solders while in tank.
Remember being able to almost finish the game with one quarter.
Compared to other games, it was playable and not a total rip-off.
If the SNK Collection hits $20, I'm getting a copy.
This the problem with the recent Arcade Archives, the games they're releasing are already available on Switch elsewhere, or they're too old to be worth 8 bucks. I'm honestly tired ranting on this all the time. I pass the torch onto you guys, I wish you luck
@Xylnox Iron Tank is the NES port of TNKIII. Both are playable on the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for Switch.
@Illusion oh wow cool.
@mrmememan Yeah I have been steadily losing interest in the ACA games for a while now and I think this is where I call it quits. They need to come out with some more unique and interesting games if they expect me to continue spending $8 a game.
I am just glad we got a bunch of essentials and a big portion of the Neo Geo library, I think I should be satisfied unless they start focusing on more late 80's and 90's era arcade games.
@JayJ I bought maybe 75% of the neo Geo outings and the vs collection. Agreed these games have completely taken my enthusiasm and it's to the point I don't even look to see what's released. If it wasn't for the news article I wouldn't know nor would I care. I thought ACA might team up with the Konami and Capcoms but clearly bigger companies have figured out to release their own compilations. I hope they right the ship in 2020
Not one of the SNK games I want, but at least this gives me a glimmer of hope for more NEO GEO releases, namely Puzzle de Pon. I just hope they're done with sports games.
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