Tokyo Wars

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Tokyo Wars
Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Namco
Distributor(s)	Namco
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date	^JP ^NA ^EU 1995
Genre(s)	Action, Shooting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer (up to 8 players)
Rating(s)	n/a (not rated)
Input methods	sit-down arcade terminal(s)

Tokyo Wars (トーキョーウォーズ, Tokyo Wars^?) is a two-player arcade game from Namco that allows two players to control separate tanks. The player(s) can play either in a Japanese city or in a bayside dock. However, the players have 20 seconds to make all the decisions before the game automatically locks them in. The tanks are identical except in color (green and gray).

[edit] Game play

A game only lasts for 15 minutes or until all opposing tanks are shot down. The game uses Namco's Super System 22 board which can render significantly better graphics and more polygons with sharper texture-mapping. The game itself is considered to at a higher resolution and a higher framerate compared to the graphics capabilities of the original Sony PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the Nintendo 64 video game systems. However, the processing power and framerate of the game is much less than what the Sega Dreamcast can produce. Players must sit down in order to play the game and the controls are similar to an actual tank.

Games can be played either as a competition (player 1 versus player 2) or cooperatively on the same team against AI-controlled opponents. Unlike most arcade games, high scores are not recorded and initials are not used to discriminate between player 1 and player 2. The player has to look in his or her monitor to find out whether he or she has vanquished the opposition. Due to its simple play, most machines can be played with only one token. However, each player will need an individual token and each token must be placed in a separate coin slot, like all video arcade games and unlike most pinball games. Although only 2 players can play at a time, up to 4 machines can be interconnected to provide up to 8 players a chance to compete in tournament-style matches.