Tank Wars
Tank Wars — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Tank Wars on?
- Tank Wars was released on Commodore VIC-20, ColecoVision, Amiga.
- When did Tank Wars release?
- Tank Wars was first released on December 31, 1982.
About Tank Wars
Tank Wars is an action game played from a top down perspective on a single screen. It's a one on one game where the player controls a tank and has to defeat an AI controlled tank. Movement is possible in four directions and the tank will move forward until direction is changed. On the screen are trees, mines and a lake that act as obstacles in different ways. Trees stop the tank and can not be fired through while lakes only stops the tank but can still be fired over. Mines will blow up the tank if moved over. The player has five tanks and when they have all been destroyed the game ends.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Commodore VIC-20, ColecoVision, Amiga
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColecoVision | 1983 | — | $234 | — | Low (look-alike) |
Release timeline
- Commodore VIC-201982
- ColecoVision1983
- AmigaMay 20, 2006
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: rarely — fewer than one recorded sale a year
- Complete: about once a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.
Price over time
A complete copy sold for about $240 in Jan 2021, $240 five years ago, and $234 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Complete |
|---|---|
| Jan 2021 | $240 |
| Jan 2022 | $240 |
| Jan 2023 | $198 |
| Jan 2024 | $198 |
| Jan 2025 | $198 |
| Jan 2026 | $198 |
| Oct 2026 | $234 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date |
|---|---|
| North America Bit Corp. | — |
| North America Telegames | 1986 |
- North America: US re-release of the European cartridge (Wikipedia, List of ColecoVision games).
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1983
- Authenticity
- Low
A European Bit Corp. maze shooter that reached North America through Telegames in 1986, scarce and thinly documented.
Tank Wars is a maze shooter from Bit Corp., dated 1983 and sold in Europe. Telegames re-released the European cartridge in North America in 1986. That is nearly all that is documented: no period review of it has been found.
How it was made
Developed by Bit Corp. and sold in Europe in 1983; Telegames re-released it in North America in 1986.
Worth knowing
- From the ColecoVision manual. You fight with five of your own tanks against 20 enemy tanks in each scene, protecting your Radar Base.
Before you buy
No loose or boxed price is tracked. The collector museum rates the Bit Corp. original Extremely Rare and the Telegames pressing Very Rare, so a North American copy is most likely the later Telegames one. A Telegames copy is genuine but later, and owners report a high failure rate on Telegames carts, so test it. Ask for photos of the shell and label, and for the box if one is claimed.
Tank Wars screenshots
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