# Battle City

> Play Battle City online free: drive your tank through 35 stages, destroy every enemy tank and guard your eagle base. Unlimited lives cheat. No download.

- Play in the browser: https://yesthisgame.com/battle-city/
- Category: Shooting
- Made by: a third-party developer; hosted and played on Yes This Game
- Price: free, no download, no sign-up
- Guide: [Battle City Power-Ups: What Each One Does and How Long It Lasts](https://yesthisgame.com/blog/battle-city-power-ups.md)

## In short

Battle City is the 1985 tank game by Namco. Drive your tank through brick and steel mazes, destroy the 20 enemy tanks of every stage and protect the eagle at the bottom of the screen. Collect power-ups for a stronger tank, a shield or a frozen enemy. Play it in your browser with keyboard, gamepad or an on-screen pad on phones, and switch on unlimited lives with the cheats button.

**How to control it:** Press Play, then Start (Enter) to begin with 1 Player. Keyboard: arrow keys drive the tank, Z or X fires, Enter starts and pauses, V (Select) moves the menu cursor on the title screen. Phone: use the on-screen cross to drive, B or A to fire and Start. The magic wand button next to full screen opens the cheats.

**Battle City** is the tank game that kept a whole generation glued to the screen. You drive a small yellow tank through a maze of brick and steel walls, shoot the 20 enemy tanks that roll in from the top of every stage and protect the eagle at the bottom. If an enemy shell hits the eagle, the game is over. This is the 1985 version by Namco for the Nintendo Famicom, and it plays right here in your browser with no download.

## How to play

1. Press **Play** under the title picture. When the title screen appears, press Start (Enter on a keyboard) to begin with **1 Player** .
2. Drive with the arrow keys and fire with **Z** or **X** .
3. Shoot through brick walls to open a path. Steel walls only break once your tank is strong enough.
4. Destroy all 20 enemy tanks of the stage. The small tank icons on the right show how many are left.
5. Keep the enemies away from the eagle at the bottom of the screen.

## Controls

**Computer:** arrow keys drive the tank, Z or X fires, Enter is Start and pauses the game. On the title screen V (Select) moves the cursor to 2 Players or Construction. Move the mouse over the game to show the bar with pause, restart, sound, save state, load state and full screen buttons.

**Phone and tablet:** an on-screen pad appears under the game. The cross on the left drives the tank, **B** and **A** both fire and **Start** starts or pauses the game.

A USB or Bluetooth gamepad also works.

## Cheats

Press the **magic wand** button next to the full screen button above the game and switch on **Unlimited lives** . Your tank then always comes back, but the eagle still has to be protected: if it is destroyed, the game ends. Reloading the page turns the cheat off again.

## Power-ups

- **Star** : makes your tank stronger. With enough stars it fires faster and breaks steel walls.
- **Helmet** : a shield that protects your tank for a short time.
- **Clock** : freezes all enemy tanks for a few seconds.
- **Shovel** : puts a steel wall around the eagle for a while.
- **Grenade** : destroys every enemy tank on the screen.
- **Tank** : an extra life.

Power-ups appear when you destroy a flashing enemy tank.

## About Battle City

Namco released Battle City for the Famicom in Japan in 1985. It has 35 stages and a Construction mode where you can build your own map with bricks, steel, water, trees and ice, and two players can play together. Many players know it from the famous Famicom clone consoles of the nineties, often under the name Tank 1990.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Battle City free to play?

Yes. You can play it free in your browser on Yes This Game, with no download and no sign-up.

### Can I play Battle City on my phone?

Yes. On a phone or tablet an on-screen pad with a cross, B, A and Start buttons appears under the game.

### How many stages are there?

There are 35 stages, each with its own map and a stronger mix of enemy tanks.

### Can I save my progress?

Yes. The bar under the game has a save state button that stores the game exactly where you are, in your browser on this device. The load state button brings it back.