26 July 2023, 06:53 | #1 |
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Tankkk renamed to TankX and updated (after 27 years)
Hi,
The tank combat game Tankkk has been updated after a slight delay. It is now called TankX, and supports 7 simultaneous players (up from 4). Many other improvements have been made as well, see the readme for all the details. This version was developed in co-operation with the https://www.amigalive.com discord-community, who provided improvements ideas, testing, new battlefields and in-game music. Cheers! Check out AmigaLive for some TankX online mayhem! |
26 July 2023, 09:49 | #2 |
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Thank you for the update
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27 July 2023, 18:56 | #3 |
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If nothing else, the change of name will please the guy on LemonAmiga who accused the game of racism due to the KKK in the name....
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27 July 2023, 20:00 | #4 |
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27 July 2023, 20:09 | #5 | |
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The name change was a preventative measure. The LemonAmiga entry is very recent (https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=3087) and actually appeared after I already had renamed the game to TankX in May. I also modified one of the original battlefields which contained something that looked like a very well known symbol. EDIT: It was something that looked like a religious symbol. Last edited by koobo; 28 July 2023 at 06:49. |
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27 July 2023, 21:04 | #6 | |
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27 July 2023, 21:16 | #7 | |
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You should consider the facts at hand lest you look like a troll. The field with the "well known" symbol is obviously something you have not seen, and furthermore it was not even drawn by me, but a friend. We were all 16 at the time. |
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27 July 2023, 21:23 | #8 |
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Some historical background for those who did not check the LemonAmiga-link above or actually played the game: Tankkk/TankX is a port of the MSDOS game Tankkk, which can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/tankkk
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27 July 2023, 22:05 | #9 |
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And now imagine "KKK" is also a well known brand of automotive turbochargers. Some people are just weird with their associations.
We will add TankX to Lemon as well. |
27 July 2023, 22:43 | #10 |
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its a weird one alright, name now sounds like https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/tanx and gamewise looks like https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/tank-attack-pd
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27 July 2023, 23:02 | #11 |
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Thanks for creating this game koobo. I played it a lot when it was featured on an Amiga Power coverdisk.
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27 July 2023, 23:13 | #12 |
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27 July 2023, 23:26 | #13 |
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The Snow flake generation (along with others of the same mindset) seem to be ready to pounce on anything or anyone that, there is even the remotest chance could be some kind of phobic/prejudice.
The problem with this is lots (potentially even the majority the way its going) of people who they pounce on are in fact not phobic/prejudice at all. Being falsely accused of anything is genuinely very hurtful but there seems to be little or no concern or compassion from the snowflakes for those they falsely accuse. Thanks for the game update & all the HippoPlayer updates Koobo it's much appreciated. |
27 July 2023, 23:27 | #14 |
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The only struggle they have is getting offended on behalf of others, who will never care about the titles of Amiga games.
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27 July 2023, 23:31 | #15 |
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Great to see this "community" filled with unsavory characters that have no regard for the sensibilities of other human lives they might not agree with.
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some people just want to see the world burn.. Besides, its not Koobo's fault for the title as he ported the MSDOS game under the same name for Amiga... PS. its unfair to judge a game by the title and giving bad score without playing it even once PS2. I hope the new title will satisfy even the weirdest of people Last edited by ztronzo; 30 July 2023 at 01:42. |
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30 July 2023, 01:38 | #17 |
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Great game Koobo!!! its definitely a multiplayer sensation! It needs more love now, hey we might even make a tournament on it some day... I will try to convince the tournament organizers to add it in the voting list :-)
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30 July 2023, 07:46 | #18 |
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30 July 2023, 07:47 | #19 |
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Hey, most of us are X-ers, we are just returning the favor to the world we did grew up on, that DGAF about our sensibilities to begin with
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30 July 2023, 20:57 | #20 | |
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But seriously, I doubt there was any racist intent in the name. were the Klan that well known outside America, even among people who would have been their 'targets' in America? Genuine racism is deeply offensive to me, and should be deeply offensive to all of us, but I doubt that this was genuine racism. |
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