BATTLE CITY · CHALLENGE OF 2026-10-19

HOW THE DAY WENT

Monday, October 19 brought BATTLE CITY, at level 5, and 5 people played.

FERXO17 won by a street with 1,500 points, 600 more than ADRIAN in second. FERDAM rounds out the podium with 300.

Among the top 5, the average was 540 points, and 2 finished on zero.

THE SCREEN

It started on screen 2 of the 3 that BATTLE CITY has; clearing it leads on to the rest, in an order that depends on the day. It was played at level 5, with the same seed for everyone: the same enemies and the same pieces in the same order.

THE MUSIC

Tema de la Sonata KV 331, W. A. Mozart, 1783.

The theme that opens the sonata which ends with the Turkish March: a calm melody in A major followed by six variations.

It is in the public domain, transcribed to chiptune with square and triangle waves, the way it would sound on an Atari 2600.

ABOUT TODAY'S GAME

You defend your base from endless waves of tanks. Brick breaks to gunfire (yours included), steel does not, and water stops tanks while letting bullets through.

Three tank types: basic grey, fast white from wave 2 and heavy green from wave 3, which takes three bullets. Most head straight for the base, shooting their way in.

· You lose the same whether they kill you or the base. And the base does not respawn: when in doubt between chasing a tank and going home, go home.

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