Battle City

Battle City
Famicom version cover art
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
Producer(s)Takefumi Hyoudou
Programmer(s)Ryoichi Ohkubo
Composer(s)Junko Ozawa
Platform(s)Family Computer, Game Boy, Arcade, X1, FM-7, MZ-1500
Release
  • JP: September 9, 1985
Genre(s)Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNintendo VS. System

Battle City is a 1985 multi-directional shooter video game developed and published by Namco for the Family Computer. Released only in Japan, it is the sequel to arcade game Tank Battalion.

An arcade version for the Nintendo VS. System titled VS. Battle City would follow, along with a Game Boy version in 1991, which was developed and published by Nova Games. The Famicom version was later included as an unlockable in the Japanese release of Star Fox: Assault, and would eventually be digitally re-released via the Virtual Console for Wii and Wii U. The arcade version was released by Hamster Corporation as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on September 12, 2024.

Although the Famicom version was never officially released outside Japan, Battle City was one of the most common inclusions in unofficial famiclone multicarts.