Mass Destruction
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This page is for the original DOS version. For the 2015 emulator-based PlayStation version re-release, see Mass Destruction (2015).
Developers | |
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NMS Software | |
Publishers | |
Europe | BMG Interactive |
North America | ASC Games |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 27, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Tank |
Art styles | Realistic |
Mass Destruction is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view action, shooter and vehicle combat game.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Demo
- A demo is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\TANK.INI |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\TANK.SAV |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Fixed at 640x400. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 70 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
- Mouse is not used in-game.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and sound effects can only be toggled on or off. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | ||||
LAN play | 4 | Versus |
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Online play | For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation. | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Software renderer | ||
DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium P90 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 34 MB |