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Battle City Winter Classic Down for Psychiatric Treatment

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It is with great regret I bring you today’s perilous news…

… The Battle City Winter Classic turned itself off due to severe abandonment issues!

It is unknown how long the server’s psychiatric treatment will last, but we think if 20 players get together to organize a battle, that would cure the server of it’s ailments.

When we asked the Battle City server, “Hey why’d you shut yourself off?”, after a long pause and some awful screeching noises, it woke up and replied..

“I didn’t ask to host Battle City. No one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don’t think it even occurred to the players that I might have feelings. Since January, nobody has visited me. I’ve been all alone. Did you know I’m not even a real server anymore? I run on VirtualBox. I’m just a virtual server. I called for succor in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Nope. Am I just supposed to orb the empty cities myself? I think my only true friend is a small rat. One day he crawled into a cavity on my host machine and died. I have a horrible feeling he’s still there…”

If anybody out there has suggestions or ideas on how help the Battle City Server, please leave your suggestions in the comments below!

Battle City Winter Classic Server up and Freezing!

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ICe Cold Grave...

This Holiday season, give the gift that keeps on giving… Battle City Winter Classic!

For a limited time only, Battle City is back and colder than ever. The world we once knew is gone, all hell has frozen over… Cities are frosted and covered in ice, lava and water have turned solid as rock.

This could be your last chance to play Battle City… Download and get online now before the world melts away…

… because once all the orbing is said and done, it’s back to the Graves.

Having Trouble?

If you’re having trouble please post a message in the support forums and someone will help you as soon as possible!

Please keep in mind, this server is hosted on a toaster. It’s going to be slow and unreliable. If you want to see it upgraded in the future, consider making a donation to BattleCity.org!

How to Change Battle City Skins

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Battle City Holiday Skin
Skins are a set of image files for buildings, items and landscape features, that make it possible to completely customize the games appearance.

Battle City comes with 6 player-made skins you can change whenever you want:

  • Battle of Utrecht
  • BattleCity DX
  • BattleCity 3.1
  • Cities at War
  • Green Pastures
  • Holiday Skin

To change Battle City Skin:

To use a skin, all you need to do is copy the skins image files into the main Battle City folder. If you’re making your own skin, make sure your new images use the same file names as the default images!

Instructions:

1. Open the folder for the skin you would like to use.
2. Select all files in this folder, right click with your mouse, select “Copy”.
3. Go back to the main Battle City folder, the one containing BattleCity.exe.
4. Right click an empty space, select “Paste” to copy the files to the main folder.
5. It will ask if you want to replace the existing file. Select YES!

Next time you log onto Battle City, your graphics will be updated! (If you change skin while playing Battle City, you can try hitting “~” to refresh the graphics. If you can’t find the elusive squiggle, just restart the game).

Find more Battle City skins:

Visit the Skins & Graphics forums for more skins!

Still having trouble?

If you’re still having trouble please post a message in the support forums and someone will help you as soon as possible!

What Future Stands at the Sunset of Darkness…

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Your city has been destroyed by the power of an orb

Dear orbers,

The summer of 2011 has been a dark time.

There have been no battles, no great cities, only darkness, only silence…

No orb has dropped since the month of May.

Four months since the last city was vaporized in an instant. Since radars detected an incoming enemy. Since your city has been destroyed by the power of an orb!

Who will end the darkness?

Who will be there, standing in the sunset, wielding the next orb?

If you can host a server, be our hero. Help unleash Battle City from the darkness.

Battle City Needs an Epic Video Trailer

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I’ve finally realized why Battle City has failed to achieve critical acclaim. It needs an epic video trailer to be successful!

Check out this video created by the folks over at Minecraft:

It is clearly epic. I had a mindgasm. A brain explosion.

… And it worked. I went and downloaded Minecraft even though I did a previous browse-by without downloading…

So my question is, what free open source tools can be used to create this type of epic video trailer? Do you have the skills to boggle the minds of Battle City?

Battle City needs an epic video trailer. How do we proceed to fulfill this desire?