Assault

Lay siege to your competition with the newest lethal weapon from Atari Games
Equipped with Rapid Roll to dodge enemy shots and Power Wheelies to launch grenades, the Assault tank is the supreme mobile weapon.
Assault is armed with the intense game play action that today's players demand.
Spectacular screen graphics are captivating.

- The player's tank remains in the center of the picture as the surrounding screen graphics scroll 360° in response to his movements.
- The lift zone jets the player straight up into the air for reconnaissance and bombing of the enemy outposts.
- Using a Power Wheelie the player assaults the enemy lines with long range powerful grenades.
- The variety of enemies to be conquered and fortresses to be destroyed gives Assault its long earnings life.

# 2019-01-19 16:49:21 - official description

software: Emulated on MAME,

hardware: Namco System 2 arcade hardware,

display: raster

According to Wikipedia, this is the first game to use sprite scaling and "massive" sprite rotation, Ordyne is often credited for this despite being released a year later.

Sanguine # 2009-02-08 17:06:05 - source

collected in
Namco Museum Vol. 4 (PS)

was remade as
Assault Plus (Arcade)