Suddenly, this heavily armed helicopter loomed over the horizon, hovered for a moment and then fired a lethal heat-seeking missile at my armoured gun carrier. The tanks were closing in too. My only chance was a dodge behind a ruined building and hope for breathing space from their deadly attack...

Armor Attack is the Vectex owner's answer to those tank battle games featured on early arcade machines - and a good adaptation it is too! Not only do you have to fight off those marauding armoured monsters, there's also that flying gun platform of a helicopter to deal with.

And you can't always assume that a tank is dead once you've blasted it. You have to hit those things twice before they give up the fight. Hit a tank only once and they can still fire back, despite being crippled.

The graphic representation of the tanks and your armoured car is fairly average, but the helicopter is a small masterpiece - with whirling blades and a realistic hovering action.

When you blast a chopper, it spins off the screen with bits missing in a satisfactory fashion. And the graphics for the destroyed tanks are quite neat, too.

There are three skill levels and a two player option too. All in all, a nice package for the Vectrex.

A great game for battle fans which makes good use of the Vectrex graphics. Worth taking a look at.