Tank and Tank II differences?

[dgame]

What is the difference between Tank and Tank II?

I read “Tank was such a hit that the newly reformed Atari/Kee released several more versions of the game throughout 1975, including Tank 2, Tank III and a cocktail table version of the original Tank.  Tank 2 added land mines represented by x’s.  All the games still featured discreet logic hardware with ROM to represent the tanks and other objects.”
From: http://www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/content.php?article.103


BUT most of the screenshots I see of Tank appear to have the mines. I also downloaded several guides for Tank and they show the mines as well.

Even the pictures here show the same playfield:

Tank:



Tank II:



From: http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=756&page=1#451

It appears the boards are also the same.

So anyone knows what makes a Tank I board into Tank II ?


Thanks!

[ChadTower]

IIRC the main difference is that Tank is an upright and Tank II is a cabaret...

[dgame]

Thanks Chad,

Tank also came in an upright configuration:



I've been reading some old news group postings and it seems like they may have been the exact same game in slightly different cabinets.

There were supposed to be differences in the play fields between the two, but all the screen shots show the same field(s).

Wow, a sequel that is the same as the original?


BTW this is the actual cab I now have:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=731

[ChadTower]

Wow, a sequel that is the same as the original?

There was no "sequel" concept back then.  It was a "new game" where the definition of "game" includes the configuration of the cabinet.  That's how it worked in the first years of video cabinets.

[TAG]

Wow, a sequel that is the same as the original?

Hey, it works in Hollywood!