Heavy Weapon Deluxe

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**Heavy Weapon Deluxe** is an arcade game developed by PopCap and released on February 24, 2005. It was available for download until the client shut down in 2013.

## Overview

*Heavy Weapon* is a cartoonish side-scrolling action game where you control a single tank fighting waves of opponents. Driving to the right over flat terrain at a constant speed, the tank can move left or right while the sky is filled with aircraft such as jets, helis, zeppelins, bombers and missiles. Projectiles need to be avoided or taken out. Some friendly planes will pass and drop power-ups to improve speed, gun power or shield, or provide nukes, rockets, a laser, rapid fire or spread fire. During each level, enemies will drop parts of a mega laser weapon. If the four parts are found, an extremely powerful laser beam is added to your arsenal for a short time.

The turret can be aimed 180 degrees, using the right analog stick (Xbox 360) or the mouse (Windows). To position the tank on the screen, you move the mouse left or right (Windows) or use the left analog stick (Xbox 360). The game offers 2 modes. The first is Mission mode where you travel to different countries to take out an increasingly difficult amount of enemies, with a boss at the end of each level. The Xbox 360 version offers cooperative play for up to 4 people.

The other mode is Survival, where you need to play as long as possible without dying. For the Xbox 360 version, online Survival is split up into War Party (keep respawning as long as someone else is alive) and Arms Race (all players start with three lives only). After each mission, you get to upgrade your tank with rockets, a flak cannon, defense orbs, a laser or homing missiles. Additionally, there is the Boss Rush mode (Xbox 360 only), unlocked after finishing the Mission mode, where you need to defeat all 19 bosses after each other.

## How to Play

Use your atomic tank to blast your way through enemy territories.  In this army of one, it's up to you to save the day.

Controls:

Play Heavy Weapon Deluxe with your mouse.  Move your mouse back and forth to move the tank across the bottom of the screen.  Press your Left Mouse Button to fire.  To launch a nuke, click your Right Mouse Button.

Playing Heavy Weapon Deluxe:

Welcome to the new war.  In Heavy Weapon Deluxe, your goal is to make your way through enemy territory - blasting away everything that comes your way and staying alive in the process.

Along the way, you'll receive help from a friendly white chopper.  As it flies through the screen, the chopper will drop power-ups.  Collect the power-ups and don't destroy the chopper!

If you collect any nukes from the chopper, click your Right Mouse Button to unleash a devastating blow to everything on the screen.

That's all there is to it.  Good luck, soldier!

Hints & Tips:

Collect all the pieces of the Megalaser to unleash serious damage on your enemies.

Unlike power-ups, Megalaser pieces will break apart if they reach the ground.  Collect these as they fall.

There are some weapons that will destroy your tank no matter how protected by shields you are.  Watch for these and blow them up before they have a chance to get to you.

Use your upgrade points carefully, and try different settings.  What works for one level may not work for another.

Purple energy bombs can only be destroyed by the megalaser.

Try focusing on incoming fire.  This is the best way to protect yourself.  Many of your enemies will be destroyed in the process. The most important thing is making it to the level boss.