Photos: Cracking open 'Shocking Tanks'

The idea behind the game Shocking Tanks is similar to the old laser tag game: shoot your opponent, and extinguish the lights on his tank before he extinguishes yours.

But there's a twist. If you get hit, you get an 18-volt shock through your controller. The remotes have forward and reverse controls for each of your tank's treads, as well as triggers on the top back to fire your weapon.

(CNET Networks' TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. News.com is publishing this excerpt.)

Caption text by TechRepublic's Ken Keesling.

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