The game actually includes three separate games—racing, tank combat and flying—where two players compete against each other for the best score.

[2] Triple Action contains three separate games: "Battle Tanks", "Car Racing" and "Biplanes".

The game's options adjust the range of the players' shots and can enable them to ricochet off of obstacles.

[3] Triple Action was favorably reviewed in 1982 by Video magazine where it was described as "a completely legitimate effort" on behalf of Mattel to create another tank game after the success of Armor Battle.

[4]: 42  Triple Action would go on to be honored with a Certificate of Merit in the category of "Best Video Game Audiovisual Effects" a year later at the 4th annual Arkie Awards.