Abrams Battle Tank is a simulator developed by Dynamix, released 31 December 1989 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.
What Abrams Battle Tank is
Abrams Battle Tank is a simulator game developed by Dynamix and released in 1989. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Frontline heat. Behind the gun of an M1A1. 0400 Hours: Mission Briefing, Soviet FST-1's and BMP's are pouring over the border into West Germany. Ready your crew and move out! 0415 Hours: Choose the right weapons. Reconnaissance reports aircraft and infantry, too, so balance your load of Sabots, HEAT rounds and AX's. 0500 Hours: Patrol the road to Bonn. Only minor clashes so far. Check your NAV map and damage screen. You have enough fuel to weed out the recon units, but will your ammo hold out? 1045 Hours: The heat is on. Your 120mm gun slams you against the seat as you blast another T-80. Gutted tanks litter the battlefield, pillars of smoke streak the sky, but the enemy keeps rolling. You…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Abrams Battle Tank launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
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When did Abrams Battle Tank come out?
Abrams Battle Tank was released on 31 December 1989 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.
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