ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter
The display is a third-person view showing the player's ATF, which remains stationary on screen as the scenery scrolls past it, which takes up most of the screen. A head-up display is superimposed on the main…
ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter is an arcade, released 31 December 1988 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter is
ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter was released in 1988. It was published by Digital Integration. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The display is a third-person view showing the player's ATF, which remains stationary on screen as the scenery scrolls past it, which takes up most of the screen. A head-up display is superimposed on the main screen; this shows engine thrust, the ATF's speed, ground height and altitude, along with the missile system available, direction of flight and a target's range and bearing. The right-hand side is devoted to the "on-board flight computer" which shows enemy positions on a world map, the status of weapon systems and the ATF itself. Above the flight computer display is a panel which shows the score and number of lives left.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 60% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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