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The Train: Escape to Normandy

The Train: Escape to Normandy is a video game released by Accolade in 1988 and themed loosely on the motion picture The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. In the video game, the player assumes the role of a train…

1 February 1987

The Train: Escape to Normandy is a shooter developed by Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc., released 1 February 1987 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Train: Escape to Normandy is

The Train: Escape to Normandy is a shooter game developed by Artech Digital Entertainments, Inc. and released in 1987. It was published by Accolade. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Train: Escape to Normandy is a video game released by Accolade in 1988 and themed loosely on the motion picture The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. In the video game, the player assumes the role of a train hijacker who has commandeered a steam train to escape Nazi Germany during World War II. When the train is in motion the player must maintain the correct speed, steam pressure and other operational parameters of the train; also, the player must attempt to shoot down Nazi fighter planes which occasionally strafe the train by aiming and firing anti-aircraft guns mounted to the engine of the train. When the train occasionally stops briefly for resupply at various train stations, the…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did The Train: Escape to Normandy come out?
The Train: Escape to Normandy was released on 1 February 1987 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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