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said, "The game offers a handful of features and elements that seem ideal for hard-core sim fans, but the mission designs and the general feel of gameplay seem more appropriate for an action game than a serious sim."
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The networking protocols used in the game were originally developed by MAK for the
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The game was described as a mix between tank simulation and an action game.
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said, "the emphasis here is definitely more on fun than it is on realism."
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Developer(s)
Zombie Studios
MAK Technologies, Inc.
Publisher(s)
NA
Interactive Magic
EU
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
NA
EU
Genre(s)
Tank simulation
action
Single-player
multiplayer
tank simulation
action
Zombie Studios
MAK Technologies, Inc.
Interactive Magic
Microsoft Windows
Zombie Studios
MAK Technologies, Inc.
United States Air Force
E3 1997
BMG Interactive
GameRankings
AllGame

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