Abrams Battle Tank
Abrams Battle Tank, released as M-1 Abrams Battle Tank for the Sega version, is a video game developed by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for MS-DOS. It simulates the American battle tank M1 Abrams. Publication history. It was later ported to Mega Drive in 1991 by Realtime Games Software. Designed by Damon Slye, the game is a 3D vehicle simulation of the M1 Abrams tank. The port from MS-DOS to Sega Genesis was performed by Realtime Games Software Ltd in the UK using their own 3D games engine that was earlier used  in Carrier Command with some tweaks to adapt it to the Genesis and the needs of the tank scenario. Gameplay. Although the simulation depicts the four crew positions, and is advertised as a simulation, gameplay is not actually very realistic; the missions are arcade game-like with a fixed sequence of actions to perform. The graphics were very good for their time, but reviews are mixed, with many players enjoying the "fun factor" introduced by the lack of realism, and others decrying it for the same reason. Reception. In 1989, "Dragon" gave the MS-DOS version of the game 3  out of 5 stars. "Computer Gaming World" gave the game two and a half stars out of five, stating that "Abrams Battle Tank" was a good game but a poor simulation. The magazine cited the commanding officer's briefings, at one point threatening failure with execution, as unprofessional and offensive to military personnel. In a 1994 survey of wargames the magazine gave the title two out of five stars, stating that newer games had superseded it and criticizing the simulation of a single tank instead of a company or squad. "Compute!" agreed that the game was not very realistic, but  advised players to "accept the game as a graphically excellent, tactically complex simulation". In 1994, "PC Gamer US" named "Abrams Battle Tank" the 50th best computer game ever.