SEAL Team
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SEAL Team is a Vietnam War
video game which was released by Electronic Arts
for PC in 1993. It was the first ever tactical shooter
game.
and bitmap graphics of the modified LHX: Attack Chopper
game engine
to recreate 80 historical operations of the four-man US Navy SEAL
teams in the Mekong Delta
area of Vietnam. The game featured an unprecedented amount of realism and is referred to as "tactical combat simulation
" by IGN
.
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
video game which was released by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
for PC in 1993. It was the first ever tactical shooter
Tactical shooter
A tactical shooter is a subgenre of shooter game that includes both first-person shooters and third-person shooters. These games typically simulate realistic combat, thus making tactics and caution more important than quick reflexes in other action games...
game.
Gameplay
The game uses 3D vectorVector graphics
Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...
and bitmap graphics of the modified LHX: Attack Chopper
LHX Attack Chopper
LHX Attack Chopper is a 1990 war helicopter simulation game for the PC by Electronic Arts. The game was developed by Electronic Arts, Design and Programming led by Brent Iverson, also known for the PC-DOS version of Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, and US Navy Fighters.The game was originally for PC-DOS,...
game engine
Game engine
A game engine is a system designed for the creation and development of video games. There are many game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles and personal computers...
to recreate 80 historical operations of the four-man US Navy SEAL
United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command as well as the maritime component of the United States Special Operations Command.The acronym is derived from their...
teams in the Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...
area of Vietnam. The game featured an unprecedented amount of realism and is referred to as "tactical combat simulation
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
" by IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
.
See also
- Elite Warriors: VietnamElite Warriors: VietnamElite Warriors: Vietnam is a 2005 squad-based first-person/third-person hybrid shooter video game developed by nFusion and published by Infogrames and Bold Games for Microsoft Windows....
, a 2005 game about the MACV-SOG groups during the Vietnam War - Navy SEALs (video game)Navy SEALS (video game)Navy SEALS is a 1990 video game developed and published by Ocean. It is based on the movie of the same name....
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALsSOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALsSOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2. SOCOM was released on August 27, 2002, and it is one of the earliest online titles available for the...
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs ConfrontationSOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs ConfrontationSOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation is a third person tactical shooter video game for the PlayStation 3 developed by Slant Six Games. It was released on October 14, 2008 on the PlayStation Network and Blu-ray Disc in North America and March 2009 in Europe....
External links
- SEAL Team at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- SEAL Team at allgameAllgameAllgame is a commercial database of information about arcade games, video games and console manufacturers.Allgame is owned by All Media Guide, along with Allmusic and Allmovie....