Special Forces (video game)

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Special Forces
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Developer(s) Sleepless Knights
Publisher(s) MicroProse
Director(s) James Hawkins
Producer(s) Steve Perry
Designer(s) Jim Bambra
Programmer(s) Mark Fisher
Keith Jackson
Artist(s) Anthony Rosbottom
Writer(s) Rob Davies
Platform(s) Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
Release1992
Genre(s) Tactical shooter, stealth
Mode(s) Single-player

Special Forces is a tactical shooter video game developed by Sleepless Knights and published by MicroProse in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. Ateam of special operatives are to infiltrate enemy territory to complete various objectives. It is a sequel to Airborne Ranger . [1]

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Gameplay

Special Forces lets the player select a team of four from a squad of eight operatives. Once a mission is selected in one of the four regions (temperate zone, arctic, desert and jungle - daytime and nighttime variants) the player is briefed. Objectives range from hostage rescues, destroy specific objects, reconnaissance missions.

The game displays a top-down view of a part of the mission area in various configurations (one viewport per soldier up to four views at the same time in split-screen mode). The player also has access to a strategic battle map with enemy locations visible (there is no fog of war in the game).

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References

  1. ↑ "Special Forces (1992)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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