Armored Task Force
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
The Armored Task Force is a computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games in 2002.{{Cite web |title=ATF: Armored Task Force |url=https://www.ign.com/games/atf-armored-task-force |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=IGN |language=en}} The lead developer was Pat Proctor, the founder of ProSIM Company.
Gameplay
The game is a combat simulation that includes four campaigns in the following settings:
- Death Valley, California.
- The National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California.
- A hypothetical World War III in the Fulda Gap.
- A fictional war in Iraq (the game was created before Operation Iraqi Freedom).
The gameplay framework was built on the real-time gameplay of its predecessor, BCT Commander.{{Cite web |title=ATF: Armored Task Force |url=http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ProSIM/ATF/ATF_page.html |website=Shrapnel Games (ATF: Armored Task Force)}} The game has an AI and hierarchy system that allows players to command their forces, from individual vehicles to larger units.
The game engine for Armored Task Force inspired a series of ProSIM games, including The Falklands War: 1982, {{cite web |title=The Falklands War: 1982 - PC game |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p23453.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413071532/http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p23453.htm |archive-date=April 13, 2009 |access-date=July 25, 2009}}{{Cite web |title=The Falklands War: 1982 |url=https://www.shrapnelgames.com/ProSIM/TFW/TFW_page.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.shrapnelgames.com}} Raging: The Second Korean War,{{Cite web |url=http://www.strategypage.com/wargames/articles_news/wargame_news_20055170.asp |title=Wargame News |access-date=2009-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123125844/http://www.strategypage.com/wargames/articles_news/wargame_news_20055170.asp |archive-date=2009-11-23 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War |url=https://www.shrapnelgames.com/ProSIM/RT/RT_page.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.shrapnelgames.com}} and The Star and the Crescent.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120722180439/http://www.brothersoft.com/the-star-and-the-crescent-246975.html The Star and the Crescent]}} brothersoft.com {{Dead link|date=December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=The Star and the Crescent |url=https://www.shrapnelgames.com/ProSIM/TSATC/TSATC_page.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.shrapnelgames.com}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Armored Task Force}}
Category:Video games set in California