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ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator

Advanced Destroyer Simulator (ADS) is a naval combat simulation set in World War 2. It was the first naval simulation to use real-time filled 3D graphics. Its style and mechanics are reminiscent of Epyx's…

31 December 1990

ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator is a real time strategy (rts), released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.

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What ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator is

ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator was released in 1990. It was published by Futura. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Advanced Destroyer Simulator (ADS) is a naval combat simulation set in World War 2. It was the first naval simulation to use real-time filled 3D graphics. Its style and mechanics are reminiscent of Epyx's Destroyer (1986). ADS simulates the H.M.S. Onslaught, a British destroyer of the O-class fitted with three cannon turrets, four torpedo tubes on port and starboard respectively, and a sonar to detect and track submarines. In ADS, the Onslaught is not part of a flotilla.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

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When did ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator come out?
ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator was released on 31 December 1990 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.

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