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Advanced Destroyer Simulator

Advanced Destroyer Simulator (ADS) is a World War 2 naval combat simulation featuring the H.M.S. Onslaught, a British O-class destroyer. Players command the vessel in real-time from a first-person perspective…

31 December 1990

Advanced Destroyer Simulator is a simulator developed by Futura, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.

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What Advanced Destroyer Simulator is

Advanced Destroyer Simulator is a simulator game developed by Futura and released in 1990. 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 World War 2 naval combat simulation featuring the H.M.S. Onslaught, a British O-class destroyer. Players command the vessel in real-time from a first-person perspective, navigating three scenarios across the Mediterranean, English Channel, and North Sea. The game offers mission-based gameplay including convoy escorts, submarine hunts, patrol assignments, and blockade runs, with each scenario containing five missions plus an open-ended Delta mode. Combat involves close-quarter exchanges using cannons and torpedoes against various enemy vessels including destroyers, cruisers, and torpedo boats, while defending against Stuka dive bombers and tracking…
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How it plays

Its themes are warfare.

What it launched against

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

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