Desert Thunder is an arcade developed by Brainbox Games, released 18 November 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.
What Desert Thunder is
Desert Thunder is an arcade game developed by Brainbox Games and released in 2003. It was published by Funbox Media Ltd. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Desert Thunder is an arcade-style action tank game for the PC. Ripped from today’s headlines, the storyline immerses players into the heat of a desert-based military conflict. Players will tear through desert, urban and industrial settings in their experimental battle engine, the Abrams M1A6.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2 hrs.
What it launched against
Desert Thunder launched on 18 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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