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''Arcticfox'' is a science fiction tank simulation video game developed by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts. It was published in Europe by Ariolasoft. A sequel to Dynamix's ''Stellar 7'', ''Arcticfox'' was developed for the Amiga as one of the platform's first titles but was quickly ported to other platforms including the Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS and Apple IIe. It was one of the first video games rendered from a 3-D first-person perspective and is considered a pioneer of the first person shooter genre. A third game was released in the series in 1991 titled ''Nova 9: Return of Gir Draxon''. ''Arcticfoxs design team at Dynamix also went on to produce ''The Incredible Machine'' and ''Red Baron''. The game is set in a fictional 2005 where aliens have taken over Antarctica in an attempt to steal the Earth's oxygen. The player is sent to eradicate the intruders using a new super tank codenamed ''Arcticfox''. ==Gameplay== The player must pilot the tank into enemy territory with the goal of knocking out the alien base. The player uses the tank's abilities to destroy the aliens' ships and equipment. The Arcticfox tank is equipped with a cannon, guided missiles and land mines, and is outfitted with radar, a GPS device, and fore and aft viewscreens. The player fights a variety of enemy units including planes, tanks, bunkers and communication towers. The vantage point for the game is the cockpit of the Arcticfox tank. The player can see out of the main viewscreen as well as the tank's sundry features such as the radar screen. The view also shows the character's hand on the joystick which moves in accordance with the tank's movements. Enemy targets are visible on the viewscreens and on radar. One unusual feature of ''Arcticfox'' was the perspective of the player. As well as being able to see the character's hand on the controls (on the Amiga version only), the landscape perspective changes relative to the tank's position. If the Arcticfox is driving along the tilted side of a slope, the landscape tilts relative to the tank's position. This type of dynamic vantage point was ground breaking for a game of the home computer era. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arcticfox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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