Already in the I century Roman Legionnaires used clay tablets and a thumbnail image of the battlefield. Then came the chess, developed for the famous fighting games that Prussian troops began to be used for training officers. When there were games, videos, the army also could not remain indifferent.
in this article, you will learn:
- How the army used video games
- How video games used by the military
- in Poland, too, there are military simulators
however, Before virtual reality captured the training, it is worth remembering that the Mirage video games and military simulators has a long tradition. Sometimes decisions got out of the army for electronic entertainment, at other times, when soldiers used widely available games.
Also today, soldiers learn the tactics of attack and defense, creating and managing a team or different technologies, through video games.
army games
the Game Missile Command from 1980 appeared as “Junior” the effect of the program check as many nuclear warheads, emerging on the radar will show its operator.
Lockheed-Martin  producing, in particular, military aircraft whether the training program  invested in technology, arcade, speeding up their development. What special chips of this manufacturer used the famous Sega in such gaming machines like Daytona, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Cop, or a Desert Tank.
flight Simulator
press center
After the end of the Cold War, many companies who developed the simulators the military focused on the consumer market, creating in the 80-ies. 90. even arcade games and advanced simulators like Cyber Fighter of Evans and Sutherland. It was de facto a system of interconnected stations of the heroes at the military training facilities. And this is the Evans and Sutherland was at one time a specialist in the field of military simulation.
Cyber Fighter
(press center)
an interesting Feature is also slot machine was developed under license from Kaiser Electro-Optics (forming special displays used in the Apache helicopters). Thanks to this game children gralniach could survive unusual space battle using helmets with LCD displays.
helmet Kaiser Electro-Optics
(materials, press releases)
Spectrum Holobyte used a military simulator for training of combat vehicles SIMNET as the basis for games Super Battletank 1 and 2 (released in 1992 and 1994]), thanks to which players were able it is to cope with the regime of Saddam Hussaina.
Commercial aircraft simulators as a genre was formed due to the fascination with the movie Top Gun (1986). One of the founders of Microprose, Bill Stealey, was a military engineer of aviation and wanted to fly military aircraft as in the film. The company’s founder, the famous Sid Meier based simulator Hellcat Ace (1982), showing the action from the point of view first person, written in the basement of the house game on the Atari 800, then which army has bought over 10,000 dollars to check out new pilots.
the way Back was the game Full Spectrum Warrior (2003), which initially was a product of the training center of the American army, and then the creators turned it into a video game. As a result, the player to complete this game, you have to learn to think like professional soldiers, with a similar means – not only weapons, but also GPS or radio.
games for troops
of Course, we also have examples of the opposite of inspiration. Even the US Army with the Atari of the need for American Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency changed the game Battlezone since 1980  known in the salons of the arcade in the production, showing the tank battles in the first person. So there was a Military Battlezone, Battlezone Army, The Bradley Trainer. The result was born the program of training of service of combat vehicles Bradley.
US Marine in 1996 rekrutowało new comers and szkoliło in combat in czterosoobowej team through Marine Doom, a modified version of the famous game doom II.
the Soldiers played doom to feel like in a combat situation, in which death depends on one shot.
said John Romero
the Chinese government tested an anti-terrorist skills of the police force with the help of fashion Counter-Strike.
Modified Flight Simulator allows pilots to learn to operate the aircraft T-34C Turbo Mentor, one of the machines training U. S. Navy.
war through the eyes of the laity
Today, many young people know – let’s face it, a little alternative history of the SECOND world war, due to the production of like Brother’s in Arms, the first part of the Call of Duty series or Medal of Honor. Many players have already suffered military conflicts.
no wonder that was created the game America’s Army, which has the task of increasing the guard of honor the lives of ordinary people, to promote a positive image of the American army, and, by the way, is a very good tool for the selection Committee. It differs from classic shooters to not only use real military rules and practices, and to show that risks can be eliminated or at least reduced through education.
Shows, however, enjoyed this training in order to become in this case, the player’s character must learn to clear the airway or stop the bleeding and to spend a lot of time on “school” lectures zwieńczonych test exam.
Educational computer program, often using known game mechanics, such as the American military simulator Janus or used at the turn of 80-ies. 90. XX century SIMNET (SIMulator NETworking) in which odtwarzano, in particular, the events of the Iraq War in the Persian Gulf.
However, modern war is mainly in the seat in front of screens, and when you look at events from different points of view, that is, for example, satellite, drones or combat machines – reminiscent of so greatly the game videos… and a lot of soldiers, however, behind many hours of fun on the console or computer.
a Few years ago by order of the Polish Defense Holding has begun work on a promotional video game, thanks to which we had to translate into modern Polish soldier. It was supposed to be some sort of response to America’s Army, which will represent Polish vehicles and weapons, and the developers guarantee that the position will be allocated a special devotion to realism specifics of the modern battlefield.
About this product today, many can not hear, but it was done for us, and combat simulator of the military ship. About him and his creators will read it tomorrow!
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