Video game · 1987

The Train: Escape to Normandy

Released 1 February 1987 on Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and PC

Developer: Artech Digital Entertainment
Publisher: Accolade
Made in: Ottawa, Canada
Genre: Shooter, Simulator
Themes: Action, Historical, Warfare

About The Train: Escape to Normandy

The Train: Escape to Normandy is a video game released by Accolade in 1988 and themed loosely on the motion picture The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. In the video game, the player assumes the role of a train hijacker who has commandeered a steam train to escape Nazi Germany during World War II. When the train is in motion the player must maintain the correct speed, steam pressure and other operational parameters of the train; also, the player must attempt to shoot down Nazi fighter planes which occasionally strafe the train by aiming and firing anti-aircraft guns mounted to the engine of the train.

Summary: IGDB.