''ABM'' (standing for

Anti-Ballistic Missile An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to Missile defense, destroy in-flight ballistic missiles. They achieve this explosively (chemical or nuclear), or via hit-to-kill Kinetic projectile, kinetic vehicles, which ma ...

) is a clone of Atari, Inc.'s '' Missile Command'' arcade video game. It was programmed for the

Apple II Apple II ("apple Roman numerals, two", stylized as Apple ][) is a series of microcomputers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1977 to 1993. The Apple II (original), original Apple II model, which gave the series its name, was designed ...

by Silas Warner and published by Muse Software in 1980, the same year as ''Missile Command''.

Gameplay

In ''ABM'', the player uses anti-ballistic missiles to defend six cities along the East Coast of the United States, East Coast against incoming

ICBM An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range (aeronautics), range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more Thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear warheads). Conven ...

Reception

Bruce Webster reviewed ''ABM'' in ''

The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 43. Webster wrote that "In the end, the question is whether or not you want to spend the money for another arcade game. If so, then I can recommend ''ABM'' to you with the above caveats."

Reviews

*'' Moves'' #58, p30

References

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ABM disassembly and analysis
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