ESWAT
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ESWAT can refer to two different but related video games developed by Sega.
[edit] ESWAT games
- ESWAT Cyber Police (1989), also called Cyber Police ESWAT, is an arcade action game.
- ESWAT: City Under Siege (1990) is an action game for the Sega Genesis console, inspired by the aforementioned arcade, but featuring entirely different levels, weapons, and enemies.
[edit] Acronym
ESWAT is also an acronym for Extra Special Weapons and Tactics. An offshoot of the real-life SWAT teams found in many forms of Science Fiction, particularly those of the Cyberpunk genre. ESWAT units are usually even more heavily armored and armed than their real-life counterparts and have worldwide Jurisdiction, and may utilize such fictional equipment as Powered exoskeletons and heavy machine guns when deployed.
ESWAT and similar forces appear in works such as:
