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- From: Chuck McManis <Chuck.McManis@eng.sun.com>
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Jason L. Tibbitts III
- Subject: REVIEW: Wings Of Fury
- Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
- Path: menudo.uh.edu
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
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- Reply-To: Chuck McManis <Chuck.McManis@eng.sun.com>
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- "Wings of Fury" (WoF) is a one person arcade type game in the
- style of "Choplifter". The motif is that of a WWII Hellcat
- fighter/bomber attack on Japanese targets.
-
- o Requires :
- - Amiga 500, 1000, 2000.
- - 512K and a Joystick
- - AmigaDOS 1.3. *DOESN'T* run under 2.04
-
- o Hard Disk Installable.
- o Word from the manual copy protection.
-
- Description :
-
- This relatively simple game from Broderbund has a straight forward
- story line. You are the pilot of a WWII Hellcat fighter/bomber based
- aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Your mission is to capture
- enemy islands, sink enemy ships, and defeat enemy aircraft. The tools
- available are the Hellcat's .50 caliber machine guns and a choice of
- bombs, rockets, or a torpedo.
-
- To liberate an island, you must destroy all enemy bases and antiaircraft
- batteries on the island and you must shoot all of the soldiers there.
- To sink an enemy ship you need to hit it with 1 or more torpedos.
-
- Game Play :
-
- The point of view on this game is from the side as it was in ChopLifter.
- This makes flying the aircraft somewhat unintuitive and can lead to many
- unneccesary crashes early on. Play starts on board an aircraft carrier
- where you get to select the armament for your plane (you can return and
- rearm with different gear later). You always have your machine guns. You
- take off from the carrier and fly toward your first objective (an island
- in the early levels, islands and ships in the later ones). When
- ascending, the game automatically zooms out so that you can get a better
- view of your surroundings.
-
- When you reach the objective you dive and drop your ordinance. Dropping
- bombs is easiest, but some fortifications will require rockets. I found
- dropping torpedos to be the most difficult. After you release your
- ordinance, the enemy will immediately begin shooting at you. When hit
- (and you will get hit) your plane will begin to smoke and you will lose
- oil pressure. After using up all of your ammunition (and prior to
- crashing due to damage) you fly back to the carrier for repairs and to
- rearm. As in Choplifter, when you destroy an enemy fort little figures
- begin to run across the screen. You then have to strafe them (causing
- them to jump up and fall down dead) in order to rid the island of them.
- When the occupation forces reach 0 (shown by a counter on the screen)
- the island is considered liberated.
-
- If you take too long you can run out of fuel, but more likely a Japanese
- zero will come looking for you. Shooting down zeros consists of turning
- back and forth to get behind them and shooting your machine guns. It's
- never very easy but it becomes doable once you get the hang of it.
- These guys will also torpedo your carrier so keep a sharp eye out.
-
- You get three planes to accomplish your mission and after that the game
- ends.
-
- Recomendations :
-
- This is a fun game and you can probably spend a couple of hours with
- it during a slow day. If you can find it on the bargain table its
- a must see; at full retail of about $32.00 you will probably want
- to play it in the store first before purchasing it.
-