Hippy-Ed wrote: |
NP Kevin Now what's this game ya got
on the computer? I need more games & that sounds like a winner
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You're in for a treat, then. B-17 The Mighty Eighth, or B-17 2,
was made by Microprose, right before they folded and sold to Atari.
It's almost more of a role-playing flight-sim micro-management game
than a true flight simulator. You take control of what targets
are to be bombed, setting waypoints to avoid the heaviest German flak,
and selecting the payload. And that's all before takeoff.
Once airborne, you can take control of every crewmember...all
ten! You wanna fly the plane? You wanna man the
ball-turret? You wanna drop two thousand pounds worth of
all-American pride and prejustice on that Hun factory?
Ok, I'll stop with the propaganda. Check out
www.bombs-away.net. Ignore the political rants that go on in Off
Topic. Do a Google Image search for B-17 2. You can
probably pick the game up for $5.00 or less by now at EBGames.
Next time I fly a mission, I'll post some screenshots.