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FLYER
FOX
Tymac,
£9.95 cass, £14.95
disk
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Although
not strictly a flight simulator, Flyer Fox merits
some mention as it does put you in the flying seat of
a fighter plane and is a flight sim of sorts. It is,
technically, a shoot-em-up and it is for this reason
that there aren't any flight controls other than the
joystick (used to bank left and right, dive and climb,
or fire).
The
object of the game is to protect a commercial airliner
from a group of Mig fighters as it makes its way through
international skies. You start with a superb view of
a grid-lined landscape and are taken up, through the
clouds, to meet the jumbo face to face. Suddenly, a
rather garbled bit of speech from the airliner tells
you that it's under attack. You quickly consult your
radar and find that four Migs are hacking their way
towards the plane, so it's off to battle . . . You have
to destroy all enemy fighters in the area before your
fuel runs out to move on to higher levels and faster
and more aggressive fighters (they fire back)!
Instrumentation
consists of a few digits and gauges as an aid to play.
As well as the radar, there is an artificial horizon
indicator, a compass (to indicate your general direction
and to help you locate the jumbo), and an altimeter.
There is also a status line that gives you information
regarding the condition of the airliner in the form
of a small scrolling message on the instrument panel.
Occasionally
there are radio transmissions from the jumbo to add
to the atmosphere, but even though the speech is rather
unclear and poor, it does actually work effectively.
Graphics are of a high standard on the ground, but consist
of little more other than a few planes in the distance
and a detailed instrument panel.
Flyer
Fox is a good shoot-em-up that will appeal mainly
to arcade gamesters rather than flight sim fans.
Graphics
79%
Interaction 64%
Authenticity 71%
Overall 70%
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