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Game Information
- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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- Learn to fly the legendary B-17G 'Flying Fortress'
- Become one of the escort fighter pilots in the P-38 'Lightning', the P-51 'Mustang' and the P-47 'Thunderbolt'
- Take on the role of the Luftwaffe and jump into German interceptor's cockpits: the Bf 109, FW 190, and Me 262
- Become an expert at all ten B-17 crew positions. Take off and land the massive bomber, shoot from all turret positions, navigate across Europe, operate the radio, execute the bomb run and even release the bombs
- Assess and manage your crew's strengths and skills and reposition them to their abilities
- Undertake a realistic 25-mission tour of duty based on historical scenarios and targets
- The complete WW2 strategic air war flight simulation
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Manufacturer's Description
They called it 'The Mighty Eighth', the US Army Air Force 8th Bomber Command that flew daylight missions over occupied Europe, striking at specific military targets with pinpoint accuracy. B-17 Flying Fortress gives you total control of every aspect of this strategic air war (including the opposition).
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B-17 Flying Fortress The Mighty 8th PC CD
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty Eight,
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th (PC CD) (Video Game)
Surprisingly, this game worked under 64-Bit Windows Vista Ultimate without any kind of problems. The Aureal3D - sound selection box was grayed out but setting the game to run under Windows XP SP2 emulation and installing the latest Aureal drivers fixed this. The random nature of the missions and especially the Campaign Mode give a great replay value. I played for five hours straight and did not get bored. :) Well, I don't use the time acceleration for the added realism... ;) Great game, low price. Excellent combination.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very dated flight sim,
= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th (PC CD) (Video Game)
I had this 2 or 3 years ago, and it was on a re-release label back then. This is an old program, and it is certainly showing it's age now. Graphics are poor by recent standards, nothing like the IL2 standards. As far as gameplay is concerned, yes you can jump into any one of the 8 or so stations on a B17, from pilot to tail-gunner etc... but I found the pilot/copilot views were so poorly executed it made flying the plane next to impossible (best left to autopilot). Also, the bomber station has to be "manned" at the appropriate moment, otherwise the AI simply drops them way off target, if it drops them at all! I found this task to be incredibly difficult, often flying home only to find in de-briefing I had "missed the target" when I clearly saw it blown sky-high from the bomb view. Jumping from gun station to gun station was by far the most interesting part of the game. However, even this was marred by enemy fighters constantly following just 3 or 4 pre-defined flight paths on their attack runs. And the sound of the guns!!! What should be a deafening bam-bam-bam-bam as you let loose with a 50 cal sounds more like kid firing off a cap-gun! Jane's Attack Squadron did a similar, multi-station bomber sim, but you had a coice of 14 different planes to fly in the Jane's game - so much more interest, and it was much better executed. If you can find it, I would go for that instead.
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2.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Patches, Patches, Patches,
By Jon J. Zook - Published on Amazon.com
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th (PC CD) (Video Game)
This game is dated and the graphics are as such, but for the feeling of actually being in charge of ten guys in a WWII bomber you cannot beat it. If you actually want to pilot the plane and use all the many controls you had better be one fine sim pilot because the task is daunting. But if you let the computer take some of the workload and move from station to station in the aircraft it is an eerie time warp back to 1944 as the crew turns to look at you and says, Hey pal, my life is in your hands, make a decision. This is no game for kids and it's not an arcade shoot em up. It is more like a movie unfolding and you are writing the script. I found it disquieting at times and enjoy the reality of the game. It's for real. However, with out 4 different Patches it would not run on my computer so go to The Scrolls and patch away.If you enjoy reality shows about 1944, this one's for you
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
B-17 The Mighty Eighth,
By Quasimodo - Published on Amazon.com
= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th (PC CD) (Video Game)
I bought this game several years ago when it was marketed by Hasbro. As to what the problems with it now are I couldn't say. I run XP and my older version works fine on it. The game is actually a simulation more so than a arcade type shooter. You start your missions in the squad room, are given a booklet in game that identifies your first and secondary targets along with maps displaying waypoints and the bomb drop locations. You can take command in the pilot's seat or co-pilots and actually set your levels to start the engines, taxi and take off. If being a bombadier is your thing you can move from the pilot's position and use a detailed Norton Bomb Sight to zero in on the target and drop the patyload. All the while dealing with flak and the inevitable attack by German fighters who being madder than wet hornets are hell bent on seeing to it you don't get home once you've finished bombing. This game even affords you the opportunity to hop into the seat of one of the several fighters who will be accompanying you on your mission of try the seat of a German fighter and attack the B-17 formation.
Your crew can be wounded or become so unerved that you have to relieve them and render first aid to either patch their injuires or get them calmed down due to shattered nerves. You experience fires on board and are tasked with putting them out to ensure you get back to your base across the Channel. You B-17 also takes realistic damage and I've come in for a landing on literally a wing and a prayer. You can allow the AI to fly the plane while you man any one of the several gunners positions. Just know that unless you yourself sit in the Bombadiers seat and drop your eggs on that U-Boat pen, you may very well miss and find yourself having to return to complete the job on another mission. I enjoy this game and every so often rev up the engines and fly off with my other squadron mates to win the war and hope I come back alive.
4.0 out of 5 stars
addictive game,
By Vincent L. Young - Published on Amazon.com
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: B-17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th (PC CD) (Video Game)
The addictive part of this game is that it's not really
a game...you're the invisible 11th man, the commander on the plane..so if you miss your target with you as bombadier, you want to immied. refly... The reason I derate this game is that you go out with 10 B-17's.....They all drop their bombs on your drop, but only your bombs explode on target....so even if you hit the target it will be mostly recorded as less than totally destoyed.... |
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