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RED ARROWS

PUBLISHER
Database Publications

AUTHOR(S)

YEAR
October 1985

CATALOGUE NUMBER

CATEGORY
Simulation

DESCRIPTION

CONTROLS
Keyboard, Kempston, Sinclair, programmable

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ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT

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REVIEWS

Review of _Red Arrows_ from Sinclair User No.43, October 1985

FLY WITH the Red Arrows and keep your stomach intact as you
perform the amazing Manhattan Loop, the Pyramid Roll and the
famous fly past.  The game is a flight simulator with a
difference. You are accompanied in the air by your team mates,
and you must perform aerobatics to the best of your ability in
order to score points.  Don't look so worried. You are not left
to your own devices in the air.  A training routine has been
included within the program which displays your instructions as
you make a fly past. Failure to heed instructions usually results
in a crash.  The instruction routine does not, however, help with
the 16 different key combinations which you need to control your
Hawk aircraft. Out of desperation I just used the thrust and roll
keys which seem to achieve good scores, and only the occasional
crash.  Graphics may not be the game's strong point but the
simulation is accurate to the degree of seeing the aircraft of
your team mates fly past.  The flight instruction and aid does
not end with the instruction routine.  Your team leader will give
you instructions if you are going off course. The amount of
instruction given to you during flights may seem unrealistic, but
open communication must be available between pilots so that wing
tips do not touch and you don't drive your aircraft into the
ground. Your team mates will look after your safety just as you
watch theirs.  _Red Arrows_ turns the dull area of flight
simulation into fast and furious fun. Database Software has also
arranged a competition in which you could win a weekend to visit
the real Red Arrows.

                                   John Gilbert

Publisher: Database Publications
Price: 8.95
Memory: 48K
Joystick: Kempston, Sinclair, programmable
Rating: **** (out of 5, meaning: Value for money)


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