B-17 Flying Fortress is a simulation of the legendary heavy bomber of World War II.

After customizing one's bomber with nose art and a name, one of several randomly assigned bombing missions into Germany must be flown. The game not only features actual flight simulation, but also crew management. Each of the 10 crew members has ratings for categories like piloting, bombing and gunnery. During a mission, crew members can be reassigned to other posts if needed because of injuries. Each position including the pilot seat, the guns and the bombing sight can of course also be controlled by the player.

A historically accurate number of 25 missions must be flown and survived to complete a tour of duty.

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	B-17 Flying Fortress
	B-17 Flying Fortress (DOS)	DOS	$18.88
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The Press Says

AmigaInfo	Amiga	Mar, 1997	87 out of 100	87
Pelit	Amiga	Mar, 1993	75 out of 100	75
Amiga Joker	Amiga	May, 1993	70 out of 100	70
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Mar, 1995	61 out of 100	61
Abandonia	DOS	Dec 13, 2004	3 out of 5	60
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Aug, 1993	51 out of 100	51

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Trivia

Microprose has recently allowed the developer of B-17-II, the game's 'sequel', to release the original B-17 Flying Fortress games as freeware in a promotional attempt. See the links section for the address.

If you can find the original in its box, however, its very much worth it as the manual has the traditional Microprose quality, if not as thick as the older ones.

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This entry was contributed by Verk (218), NGC 5194 (17267) and Martin Smith (63922)