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Description

Fly as an American or Japanese pilot in one of 4 operations in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. This simulation can also qualify as educational software because the manual features tons of historical information. Twelve aircraft (including variants) and about 20 types of ships are represented. First of the Lucasfilm/Lawrence Holland WWII air combat trilogy.
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The game that defined all future WWII air combat simulators Raphael (1165) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
If you enjoy WWII you want this flight combat sim. gametrader (229) unrated
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The Press Says

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) Feb, 1989 928 out of 1000 93
Computer and Video Games (CVG) Mar, 1989 85 out of 100 85
Power Play 1989 74 out of 100 74
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Lucasfilm Flight Sim Group 3 Pseudo_Intellectual (40579)
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This entry was contributed by POMAH (26139), Raphael (1165) and Terok Nor (15622)

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Last updated: Dec 30, 2007

Battlehawks 1942 DOS Debriefing Battlehawks 1942 DOS Wildcat versus Zero (CGA) Battlehawks 1942 DOS Select active duty mission. (CGA) Battlehawks 1942 DOS Recognition Test... aka, copy protection :) Battlehawks 1942 DOS Rear gunner Battlehawks 1942 DOS Main menu Battlehawks 1942 DOS F4F-3A cockpit - chasing Zeros! Battlehawks 1942 DOS Exploding Zero!
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