F-15 Strike Eagle

Remarkably, a Game Boy flight sim which works. Although dull to look at, there's more than enough depth in F-15 to keep most people happy.

F-15 Strike Eagle is basic video jet combat fare that offers quality flight time for any NES jet jockey. Let your fingers do the flyin'!

The game has remarkable depth and is far more satisfying than most games of its kind. The manual contains a series of diagrams illustrating how your plane will react to the laws of physics. There are seven challenging missions to choose from, and a score is displayed after each game. The cockpit view was impressive in its time, but now its wire-frame terrain and triangular planes look pretty rough. The ultra low frame-rate doesn't help matters, resulting in choppy animation and less-than-crisp controls. It may not be the prize it once was, but for gamers with some patience and imagination, F-15 Strike Eagle still has the "right stuff".

It's still the same, rather basic, air combat game of three years ago. The omission of terrain features, leaving just the plain horizon, is a major mistake considering what the ST can do. Much more was expected of the ST version than this, and to be frank, F-15 Strike Eagle has not been worth the wait.