F-16 Combat Pilot

Title screen

Main menu

Information sheet for the MIG-29 Fulcrum

Weapon information

The TAC mapping computer

Cockpit view

Right-hand cockpit view

Left-hand cockpit view

Rear cockpit view

Flying above the cloud ceiling

System status of the F-16

Debriefing

Weather factors

Load your F-16 with missiles, bombs, fuel tanks, recon pods...

Mission selection: pass all 5 missions to unlock Operation Conquest

Landing approach

Flying a night mission

The air-base by night

Pilot's hand on the throttle

Rear cockpit view by night

Intercepting three MIGs

My F-16 is badly damaged...

You can use two joysticks: one for flight controls, the other for throttle/rudder

Always try to fly below 500 feet to avoid radar detection.

Helicopters are very easy targets, just use the cannon.

Attacking an enemy tank battalion.

Looking down on a military base.

Target destroyed!

Rolling back into the aircraft shelter.

Pilot's log

Setting the waypoints for my other pilots.

The status of the current campaign.

I've been promoted and assigned to another squadron.

Title screen

Credits

Select mission

Choose your weapons

Ready to take off

Title screen

Main menu

Weapon info

Enemy air plane info

Mission selection screen

Map over the mission area

Weather factors

Ready to take off

Air field in sight

I crashed

Debriefing

Taking off during night

The repair screen

Title screen

Main menu

The mission planner

Arming your F-16

On the runway, ready for take-off.

Flying a night sortie.

I've taken damage, the HUD is inoperable.

Locked on the enemy fighter.

A cloudy day.

Above the cloud ceiling.

On the runway

Target in sight

Component checklist

Mission map

Select armament for the upcoming mission

Title screen (EGA).

Main menu.

Mission selection.

Setting waypoints on the the tactical map. It displays allied as well as enemy installations, from SAM sites to factories.

A man's playground: pre-flight weapon selection.

In-game info screens give details on the different rockets...

...as well as on your and enemy aircrafts.

Ready for take-off!

This suspension bridge marks the peak of detail in the EGA landscapes. Still, not bad for 1989.

Look, mountains!

Getting that close to enemy fighters for a dogfight is highly unusual...

...as normally all you'll see is the target rectangle on your HUD. At that point, long-range fire&forget rockets take care of the rest.

Approchaching ground installations.

Frontal ground attack on an enemy tank.

Target destroyed!

Left-hand cockpit view...

...and a peak through the rear window.

Another attack run on enemy constructions.

Back at the airport for manual landing.

Setup screen for multiplayer duels.

The tape starts loading

A nice load screen

The game is mulitlingual

Copy protection requires the manual to bypass

Game option screen. Pressing '1' repeatedly scrolls through the control options

Mission selection. Each of the pictures around the sides of the pentagram represents a mission

I think this screen allows fine tuning of weather etc. I have training mode set to ON so most are disabled

Load weapons. I chose the default 'Crews Choice' but weapons can be selected individually.

After all that the need to load some more of the game is a bit of a let down

The message scrolling across below the gun sight is 'clear for takeoff'

Steep learning curve, everything must be done right. Of all the ways to end a mission I'd have preferred to at least get into the sky.

Successful take-off, banking right

The message below the gun sight says 'Bandit 32 mls"

I think Ihave weapons lock on something

When the mission fails the screen goes completely red. Then there's a pause while the game loads the end of mission data

This time, at least I got off the ground. The next screen is the game options screen