Tower
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Apollo promotional video clips 1996-08-23 [ add images ]
Multiple product promo video file: FSFS-TOW.AVI - 4'37" to 9'50". Video found on the 'Apollo Collection 2' CD
Caption is taken from the speaker text, almost identical to the text on the back of the US box. (I omitted voice radio chatter) The one difference I note is the third airport listed as fictional on the box, but the speaker gives it a different name, March.
Tower puts you in the controllers chair, high atop a major airport, ...
...to choreograph the movement of incoming and outgoing airtraffic.
Based on FAA and Transport Canada training simulation software, ...
...Tower takes you into a world of authority and responsibility, in which the lives...
...of thousands of passengers depend on your ability to make split-second decisions.
As a tower controller, you handle realistic aircraft take-offs and landings as well as...
Strips, BRITE and ASDE (ground movement) displays.
...aircraft ground movements through a 360-degree pannable out-the-window view.
Runways, taxiways, aprons, flight paths, obstructions and airport structures...
... are faithfully depicted from actual FAA information.
Upon entering the game you can create your own controller character.
Choose from either the the menu bar or screen icon to set initial conditions.
Choose one of three airports: Chicago O'Hare, Washington National or March.
The third, and smallest airport is a different one in the box description.
Set the traffic rate and select time of day, flight strips and pilot efficiency.
Photo realistic graphics, easy-access information and radar displays give you a view...
...of the airport vicinity, arriving and departing aircraft and ground activity.
ASDE and BRITE displays keep you abreast of the location, altitude and speed of each ...
...arriving and departing aircraft and help you keep your traffic moving smoothly and safely.
Scrolling communications channels shown at the bottom of the screen keep you ...
...informed of all radio activity.
Verbal exchanges communicate precise command and control...
Note: arriving aircraft meeting departing, and making a go-around.
... information between pilots and controllers.
You'll issue instructions to land an aircraft, taxi them off the runway, ...
This is probably O'Hare.
...then send them on to their designated gate.
Zoomable radar view.
A departing aircraft will request clearance. You will issue instructions to taxi and take-off, ...
... all the while keeping an eye on other aircraft under your control.
Character-style gameplay allows you to work your way up the corporate ladder...
... of each airport, gaining perks and getting you promoted to new levels accordingly.
A performance review box keeps track of how you're doing.
So if you think you're up to the challenge of directing the traffic...
... of a big-league international airport,...
This is probably the smallest airport, with some military traffic.
... get your head out of the clouds and get control of Tower from BAO.
The rest of the video is voice radio chatter from the scrolling communication text.
Magazine Advertisements [ add images ]
Computer Gaming World (US), Issue 126 (January 1995)
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