Battlehawks 1942

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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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Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: A6M Zero
• Aircraft: Aichi D3A
• Aircraft: F4F Wildcat
• Aircraft: Nakajima B5N
• Aircraft: SBD Dauntless
• Aircraft: TBF Avenger
• Games with manual lookup copy protection
• Historical conflict: World War II
• Lucasfilm WWII Air Combat trilogy
• Setting: Australian / Oceanian

User Reviews

The game that defined all future WWII air combat simulators	DOS	Raphael (1261)
If you enjoy WWII you want this flight combat sim.	DOS	gametrader (233)

Critic Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Jun, 1989	935 out of 1000	94
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	DOS	Feb, 1989	928 out of 1000	93
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Atari ST	Jun, 1989	930 out of 1000	93
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	DOS	Mar, 1989	85 out of 100	85
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	May, 1989	75 out of 100	75
Power Play	DOS	1989	74 out of 100	74
ST/Amiga Format	Atari ST	Jun, 1989	73 out of 100	73
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Feb, 1989	8.8 out of 12	73
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	May, 1989	7.6 out of 12	63
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Nov, 1988	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Lucasfilm Flight Sim Group	3	Pseudo_Intellectual (61060) Mar 23, 2012

Trivia

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • October 1989 (Issue #64) – Action Game of the Year