F29 Retaliator

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Description

This flight simulator puts you in the cockpit of either the F-22 or the fictional F-29.

Choose from four campaigns with increasing difficulty: a training campaign in Arizona plus real war campaigns in the Pacific, the Middle East and in Europe.

Each campaign includes a variety of missions involving both dogfights and air-to-ground attacks.

Screenshots

Promo Images

Alternate Titles

• "F-29 Retaliator" -- Media title

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: F-22 Raptor
• Aircraft: Grumman X-29

User Reviews

Arcadey fun... if you ignore the bugs	Amiga	possinboots (44)
Decent flight simulator in its day	DOS	Feem (45)
A must buy for adlib music lovers and retro game enthusiasts.	DOS	Joel Segerbäck (664)

Critic Reviews

Top Secret	Atari ST	May, 1992	5 out of 5	100
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Jan, 1990	96 out of 100	96
Zero	Atari ST	Jan, 1990	94 out of 100	94
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Jun, 1990	910 out of 1000	91
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Amiga	1990	88 out of 100	88
Dragon	Amiga	Oct, 1991		80
PC-Spiele '92	DOS	1991	8 out of 10	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Aug, 1990	60 out of 100	60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Atari ST	Jun, 1991		60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Jun, 1991		60

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Trivia

Add-on

ZERO magazine (Issue 12, October 1990) had a Special Mission that required the original game to play. In it, the player took control of a Retaliator in the Arctic Ocean, and ended up dogfighting with Russian MiGs, as well as alien ships -- looking suspiciously like escapees from Battlestar Galactica (the original, kids) -- from the team's next release, Epic.

Bugs

This game is widely regarded as being quite bugged. One amusing example I'm aware of is that, even after you eject, you still have control of the plane, so it's actually possible to hit yourself with it.

F22

The (real) F22 on the box covers looks nothing like the (fictional) F22 that is actually in the game. Also, contrary to what many believe, the F29 does exist (though not as a fighter), as the X29 experimental aircraft and, in contrast to the above mentioned F22, the F29 and the real X29 look the same.

The Amiga and Atari ST box art, as well as the title screen image in all versions, is based on Lockheed Martin concept art. It's a painting by Syd Mead made in 1988 of the then secret F22 fighter plane, aka the Advanced Tactical Fighter.

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 01/1991 – #3 Best Simulation Game in 1990
• Amiga Power
  • May 1991 (Issue #00) - #36 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
• ST Format
  • Issue 01/1991 – #9 Best Simulator Game in 1990 (Atari ST)

Information also contributed by Joel Segerbäck and possinboots