Strike Aces

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Description

Strike Aces is a flight simulator designed to give players a feel for the quick decision-making process that real pilots need to fly. It takes place at the Strategic Air Command Bombing and Navigation Competition, a real-life event that occurs every year at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The best aircrews from around the world and some of the best aircraft come to participate in a series of three missions that are constantly monitored, with points awarded to aircrews in various categories. In the end, the aircrew that has gained the post points receives the Curtis E. LeMay trophy.

In this game, you are the pilot of one of these aircrews with a choice of flying one of six aircraft, and your missions will pit you against any of seven additional enemy aircraft (although you will not get to fly them). To practice flying, you can do a Free Flight; when you're ready to compete, you will get to complete a series of 16 missions. You can also design your own missions, if you like.

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Alternate Titles

• "Strike Aces: International Bombing Competition" -- Tag-lined title
• "Fighter Bomber" -- European title
• "Bomber" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: F-111 Aardvark
• Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat
• Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Aircraft: F-4 Phantom II
• Aircraft: MiG-29 Fulcrum
• Aircraft: Northrop F-5
• Aircraft: Panavia Tornado
• Aircraft: Saab 37 Viggen
• Aircraft: Su-27 & Su-33
• Fighter Bomber series
• Games with manual lookup copy protection

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Critic Reviews

The One	DOS	Oct, 1989	95 out of 100	95
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Nov, 1989	91 out of 100	91
Amiga Format	Amiga	Apr, 1990	87 out of 100	87
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Mar, 1990	85 out of 100	85
The Games Machine (UK)	Amstrad CPC	Aug, 1990	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	DOS	Nov, 1989	62 out of 100	62
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Mar, 1990	61 out of 100	61
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1990	61 out of 100	61
64'er	Commodore 64	Mar, 1990	6 out of 10	60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1990	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Bugs

The Commodore 64 version is bugged - seeing another plane in it is a rare occurrence.

Developer's message

The first Amiga disk (from the Activision release) contains the following message from the authors of the game to all potential crackers:

Hello Hacker, before you start ripping into this game please remember that you are destroying the Amiga and the jobs that are associated with it. We've spent over a year on this product and obviously want to make loads of money so if you do crack it (very easily, its THAT easy protection) then don't release it, Thank You.

Development

Because it would slow the game down too much, there is no collision detection on Mount Rushmore, and you can fly straight through it and not crash your plane.

Awards

• ST Format
  • Issue 01/1991 – #7 Best Simulator Game in 1990 (Atari ST)

Trivia also contributed by B.L. Stryker

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