Wings of Fury

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Description

Wings of Fury is an action game with some minor simulation aspects, in which you are the pilot of an American F6F Hellcat plane. The setting of the game is the Pacific during World War II.

It is your job to defeat the Japanese by destroying enemy bunkers, machine gun nests and barracks on a series of islands. Barracks and gun nests can be bombarded with regular bombs, while you'll have to use rockets to take out the concrete bunkers. After a successful bombing run, return to mow down the Japanese soldiers with your machine guns. You also have to sink Japanese battleships with torpedoes and engage in dogfights with enemy fighter planes.

You start each mission by taking off from an aircraft carrier, which you'll have to protect from assaults by Japanese torpedo planes. Whenever you run out of fuel, bombs, rockets or machine gun ammo you can replenish those by returning to your carrier. Your carrier is also the place to repair damage to your plane.

The Gameboy Color version of Wings of Fury has a toned down violence level. You no longer mow down Japanese soldiers with your machine guns, instead you bombard jeeps & trucks. Also missing in this version are the Japanese torpedo planes and the small 1st-person view window. New are some extra manoeuvres for your plane like a barrel roll and a review of your ammo consumption after each mission. Using less ammo than allocated gives you bonus points.

Screenshots

Promo Images

Alternate Titles

• "Wings" -- Sharp X68000 and PC-98 title
• "ウィングス" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: F6F Hellcat
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Historical conflict: World War II

User Reviews

Sopwith-Deluxe heads for the Pacific.	DOS	Roedie (5252)
a relative good remake of a great classic!	Game Boy Color	chromax (39)

Critic Reviews

Raze	Amiga	Dec, 1990	87 out of 100	87
Commodore User	Amiga	Feb, 1990	83 out of 100	83
IGN	Game Boy Color	Jan 06, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Video Games	Game Boy Color	Apr, 2000		80
Power Unlimited	Game Boy Color	Aug, 2000	7.9 out of 10	79
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Nov, 1990	77 out of 100	77
Jeuxvideo.com	Game Boy Color	Jun 01, 2000	15 out of 20	75
GameSpot	Game Boy Color	Mar 10, 2000	6.8 out of 10	68
Pocket Magazine / Pockett Videogames	Game Boy Color	Sep 01, 2000		60
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Oct, 1990	6.2 out of 12	52

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
X68000 version: what sound do the killed make?	1	lilalurl (732) Oct 16, 2013

Trivia

The EGA mode of the game features only 12 colors, and is also faster than the CGA mode.

Related Web Sites

• Broderbund (Broderbund Website)