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

User Reviews

Sopwith-Deluxe heads for the Pacific.	DOS	Roedie (5246)
a relative good remake of a great classic!	Game Boy Color	chromax (187)

Critic Reviews

IGN	Game Boy Color	Jan 06, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Total! (Germany)	Game Boy Color	May, 2000	2 out of 6	80
64 Power / big.N / N Games	Game Boy Color	Mar, 2000		80
Video Games	Game Boy Color	Apr, 2000		80
Power Unlimited	Game Boy Color	Aug, 2000	7.9 out of 10	79
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Sep, 1990	7.4 out of 12	62
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Oct, 1990	6.2 out of 12	52
Amiga Power	Amiga	May, 1991		33
Amiga World	Amiga	Nov, 1990	Unscored	Unscored
Amiga Computing	Amiga	Dec, 1990	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

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

Trivia

In October 2008 a Windows remake of the game by fans and in full 3D was released under the title Wings of Fury 2.

Related Web Sites

• Broderbund (Broderbund Website)