F-16 Combat Pilot is a combat F-16 fighter flight simulator made by Digital Integration for PC, Amiga and Atari in 1988. It is considered as one of the first sim to have a dynamic environment. While the graphics and scenery are quite sparse, the instruments and flight dynamics are fully featured and modelled.
The air opposition was made up from MiGs: Mikoyan MiG-31, Mikoyan MiG-23 ' Flogger' and Mikoyan MiG-29 'Fulcrum'. Most of the missions woul...
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F-16 Combat Pilot is a combat F-16 fighter flight simulator made by Digital Integration for PC, Amiga and Atari in 1988. It is considered as one of the first sim to have a dynamic environment. While the graphics and scenery are quite sparse, the instruments and flight dynamics are fully featured and modelled.
The air opposition was made up from MiGs: Mikoyan MiG-31, Mikoyan MiG-23 ' Flogger' and Mikoyan MiG-29 'Fulcrum'. Most of the missions would start with the player inside a hangar, from which the player would initate engine start up, taxi without overspeeding, getting on the runway and takeoff - which adds to the tension if the base was under attack. On the ground, there are tank battalions (which move as war progresses), radar & missiles installations and guns around enemy airfields.
It is possible to shoot down friendly aircraft by mistake, there are no obvious clues as to which side the targeted aircraft belongs to.
The sim keeps a flying log of all the player's time on F-16...
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