B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is the sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action developed by Wayward Design and sold by MicroProse owned by Hasbro in 2000. It was released in the United States on December 13, 2000. It was designed for the Windows 9x series of operating systems, but is also compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
The sequel had much improved graphics for Intel Pentium III an...
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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is the sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action developed by Wayward Design and sold by MicroProse owned by Hasbro in 2000. It was released in the United States on December 13, 2000. It was designed for the Windows 9x series of operating systems, but is also compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
The sequel had much improved graphics for Intel Pentium III and AMD Athlon processors and added fairly realistic but slightly simplified Norden Bombsight/navigation procedures and operation as well as Pilot and Copilot controls in the combat flight simulation. Other Allied or Axis aircraft like the P-38, P-51, P-47, Bf-109, FW-190 or Me 262 could be flown as well. The emphasis in this simulation was on successful B-17 Flying Fortress aircrew training and skill improvement, successful navigation, survival from enemy Flak batteries as well as Luftwaffe fighters, and correctly and accurately bombing the...
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