 SPITFIRE 40 

 Mirrorsoft 1986



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

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 AIM : As a Spitfire pilot taking to the air for the first time in the

 hot, deadly summer of 1940, this game follows your career in the air...



 GAMEPLAY : On loading the game you'll have to choose one of the pre-set

 pilots or load in a saved game. Having done this, choose between

 Practice, Combat and Combat Practice modes. Practice is fairly

 self-explanatory; it simply allows you to get a feel for the Spitfire

 without any German harassment.



  The two combat modes pit you against enemy fighters. Combat Practice

 puts you in the air directly behind a German fighter, giving you the

 opportunity to practice and hopefully improve your dogfighting

 technique. (A tip: look in your rear mirror every so often!). In true

 Combat mode, you are placed in an ongoing war situation; you have to

 take off, seek out the enemy (using the map) and engage them. Once

 you've defeated them, you then have to land safely back at your

 airstrip. If you succeed, you can save the game to tape as a Log file

 recording your career to date.



  The game is mostly controlled using two separate screens - one shows

 the instruments and the other the view from the cockpit. A map screen

 can be referred to while you're flying to help you find the current

 position of yourself and the enemy planes. The main overview map

 shows the south-east of England with your plane marked in red and

 enemy fighters in black. If your Spitfire is inside one of the three

 squares drawn on this map, you can examine the ground below you in

 close-up detail by pressing N.



 COMMENTS : "An excellent simulation which should appeal to arcade

 players too".

 RATING : 90% (CRASH #28, March 1986)



 NOW : It's not exactly PACIFIC STRIKE or OVERLORD... but as a very

 simple (by modern standards) flight sim, it's not bad at all.

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 KEYS :  Up		 -  P

	 Down		 -  L

	 Left		 -  A

	 Right		 -  S

	 Fire		 -  Shift or ;



	 Increase power  -  Q

	 Decrease power	 -  W

	 Flaps		 -  F

	 Landing gear	 -  G		(toggles)

	 Brakes		 -  B

	 Overview map	 -  M

	 Close-up map 	 -  N		(accessed via overview map)

	 Screen toggle	 -  Space	(switches between instrument

					and cockpit views)