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RED ARROWS



PUBLISHER

Database Publications



AUTHOR(S)



YEAR

October 1985



CATALOGUE NUMBER



CATEGORY

Simulation



DESCRIPTION



CONTROLS

Keyboard, Kempston, Sinclair, programmable



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ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT



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REVIEWS



Review of _Red Arrows_ from Sinclair User No.43, October 1985



FLY WITH the Red Arrows and keep your stomach intact as you

perform the amazing Manhattan Loop, the Pyramid Roll and the

famous fly past.  The game is a flight simulator with a

difference. You are accompanied in the air by your team mates,

and you must perform aerobatics to the best of your ability in

order to score points.  Don't look so worried. You are not left

to your own devices in the air.  A training routine has been

included within the program which displays your instructions as

you make a fly past. Failure to heed instructions usually results

in a crash.  The instruction routine does not, however, help with

the 16 different key combinations which you need to control your

Hawk aircraft. Out of desperation I just used the thrust and roll

keys which seem to achieve good scores, and only the occasional

crash.  Graphics may not be the game's strong point but the

simulation is accurate to the degree of seeing the aircraft of

your team mates fly past.  The flight instruction and aid does

not end with the instruction routine.  Your team leader will give

you instructions if you are going off course. The amount of

instruction given to you during flights may seem unrealistic, but

open communication must be available between pilots so that wing

tips do not touch and you don't drive your aircraft into the

ground. Your team mates will look after your safety just as you

watch theirs.  _Red Arrows_ turns the dull area of flight

simulation into fast and furious fun. Database Software has also

arranged a competition in which you could win a weekend to visit

the real Red Arrows.



                                   John Gilbert



Publisher: Database Publications

Price: 8.95

Memory: 48K

Joystick: Kempston, Sinclair, programmable

Rating: **** (out of 5, meaning: Value for money)





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