Aces of the Pacific IBM PC MS-DOS Dynamix 1992

Aces of the Pacific 1992

Dynamix released Aces of the Pacific in 1992 for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0. Aces of the Pacific was directed and designed by Damon Slye. The lead simulation programmer of Aces of the Pacific was Lincoln Hutton, and the lead shell programmer was Christopher Reese. The lead 3D graphician of Aces of the Pacific was Cyrus Kanga.

Aces of the Pacific is notable for its realistic WWII dogfighting, smooth flat-shaded rendering engine and professional presentation.

Aces of the Pacific requires an i80386 25 MHz CPU, 610,000 bytes of free conventional RAM and 344,064 bytes of EMS RAM. Aces of the Pacific supports MS-DOS 5.0's EMM386 or Quarterdeck's QEMM-386.

Aces of the Pacific audio supports Roland MT-32, Roland LAPC-1, Roland MT-100, AdLib Music Synthesizer, Sound Blaster, Tandy 3-voice audio, IBM PS/1 Audio/Joystick Card and PC Internal Speaker.

Aces of the Pacific was distributed on 3x 3.5" 1.44MB HD diskettes and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Sierra On-Line Game Install/Setup Program v3.561 and PKSFX Fast! Self-extract Utility v1.1 by PKWARE. The install size is 5.6 megs and consists of 26 files.

The Aces of the Pacific World War II 1946 expansion was distributed on 1x 3.5" 1.44MB HD diskette  and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via PKSFX Fast! Self-extract Utility v1.1 by PKWARE. The install size becomes 6.3 megs and consists of 28 files.

Aces of the Pacific Features

• Flat-shaded real-time 3D graphics
• Sprite-based explosions and smoke
• 256-color VGA 320x200
• Realistic World War II dogfighting simulator
• Set in the Pacific during WWII
• 30 different WWII aircraft
• Carrier take-offs
• 13 Historic missions from 1941-1945
• Thrustmaster Flight Control System & Thrustmaster Weapon Control System
• Mission Recorder
• Aces of the Pacific Manual: 233 pages

American Aircraft of Aces of the Pacific

• Grumman F4F Wildcat (USN Fighter)
• Grumman F6F Hellcat (USN Fighter)
• Chance-Vought F4U Corsair (USN and USMC Fighter)
• Douglass TBD Devastator (USN Torpedo Bomber)
• Douglass SBD Dauntless (USN, USMC and USAAF Dive Bomber)
• Grumman TBF Avenger (USN and USMC Torpedo Bomber)
• Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (USN Dive Bomber)
• Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (USAAF Fighter)
• Bell P-39 Airacobra (USAAF Fighter)
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning (USAAF Fighter)
• Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (USAAF Fighter)
• North American P-51 Mustang (USAAF Fighter)
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (USAAF Bomber)
• North American B-25 Mitchell (USAAF Bomber)
• B-24 Liberator (USAAF and RAF Bomber)
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress (USAAF Bomber)

Japanese Aircraft of Aces of the Pacific

• Mitsubishi A6M Zero JNAF Fighter
• Kawanishi N1K1 George JNAF Fighter
• Nakajima B4N Kate JNAF Torpedo Bomber
• Aichi D3A1 VAL JNAF Dive Bomber
• Yokosuka D4Y2 Judy JNAF Dive Bomber
• Nakajima B6N Jill JNAF Torpedo Bomber
• Mitsubishi GM4 Betty JNAF Bomber
• Nakajima KI-27 Nate JAAF Fighter
• Nakajima KI-43 Oscar JAAF Fighter
• Kawasaki KI-45 Nick JAAF Fighter
• Nakajima KI-61 Tony JAAF Fighter
• Nakajima KI-84 Frank JAAF Fighter
• Kawasaki KI-100 JAAF Fighter
• Mitsubishi KI-21 JAAF Bomber

Aces of the Pacific Ordnance

• U.S. .30 caliber machine gun
• U.S. .50 caliber machine gun
• U.S. 20mm cannon
• U.S. 37mm cannon
• Japanese 7.7mm Type 97 machine gun
• Japanese 12.7mm Type 1 machine gun
• Japanese 20mm Type 99 cannon
• American Mark 13 torpedo
• Japanese Type 91 torpedo
• U.S. 5-inch rocket

Aces of the Pacific Flight Maneuvers

• Break
• Barrel Roll
• Immelmann
• Loop
• Split-S
• Wing Over
• Scissors
• Skid
• Chandelle
• Stern Attack
• High and Low Side Attacks
• Opposite Attack
• Overhead Pass
• Wingman Defense
• Dive Bombing
• Torpedo Bombing
• Glide Bombing
• Strafing
• Rocket Attacks

Aces Over Europe IBM PC MS-DOS 1993

Dynamix released Aces Over Europe for IBM PC MS-DOS in 1993.

Aces Over Europe requires an i80386DX-33 MHz CPU, 614,400 bytes of free conventional RAM and 1 meg of EMS RAM. Aces Over Europe supports MS-DOS 5.0's EMM386 or Quarterdeck's QEMM-386.

Aces Over Europe supports 256-color VGA 320x200 and 320x400 "Tallres". Audio support is as per Aces of the Pacific of 1992.

Aces Over Europe was distributed on 3x 3.5" 1.44MB HD diskettes and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Sierra On-Line Game Install/Setup Program v3.690. The install size is 5.8 megs and consists of 37 files.

Aces Over Europe manual: 217 pages.

cf.

• A-10 Tank Killer IBM PC MS-DOS Dynamix 1989
• Red Baron IBM PC MS-DOS 1990 Dynamix
• Knights of the Sky IBM PC 1990 MPS Labs Microprose

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