B-17 Flying Fortress
Vektor Grafix of the U.K. released B-17 Flying Fortress for IBM PC MS-DOS 3.0 in 1992.
In B-17 Flying Fortress players assume the role of Commander of what amounts to a flying battleship -- The B-17 Flying Fortress -- and its ten-man crew consisting of pilot, co-pilot, navigator, engineer, bombardier, radio operator and four gunners.
B-17 Flying Fortress was programmed by Dominic Robinson, Ian Martin, Graeme Baird and Terry Spencer.
B-17 Flying Fortress Features
- WWII-era Flight Simulator: B-17 Flying Fortress (bomber)
- 3D flat-shaded rendering engine
- Articulated 3D aircraft models
- 10x crewmen & 5x crew skills
- 7x crewmen roles & 6x crewmen positions
- 4x Main crew views: Compartment, Instrument, Window & External
- 6x internal/external 2D views & 8x internal 3D views
- 10x external 3D views with pitch, rotation & zoom
- 4x Bombardier views (e.g., Norden bomb sight)
- 4x Radio Operator functions
- Intercom: 6x External Messages & 11x Internal Events
- Flight physics: roll, pitch, yaw, thrust, drag, lift, gravity
- Pilot Instrument panel with 24x indicators
- 4x engine power control
- Left/right rudder control
- Taxiing & steering and Take off & landing
- Climbing, cruising & turning
- Spins & dives and Stalls & stall recovery
- Formational flight
- Engine fires & damageable landing gear and bomb bay doors
- Jammable machine guns
- Injurable crew & first aid
- Enemy Fighters & flak bursts
- Time Compression & Skip Time
- Medal & Promotions
- Tailorable detail level and tailorable horizon complexity
- Sprite-based muzzle flash on machine gun barrels
B-17 Flying Fortress Technical
B-17 Flying Fortress requires an i80286 16 MHz CPU, 640K of conventional memory and 16K of EMS memory, but an i80386 CPU is recommended.
B-17 Flying Fortress displays in 256-color MCGA or VGA 320x200. B-17 Flying Fortress audio supports Sound Blaster, AdLib, Roland LAPC-1 and PC Internal Speaker. B-17 Flying Fortress controls support keyboard, mouse and analogue joystick.
B-17 Flying Fortress was distributed by MicroProse on 4x 3.5" 1.44MB HD diskettes or 5x 5.25" 1.2MB HD floppy disks and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Flying Fortress Installation Program. The install size is 8 megs and consists of 38 files.
B-17 Flying Fortress copy protection: manual (page, paragraph, word).
B-17 Flying Fortress manual: 230 pages.
B-17 Flying Fortress Layout
- Pilot's Compartment
- Nose Section
- Bomb Bay
- Radio Compartment
- Ball Turret & Waist Section
- Tail Gunner's Compartment
B-17 Flying Fortress Ordnance
- Browning M-2 .50 Calibre Machine Gun
- Browning M-2 .30 Calibre Machine Gun
- General Purpose/High-explosive bombs (500lb-2000lb)
- Incendiary bomb & Napalm bomb
- Fragmentation bomb & Poison Gas bomb
- VB-1 AZON bomb & GB-1 Glide bomb
- GB-4 radio-controlled bomb & Disney rocket bomb (4500lb)
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