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From: sdm@sequoia.cray.com (Stuart Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Birds of Prey (was Re: Jez San's Flight Simulator)
Message-ID: <102620.14326@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 15 Apr 91 15:52:58 GMT
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Reply-To: sdm@sequoia.cray.com (Stuart Mitchell)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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Yup - I just saw a review of Jez San's flight sim in ACE (Advanced Computer
Entertainment) here in the UK, and it *is* called Birds of Prey.

The specifications look impressive:
  Many different types of plane: from fighters like F-15, F-16 to cargo
  transports, tankers, bombers, reconaissance (sr-71) aircraft.

  Many different kinds of missions: dogfighting, bombing, in flight refuel,
  reconaissance.

  Fast and smooth graphics, including curved polygons, to give more realistic
  shapes.

Unfortunately there was no mention of a release date, but another mag said
something like "later in 1991", so RSN (as usual).

Jez S is quoted as saying that it was difficult to fit everything into a meg, 
so it looks like a strictly 1Meg+ game - bad news for half meg owners.

If it lives up to the pre-release blurb then it should be a hell of a flight
sim.

Stuart

sdm@uk.cray.com