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From: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Jez San's Flight Simulator
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Date: 17 Apr 91 10:28:53 GMT
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In article <15080014@hpmwmat.HP.COM> mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell) writes:
>
>	
>	Hey all...  I recall hearing that Jez San was supposed to be
>	doing a flight simulator for Amiga.... but this was a couple
>	of years ago almost...  Does anyone know what became of it?
>
>	Was this the HAWK simulator... or is that a different one?

Originally to be called "Hawk", Jez San's flight simulator is now named "Birds
of Prey".  He originally wrote it on a PC with lots of add-ons (mostly extra
memory) and then had to figure out what to cut out so it would run on an
unmodified 1 MByte machine (PC, Amiga or ST).  I saw an article in a magazine
which said it should be out in September or October this year; believe that if
you want.

There was a preview of it in a magazine called "Ace" (not the one which
mentioned the Sept./Oct. release, by the way).  Screen shots indicate that
if you select an external view, you can see the missiles which your plane
is carrying, and watch them launch.  Apparently 40 aircraft are simulated,
including oldies such as the F-4, newies such as the F-117 and biggies such
as the B-52.  There are also Soviet planes, including the Bear bomber.

 "Keyboard?  How quaint!" - M. Scott

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