From: Chuck McManis Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Jason L. Tibbitts III Subject: REVIEW: Wings Of Fury Keywords: game, arcade, commercial Path: menudo.uh.edu Distribution: world Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games Reply-To: Chuck McManis --text follows this line-- "Wings of Fury" (WoF) is a one person arcade type game in the style of "Choplifter". The motif is that of a WWII Hellcat fighter/bomber attack on Japanese targets. o Requires : - Amiga 500, 1000, 2000. - 512K and a Joystick - AmigaDOS 1.3. *DOESN'T* run under 2.04 o Hard Disk Installable. o Word from the manual copy protection. Description : This relatively simple game from Broderbund has a straight forward story line. You are the pilot of a WWII Hellcat fighter/bomber based aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Your mission is to capture enemy islands, sink enemy ships, and defeat enemy aircraft. The tools available are the Hellcat's .50 caliber machine guns and a choice of bombs, rockets, or a torpedo. To liberate an island, you must destroy all enemy bases and antiaircraft batteries on the island and you must shoot all of the soldiers there. To sink an enemy ship you need to hit it with 1 or more torpedos. Game Play : The point of view on this game is from the side as it was in ChopLifter. This makes flying the aircraft somewhat unintuitive and can lead to many unneccesary crashes early on. Play starts on board an aircraft carrier where you get to select the armament for your plane (you can return and rearm with different gear later). You always have your machine guns. You take off from the carrier and fly toward your first objective (an island in the early levels, islands and ships in the later ones). When ascending, the game automatically zooms out so that you can get a better view of your surroundings. When you reach the objective you dive and drop your ordinance. Dropping bombs is easiest, but some fortifications will require rockets. I found dropping torpedos to be the most difficult. After you release your ordinance, the enemy will immediately begin shooting at you. When hit (and you will get hit) your plane will begin to smoke and you will lose oil pressure. After using up all of your ammunition (and prior to crashing due to damage) you fly back to the carrier for repairs and to rearm. As in Choplifter, when you destroy an enemy fort little figures begin to run across the screen. You then have to strafe them (causing them to jump up and fall down dead) in order to rid the island of them. When the occupation forces reach 0 (shown by a counter on the screen) the island is considered liberated. If you take too long you can run out of fuel, but more likely a Japanese zero will come looking for you. Shooting down zeros consists of turning back and forth to get behind them and shooting your machine guns. It's never very easy but it becomes doable once you get the hang of it. These guys will also torpedo your carrier so keep a sharp eye out. You get three planes to accomplish your mission and after that the game ends. Recomendations : This is a fun game and you can probably spend a couple of hours with it during a slow day. If you can find it on the bargain table its a must see; at full retail of about $32.00 you will probably want to play it in the store first before purchasing it.