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2506.0. "Battlehawks 1942" by SCUBA::WILTSHIRE (Dave Wiltshire - CSSE Europe) Tue Apr 25 1989 15:26

    I recently purchased the game 'Battlehawks 1942' and thought I would
    share my impressions with those interested in flight simulators.
    
    The scenario is the Pacific during 1942 when a number of critical
    battles were underway between the U.S. and Japan.  You can choose
    to fly for either side on a variety of missions.
    
    The games comes on two disks and is not copy protected.  You have
    to enter the code name of a plane as defined in the user guide.
    
    Apparently this game is a port from the IBM PC/Clone world, and
    I think it shows.
    
    Bad Points:-
    
      o No Joystick Support (Mouse or Keyboard only)
      o No takeoff or landing phase to the game.  You start at around
        10,000' and end when the mission is complete.
      o The 'action window' i.e. through the windscreen, is rather small.
      o I don't think the flight envelopes of the aircraft are very
        realistic.
      o No 'spotter plane' mode.  Views from inside the cockpit only
        except when in camera mode (this isn't very good).
    
    Good Points:-
    
      o Nice sound effects
      o Some of the grahics (buring ships, aircraft, parachutists) are
        quite good.
      o Animation is smooth when there are not too many moving objects
        on the screen.
      o Instructions for installation on a hard disk are supplied 
        - not that I've got one :-(    
    
    Overall: A nice shoot 'em up, but for simulator fans it comes miles
             behind Falcon......
    
    Anyone else got any comments on Battlehawks 1942 ?
    
    -Dave.