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You are in the cockpit of one of 12 types of Japanese or American plane and you can play a vital part in the reconstruction of your great battles – Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz Islands. Depending on the type of plane you have, you can torpedo or dive-bomb battleships, whip the enemy in dogfights, protect damaged ships from attack and possibly rewrite the history books. Basically, Battlehawks is a very good flight simulator. Once a mission or practice session has been selected, you’re into real action.
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Flying high above sea level, your mission basically consists of knocking out the enemy fighter planes, while attempting to score a hit on one of the enemy boats. With only one bomb or torpedo, success depends purely on your skill the first time round – there are no second chances in this war. The practice mode will give you a pilot’s dream – infinite ammunition and armour, enemy planes which don’t shoot at you and a safety device which prevents you stalling or flying below 75 feet. In real battles you can save your skin when shot down by ejecting. Battlehawks 1942 is a great release by Lucasfilm and probably one the most loved World War II combat simulators released in the 80s.
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