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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a combat flight simulator developed by Wayward Design and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse brand in 2000 as a sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[2]

Developer(s)Wayward Design
Publisher(s)Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 15, 2000[1]
  • EU: December 2000
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Reception edit

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] However, Samuel Bass of NextGen gave it a negative review, saying, "Scuttled before it can even get off the runway, B-17 is simply a betrayal of MicroProse's fans."[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Varanini, Giancarlo (December 6, 2000). "B-17 Ship Date Announced". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Purchase Agreement between Atari, Inc. and Rebellion Developments, Stardock & Tommo" (PDF). BMC Group. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Dultz, Marc (January 10, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Berger, Brett (January 22, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Berg, Gordon (April 2001). "It Bombed (B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 201. Ziff Davis. pp. 90–91. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Suciu, Peter (January 11, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on September 13, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Boys, Ian (December 23, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Geryk, Bruce (December 19, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Farmer, Doug (January 8, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress [The Mighty 8th]". GameSpy. GameSpy Industries. Archived from the original on April 28, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  11. ^ Butts, Steve (December 18, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress II: The Mighty Eighth [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Bass, Samuel (May 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress—The Mighty 8th". NextGen. No. 77. Imagine Media. p. 90. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Klett, Steve (March 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress II [sic]". PC Gamer. Vol. 8, no. 3. Imagine Media. p. 80. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

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