Wings of Fury is a scrolling shooter, with some combat flight simulator elements, originally written for the Apple II by Steve Waldo and released in 1987 by Broderbund. The player assumes the role of a pilot of an American F6F Hellcat plane aboard the USS Wasp in the Pacific during World War II. It was also released in 1989 for the X68000 and in 1990 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. A Game Boy Color version was published in 1999.
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| Developer(s) | Steve Waldo[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Broderbund[1] |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Game Boy Color, NEC PC-9801, X68000 |
| Release | 1987[1] December 28, 1999 (GBC)[2][3] |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay edit
The game is a horizontally scrolling shooter set over a number of World War II missions. In each mission, the player must protect an aircraft carrier from attacks by Japanese planes. The goal is to defeat the Japanese by destroying enemy bunkers, guns and barracks on a series of islands and killing enemy soldiers either with bombs or by machine guns. The weapons to complete these objectives, besides machine guns, are a limited number of bombs, rockets and torpedoes. On some missions, the player must also sink Japanese vessels, such as destroyers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. The player has a finite amount of fuel and munitions, which can be replenished by returning to the carrier. The player's aircraft can be destroyed by accumulated damage from enemy fire or by crashing into the terrain.
The combatants are reversed for the Japanese X68000 home computer version released by Broderbund Japan. The player's airplane is a Japanese Zero fighter and the enemies are Americans.[4]
Reception edit
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Computer Gaming World stated that the game had "some of the best action graphics pulled out of the Apple in recent memory", and concluded that Wings of Fury was "an exciting, memorable game for anyone remotely interested in action games".[5] The game received 4 out of 5 stars in Dragon.[6]
Reviews edit
- Zero (Oct, 1990)[7]
- Raze (Dec, 1990)[8]
- Amiga Format (Nov, 1990)[9]
- Commodore User (Feb, 1990)[10]
- Tilt (Mar, 1990)[11]
- Zzap! (Nov, 1990)[12]
- Commodore Format (Nov, 1990)[13]
- Power Play (Nov, 1990)[14]
- Computer and Video Games (May, 2000)[15]
- Amiga Power (May, 1991)[16]
- Amiga World (Nov, 1990)[17]
- Amiga Computing (Dec, 1990)[18]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Wings of Fury Release Information for Apple II". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "GameSpot: News: Archive". 2002-02-20. Archived from the original on 2002-02-20. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Mindscape Ships New GBC Titles". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ HOTUD. "Wings of Fury". My Abandonware. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ David, William W. (September 1988). "Baa! Baa! Flak Sheep! / Broderbund's World War II Arcade Game". Computer Gaming World. p. 18.
- ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (132): 80–85.
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: Wings of Fury".
- ^ "Out-of-Print Archive • Amiga reviews • Wings of Fury".
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: Wings of Fury".
- ^ "Commodore User Magazine Issue 77". February 1990.
- ^ "Tilt 1990 issue 3 numero 76". abandonware.org. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: Wings of Fury".
- ^ "Commodore Format issue 2 1990". archive.org. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Kultpower.de - die Powerplay und ASM Fan Site".
- ^ "Computer and Video Games" (PDF). retrocdn.net. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Amiga Power Issue 1 1991". archive.org. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Wings of Fury review from Amiga World Vol 6 No 11 (Nov 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: Wings of Fury".
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External links edit
- Manual at apple2.org
- Wings of Fury can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
- Wings of Fury at MobyGames