Retro Live 2017 - issue 2

F/A - 18 INTERCEPTOR
AMIGA 500
Released in 1988 the game is
based on the F/A-18 Hornet and
the first time your fly near the
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
you’re hooked! The game
was designed by Bob Dinnerman
who also wrote the arcade game
( I also loved ) Discs of Iron. The
game had a great sense of speed
and the sound enhanced your immersion
into the game. There we
six missions to complete including
a visual confirmation mission
- where an unidentified aircraft
has been spotted and is heading
toward San Francisco, your
mission is to fly out and identify
the craft, but not to attack unless
you are fired upon first. Next up
there’s a hostile Mig threatening
the President’s Air Force One,
you have to fly out, intercept and
shoot down the enemy. You work
your way through the missions
but the last mission is tricky and
a touch controversial. Many gamers
thought (me included) that it
was impossible to sink the enemy
carrier sub and complete the mission,
but Dinnerman states (from
Wikipedia) : hat it is possible, but
that the carrier does not actually
blow up if it is deemed destroyed.
It is generally accepted that the
mission objectives are incorrect,
and that it is only necessary to
destroy the patrolling enemy aircraft
to complete the mission.[
The game is considered a classic
as is my next choice...