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| B-17 Simulators - Bomber | |
Bomber is a Macintosh / Hypercard Game that is more of a strategy game than an action game. Created by Deadly Games Ltd. A new version Bomber III was released early in 1997. 
You begin by naming your crew, accepting your mission for the day, and choosing your flight route on the map.  Then you load your plane with fuel and bombs and take off.     Bomber III available soon! Long in the planning stage, and finally flying, BOMBER III, for the Mac, will arrive behind schedule, but it will arrive. Originally planned as a full color, full screen version of the venerable Bombers I & II it has now taken on a life of its own, with simultaneous action, real seat-of-the-pants flying, and a heightened sense of "being there." This is not, however a flight simulator per se; not a "first-person shooter" as most flight sims really are.  You've got a ten man crew to manage, navigation to deal with, damage control, weather, pre-flight planning and a host of other responsibilities, so we've made these B-17s as simple to fly as we know how. Any of you players who have successfully made the transition from U-Boat to Drumbeat should feel right at at home. For those of you unfamiliar with Bombers 1 and 2, this is a series of WWII 8th Air Force bombing missions over occupied Europe in late '42, '43. You will fly out of Ridgewell bomber base in England as one element in a bomber group. You will be assigned a flight crew made up of recent stateside bomber school graduates. If you can keep them alive, they will eventually get good at what they do. Before each mission you will be briefed, shown a large wall map of central Europe with the group's flight route drawn in, and given a recon photo of the target. Once in the air, you will join up with your squadron and fly the route. Over the target you will drop your bombs and fly home. Simple. Well...perhaps not that simple. You will have to contend with flak, enemy fighters, damage control, and sometimes just staying with the formation. You will, however, have excellent communication with your crew who can usually be counted on to help you out of the really tight spots.  Go to Deadly Games Web site |