Top Gun: Fire at Will
$14.95		(DOS) (Jewel Cases in Ziplock with Manual) (TOPGUNPO)

Spectrum HoloByte

Game

Suitable for all audiences

Ratings:

3 1/2 stars from CD-ROM Today

Bogeys inbound ... Permission to engage!

The popular Top Gun movie set a new standard for extraordinary high-flying excitement. Now the story continues with Top Gun: Fire at Will. In this fast and furious action flying game, YOU are Maverick. The action begins at Top Gun School, where you compete for the coveted Top Gun Trophy. Live-action video creates the experience of a lifetime as you battle your way through an epic adventure set against a backdrop of burgeoning global crisis. Experience the ultimate that modern dogfighting has to offer as you lead your wingmen into fierce aerial combat.

Live actors, including the return of James Tolkan in the role of "Hondo", Maverick's tough, cigar-chompin' Commanding Officer.

Your backseater Merlin flies with you on every mission calling the shots and helping you be the best of the best.

Over 40 missions to fly with increasing levels of difficulty. Or choose Instant Action and prepare for immediate combat.

Choose your friend as your wingman or your opponent with head-to-head and network play.

Requirements: IBM PC 66MHz 80486DX compatible Pentium recommended, 8 MB RAM and 30 MB hard drive space or 16 MB RAM and 15 MB hard drive space, VESA local bus or PCI video card capable of Super VGA graphics (640 x 480 x 256 colors), DOS 5.0 or later (also runs under Windows 95), Double speed CD-ROM drive (350 kb/sec sustained transfer rate), Joystick, Mouse, Sound Blaster (or 100% compatible), ProAudio Spectrum or Ensoniq SoundScape.

DOS products such as this are not intended to run on newer systems and normally will not work on such systems. If you don't have a DOS or Windows 95 system don't order this game.

Reviews:

CD-ROM Today, June 1996

"The flight models are simple, putting them on a par with U.S.. Navy Fighters and ATF, but above the mild Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II. More complex flight models, such as the one in Spectrum Holobyte's Falcon 3.0, come with huge manuals about how to operate and control the plane, and they're not as forgiving as Top Gun's simplified flight model. While the complex sims take the physics of flight into consideration and perform calculations that lead to realistic simulation, Top Gun doesn't factor in the subtleties. As a result, you don't face the same degree of challenge when using such basic skills as keeping the bird in the air. This gives you the ability to perform some wacky turns without having to pay for any miscalculation."

"Top Gun's drawbacks rest in its technical execution. I found stuttering frames caused by wingman comments, and terrain graphics lacking definition. Still, Top Gun is an entertaining and easy to operate flying game for people who want the action but not the fuss of complex flight sims."

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