Birds of Prey

published by Electronic Arts in 1991, developed by Argonaut, running on Amiga OCS
type: flight, simulation
genre: Flight Simulator
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player
languages: eng
4.3/5
Lemon Amiga

Description

Birds of Prey is a flight simulation set in a fictional battle between the Soviet Union (B-side) and the Nato + allied (A-side).

The player can fly up to 40 different planes and also control the whole battle campaign.Aircraft available for A-side:

BAe Hawk Mk.66
BAe Hawker Siddley Harrier GR. Mk 3
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet
Dassault-Breguet Mirage F.1E
Dassault-Breguet Rafale A
Fairchild A-10A
General Dynamics F-111
General Dynamics F-16
Grumman F-14A+ Tomcat
Grumman X-29
Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules
Lockheed F-104S Starfighter
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Lockheed TR-1A
Lockheed F-117A
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle
McDonnell Douglas KC-10A
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
North American X-15A
Northrop F-5E Tiger II
Northrop F-20A Tiger Shark
Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber
Panavia Tornado F Mk.3 (ADV)
Rockwell B-1B

SAAB JAS-39 Gripen (Gryphon) Aircraft available for B-side:

Antonov AN-124 Condor
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed N
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger G
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat E
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 Flogger J
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum A
Sukhoi Su-21 Flagon F
Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer D
Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B
Tupolev Tu-95 Bear G
Tupolev Tu-26 Backfire B
Yakovlev Yak-38 MP Forger A

The player is required to select one side 'A' or 'B' in the conflict, and keep the save game for each pilot on a separate floppy.

Each pilot you can fly different missions and aircraft, but only those from your own side.

The player character flies from three land bases and two aircraft carriers on each side, and these bases can be damaged in several ways by enemy action, making them unavailable until repaired and reducing the available aircraft in the campaign.Mission types are:

air intercept
air superiority
long range bombing
bomber escort
close support and ground attack
border or sea patrol
reconnaissance
troop drop
supply drop
stealth bombing
stealth reconnaissance
test pilot

An autopilot mode is available for longer cruises, if the enemies are far off. The 'test pilot' mission involves flying the X-15/X-29 and is not a part of the campaign.

Ritchardo # 2024-02-04 03:58:54

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External reviews (10) - average: 87.1% - median: 87%

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Amiga Actionuk291992-0286/10086%
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Amiga Computinguk451992-0294/10094%
Amiga Formatuk301992-0188/10088%
Amiga Poweruk91992-0181/10081%
CU Amigauk221991-1294/10094%
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Génération 4 (001-082)fr411992-0280/10080%
Joystickfr221991-1285/10085%
The One for Amiga Gamesuk391991-1288/10088%
Tilt 39-113fr991992-0217/2085%
Zerouk271992-0190/10090%

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