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Fighter aircraft

Vehicles theme

Player controls any kind of aircraft primarily intended for attacking other aircraft with the aim of taking control and maintaining air superiority within the operation theatre.

336
games
55
platforms

Alternate names: Air superiority fighter, Interceptor aircraft

Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk (PlayStation 2)
Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk
PS2 2006
Independence Day (Saturn)
Independence Day
SAT 1997-06
Spitfire Attack (Atari 2600 VCS)
Spitfire Attack
VCS 1983
Spitfire 40 (BBC Micro)
Spitfire 40
BBC 1987
After Burner (Amstrad CPC)
After Burner
CPC 1988
Ajax (Arcade)
Ajax
ARCD 1987-12-16
Mig-29 Fulcrum (MS-DOS)
Mig-29 Fulcrum
DOS 1991-01
Knights of the Sky (MS-DOS)
Knights of the Sky
DOS 1990
HAWX (PlayStation 3)
HAWX
PS3 2009-03-03
F-19 Stealth Fighter (NEC PC9801)
F-19 Stealth Fighter
9801 1992-11
After Burner (MSX)
After Burner
MSX 1988
Triplane Turmoil (MS-DOS)
Triplane Turmoil
DOS 1996
fighter | bomber | strike | utility | passenger

Parent:
* Aerodyne
* Aeroplane
* Rotorcraft
Interceptors are a variant of fighter aircraft designed for speed so they can reach their target fast and long before the enemy aircraft can reach their target. Usually used against bombers as such.

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Child groups

Aircraft: F-15 Eagle, Aircraft: P-38 Lightning, Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon

Games by year

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The first Fighter aircraft video game was released in 1980.

Microprose, Sega and Capcom published most of these games.

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows 56
MS-DOS 36
Arcade 25
Amiga 19
C64 17
Linux 16
Atari ST 14
Amstrad CPC 13
ZX Spectrum 13
PS2 12
NES 9
X360 7
PS 7
Mega Drive 6
NEC PC9801 5
Mac OS Classic 5
MSX 5
Apple II E 4
PSP 4
GBA 4
Atari 400/800 3
GBC 3
GB 3
C16/Plus4 3
PC Engine 3
PS3 3
X68000 3
BeOS 3
BBC 2
Neo-Geo 2

Most common companies

Microprose18
Sega11
Capcom10
Activision10
Ocean8
Digital Integration8
Spectrum Holobyte8
Domark8
ASCII7
Konami7
Midas Interactive Entertainment7
Mirrorsoft7
Cascade Games7
Novalogic7
Elite6