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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

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Developer(s)Wayward Design
Publisher(s)Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 15, 2000[1]
  • EU: December 2000
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a combat flight simulator developed by Wayward Design and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse brand in 2000 as a sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[2]

Reception[edit]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] In contrast, Samuel Bass of NextGen gave it a negative review, saying that the game was filled with several bugs, crashes and other technical issues, and felt that those issues made the game "unfinished". The only positive remarks that he gave are its "gorgeous" graphics and "impressive" physics, and noted the combined elements of roleplaying, strategy, and straight-up aerial combat.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Varanini, Giancarlo (December 6, 2000). "B-17 Ship Date Announced". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Purchase Agreement between Atari, Inc. and Rebellion Developments, Stardock & Tommo" (PDF). BMC Group. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Dultz, Marc (January 10, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Berger, Brett (January 22, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Berg, Gordon (April 2001). "It Bombed (B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 201. Ziff Davis. pp. 90–91. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Suciu, Peter (January 11, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on September 13, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Boys, Ian (December 23, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Geryk, Bruce (December 19, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Farmer, Doug (January 8, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress [The Mighty 8th]". GameSpy. GameSpy Industries. Archived from the original on April 28, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  11. ^ Butts, Steve (December 18, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress II: The Mighty Eighth [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Bass, Samuel (May 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress—The Mighty 8th". NextGen. No. 77. Imagine Media. p. 90. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Klett, Steve (March 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress II [sic]". PC Gamer. Vol. 8, no. 3. Imagine Media. p. 80. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

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