MiG-29 Fulcrum

• Title — MiG-29 Fulcrum • Developer — Simis • Publisher — Domark • Released — 1990 • Genre — Combat flight simulator • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS

The player flies a Mikoyan MiG-29 on solo missions against a range of enemies around the world. There are six available missions: • Basic Training • Arctic reconnaissance • Combat over the Great Wall of China • Oil refinery attack • Anti-terrorist attack • Nuclear plant attack The MiG-29 is armed with AA-8 Aphid air-to-air missiles, AS-7 Kerry air-to-surface missiles, S-24 rockets, as well as a cannon. Enemies include SAMs, Harriers, Shenyang F-7s, Mirage 2000s and other MiG-29s.

The Amiga and Atari ST versions of MiG-29 Fulcrum lack the option of a complex mode, limiting the game to simple mode only. British pilot John Farley was consulted during MiG-29 Fulcrum's development as he was one of the few people outside of Russia to have flown a real MiG-29 Fulcrum; his input changed some aspects of the game. Farley stated that the game isn't "oversimplified", calling it "the nearest thing to actually flying the plane". While the game was programmed by Simis, MiG-29 Fulcrum was designed by the game studio The Kremlin. MiG-29 Fulcrum's simulation software was written in C by David Payne and Jonathan Newth; Payne previously worked at British Aerospace, and Newth once worked for IBM. The MiG-29 Fulcrum plane was selected as The Kremlin team felt that many American planes already had simulations created for them, and selected the MiG-29 while reading Soviet Weekly. The Russian News Agency (TASS) assisted in MiG-29 Fulcrum's development, providing flight data, information regarding the MiG-29's weapons, as well as access to their photo archive.