SkyChase
SkyChase is a combat flight simulator designed by Ralph Russell and published in 1988. It is the first game developed by Maxis.
SkyChase
- Date
- 1988.
- Publisher
- SkyChase was published by Broderbund.
- Language
- English.
- Genre
- combat flight simulator game.
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SkyChase is a combat flight simulator designed by Ralph Russell and published in 1988. It is the first game developed by Maxis.
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• Title — SkyChase • Developer — Maxis • Producer — Jeff Braun • Designer — Ralph Russell • Programmer — Ralph Russell • Artist — Don Bayless • Platforms — Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS • Released — 1988: Amiga, ST 1990: MS-DOS • Genre — Combat flight simulator • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
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SkyChase is an arcadey combat flight simulator often compared to Top Gun by Ocean Software.
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Julian Rignall of Computer and Video Games compared the game negatively to other flight simulators of the time: "Although Sky Chase has an impressive front end, the game itself is very simplistic, and plays similarly to Ocean's failed Top Gun Licence; it pales in comparison with Cascade's Ace II. There's little difference between the planes, and the gameplay is very repetitive." Gary Whitta of Commodore User summarized: "[...] I would only advise you to consider buying Skychase if you have a chum to play it with. The computer mode is boring, too easy, and ultimately a drag to play." Zzap!64 concluded that the game is "An exhilarating flying game - at its best with two players at the controls."
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- 1.Credits. SkyChase Flight Manual. 2.
- 2.Luckham, Mark. REVIEWS - SKY CHASE. Amiga Computing. Database Publications. 1. 4. 41. November 1988.
- 3.Tronic-Verlag. Ballern mit Bach. Aktueller Software Markt. 12/88. 44. December 1988.
- 4.Rignall, Julian. Reviews - SKY CHASE. Computer and Video Games. EMAP. 72. September 1988.
- 5.Whitta, Gary. SKYCHASE. Commodore User. EMAP. 50–51. September 1988.
- 6.Newsfield Publications Ltd. 16-bit - Skychase. Zzap!64. 43. 88. November 1988.
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