Warbirds (Euro, USA)
Warbirds is a computer game developed by Atari in 1991 for the Atari Lynx.
The player can look ahead, behind, above, and to the left or right of his plane. A variety of options can be altered to aid in shooting down enemy planes, including turning on unlimited ammunition and changing the amount of damage the aircraft can take before it explodes. The Lynx has the ability to link up with three other people, allowing each player to fly a separate plane. Each player has a first-person perspective of the game.
The player can look ahead, behind, above, and to the left or right of his plane. A variety of options can be altered to aid in shooting down enemy planes, including turning on unlimited ammunition and changing the amount of damage the aircraft can take before it explodes. The Lynx has the ability to link up with three other people, allowing each player to fly a separate plane. Each player has a first-person perspective of the game.
Warbirds (Euro, USA)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu M65SC02 (@ 4 Mhz)
Chipset
- Mikey
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 160 x 102
- Frequency 30 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 1
- Number of buttons 2
- Kind of controler joy (8 ways)
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Warbirds (Euro, USA) Screenshots
Plot
Warbirds is a flight simulator that allows the player to become a World War I pilot. The game has five scenarios in which the player can fly against one to three enemy pilots of varying skill levels.
Reception
The game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #181 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4½ out of 5 stars.
