F-15 Strike Eagle (video game)
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For the strike fighter, see F-15E Strike Eagle.
| F-15 Strike Eagle | |
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| Developer(s) | MicroProse |
| Publisher(s) | MicroProse |
| Designer(s) | Sid Meier |
| Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, MSX, NES, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Arcade |
| Release date(s) | 1985 1986 (Amstrad CPC) |
| Genre(s) | Combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media/distribution | Tape, Floppy disk, Cartridge |
F-15 Strike Eagle is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator first released in 1985 by MicroProse and is the first in the F-15 Strike Eagle series comprising also the sequels F-15 Strike Eagle II and F-15 Strike Eagle III. It was published for the Amstrad CPC in 1986 and ZX Spectrum in 1987.[1]
The game won the "Action game of the Year" in Computer Gaming World's 1985 reader poll, and sold over 1.5 million copies.[2][3]
Jane's F-15 was published in 1998 and is sometimes referred to as Strike Eagle IV but has no connection to the three earlier games.
[edit] References
- ^ Strike Eagle at World of Spectrum
- ^ "Management, Trevor Chan". Enlight Software. no date. http://www.enlight.com/eng/html/about_md.htm. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ^ "2006 Walk of Game Inductees, 2006 Lifetime Achievement, Sid Meier". Walk of Game. no date. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070529035808/http://westfield.com/walkofgame/inductees/inductees.html. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
[edit] External links
- F-15 Strike Eagle at MobyGames
- Strike Eagle at World of Spectrum
- The Official F-15 Strike Eagle Handbook at FlightSimBooks.com
- F-15 Strike Eagle - Videogame by Microprose at Killer List of Video Games
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