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Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation

DOS - 1989
Also available on: Amiga - Atari ST - Commodore 64

Although it is really a flight simulation, Blue Angels' focus on the exciting world of air shows makes it closer to a sports game than a flight sim.

Instead of shooting downs MIGs or make bomb runs as in other flight sims, here you perform over 25 actual air show maneuvers with your famed acrobatic squadron the Blue Angels. Unfortunately the flight dynamics were almost non existent; for example, turning off the engine would bring the plane to a halt, some distance from the ground, and the aircraft could be rotated around it's axis.

However, the game's great camera angles and graphics help cover this eggregrious fault. It also had digitised speech, which played through the PC speaker (The pilot in command would shout `Break! Break!' if you flew the pattern too poorly).

Overall, a fun game for flight sim beginners who aren't too concerned with realism in their games-- definitely not for ace pilots.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Wiikkeddave 11 Apr. 2025

Daaaang, this brings back memories. I got this on floppy from a bargain bin at a store called McFrugals, kind of like a BigLots, waaay back in the early 90s. Never quite figured it out but it blew me away with the graphics at the time!

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fdisk 09 Nov. 2015

keys (amiga & ST):
EDIT: Thx fdisk!

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Jegas 02 Jan. 2014

DosBox 0.74 + Win7 (64bit) - WORKS GREAT!

I just found it too too grainy to mess with after playing with the simulators I do now for flight. I tried too - it's too to grainy. I love old stuff - but this one just was too blan.

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No comment nor review for this game at the moment.

Downloads

DOS version

Game file
United Kingdom English
339 KB

Commodore 64 version

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44 KB

Amiga version

Game file
United Kingdom English
2 MB

Atari ST version

Game file
United Kingdom English
670 KB

Extras

Misc Misc 1
keycard
Amiga 287 KB English English

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