B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
With Twenty five scenarios in which you must manage your crew’s strengths and weaknesses, test your pilot and leadership skills. This is your team, they are under your command, and it is your job as a cap-tain…
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a simulator developed by Wayward Design, released 1 December 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a simulator game developed by Wayward Design and released in 2000. It was published by MicroProse Software, Inc.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
With Twenty five scenarios in which you must manage your crew’s strengths and weaknesses, test your pilot and leadership skills. This is your team, they are under your command, and it is your job as a cap-tain to complete the mission and take them home in one piece. See what it was like to be part of a 10-man crew on dangerous bombing missions over occupied Europe. In addition, you are able to switch sides and fight against “The Mighty Eighth” taking the role of a German Luftwaffe pilot and find out first hand why the B-17 bomber codename was the “Flying Fortress”.
How it plays
Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th launched on 1 December 2000, within three weeks of Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Hitman: Codename 47 and Tales of Destiny II.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Hitman: Codename 47, Tales of Destiny II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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