Battle of Britain
In Battle of Britain the player controls the RAF Fighter Command during the turning point air battle of the World War 2. You may familiarize yourself with the game by choosing to fight one day with either…
Battle of Britain is a shooter developed by Personal Software Services, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Battle of Britain is
Battle of Britain is a shooter game developed by Personal Software Services and released in 1985. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Battle of Britain the player controls the RAF Fighter Command during the turning point air battle of the World War 2. You may familiarize yourself with the game by choosing to fight one day with either light or heavy enemy activity, or play the full campaign (starting 20 August 1940, limited to 30 days). The map shows the southern half of Great Britain and a small corner of France, with airfields, radar stations and cities. Fighter squadrons (18 available) need to be scrambled to intercept detected incoming Luftwaffe raids. At the end of the day a tally of losses will be displayed, followed by reinforcements allocation screen.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Battle of Britain holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Battle of Britain launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
Official trailer
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