Surprisingly addictive and now that the Amiga seems to only attract the RPG and sim fanatics, this is a most welcome budget release. The terrible reality ot the night's events seep in! Thunderhawk on Ihe Amiga is really up against it these days. Anyone who has seen the Mega CO version won't want to accept any substitutes but there ate plenty who haven't. Bach in the real world ol the floppy disk Thunderhavrk can actually still hold its own against Ihe console version and deliver the goods, even it they are a bit battered in 1994 Core, they ot lire impressive intro sequence, tried to pull out the stops wilh an animated cartoon intro that actually featured speech all the way through. Unfortunately, the finished demo chugs along at a snails pace with the dialog between the on screen stars making them look like Iwo transatlantic mumblers holding a 20 second delay telephone conversation! This polygon based helicopter sim is still a lino blast though, with six campaigns to undertake, Irom aastern Europe to South East Asia and a myriad ol missions to complete. 60 in all Weapons are not n shod supply as your attack copier is loaded to the hind quarters with ASAMS. Guided missiles machine guns and all manner ol rockets and laser guided homing paraphernalia Trouble is. Most ol the tanks, ground based rocket launchers, battle ships and enemy helicopters are armed to the back fillings with the same weapons too! Therefore it's advisable to go into the training simulator at the beginning, where you can get the hang ot things sale in the knowledge that you can't be shot down CU AMIGA BUDGET GAMES
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