''MiG-29 Fulcrum'' is a

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released by Domark in

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for the

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, Amiga, Atari ST and

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PC platforms. In

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an enhanced version was released as '' MiG-29M Super Fulcrum''.

Overview

The player flies a

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on solo missions against a range of enemies around the world. There are six available missions: # Basic Training # Arctic reconnaissance # Combat over the Great Wall of China # Oil refinery attack # Anti-terrorist attack # Nuclear plant attack The MiG-29 is armed with

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air-to-air missiles, AS-7 Kerry air-to-surface missiles,

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s, as well as a cannon. Enemies include SAMs, Harriers, Shenyang F-7s, Mirage 2000s and other MiG-29s.

Development

The Amiga and Atari ST versions of ''MiG-29 Fulcrum'' lack the option of a complex mode, limiting the game to simple mode only. British pilot John Farley was consulted during ''MiG-29 Fulcrum's'' development as he was one of the few people outside of Russia to have flown a real MiG-29 Fulcrum; his input changed some aspects of the game. Farley stated that the game isn't "oversimplified", calling it "the nearest thing to actually flying the plane". While the game was programmed by Simis, ''MiG-29 Fulcrum'' was designed by the game studio The Kremlin. ''MiG-29 Fulcrum's'' simulation software was written in C by David Payne and Jonathan Newth; Payne previously worked at

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, and Newth once worked for IBM. The MiG-29 Fulcrum plane was selected as The Kremlin team felt that many American planes already had simulations created for them, and selected the MiG-29 while reading '' Soviet Weekly''. The Russian News Agency (TASS) assisted in ''MiG-29 Fulcrum's'' development, providing flight data, information regarding the MiG-29's weapons, as well as access to their photo archive.

Reception

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'' gave the DOS version of ''MiG-29 Fulcrum'' an overall score of 89%, calling it "one of the best introductions to the world of flight simulators" due to the difficulty options of 'simple' or 'complex', and further said that the plane is "a joy to fly". ''The One'' praised the realism of the simulation in complex mode, but criticized the game's overall presentation, expressing that other flight simulators have more customisable options, such as choosing weapons & marking waypoints, which ''MiG-29 Fulcrum'' lacks. '' Computer Gaming World's '' 1992 and 1994 surveys of wargames with modern settings gave the game two and a half stars out of five, and criticized the game's realism.

References

External links

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