''Winged Samurai'' is a 1980 video game designed by David Wesely and published by Discovery Games for the Apple II,

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, and Atari 8-bit family.

Gameplay

''Winged Samurai'' is a game in which the player is in command of 16 Japanese fighter aircraft and must destroy bombers on their way to Rabaul.

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed ''Winged Samurai'' in ''

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'' No. 33. Johnson commented that "Unfortunately, in creating this historical authenticity, the programmer sacrificed the ''game'' to the ''simulation''. The display is purely two-dimensional, and the graphics are unimpressive. ... The game is not real time. You can take all day to make your combat decisions. ... Recommended to historical aviation gamers."

Reviews

*'' Moves'' #56, p26https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue56.pdf

References

External links

Review
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