FA/18 Interceptor

A perfect blend of simulator and game.

One of the first games to be released on the Amiga, this is still the most fun I’ve ever had in a flight simulator. The graphics were simplistic but quick, the missions simple but dramatic and you could pick up a joystick and take off almost instantly. A perfect blend of simulator and game.

Flying sideways along the Golden Gate Bridge or hedge-hopping behind a cruise missile trying to destroy it, felt great. Not the most realistic but by far the most fun. (Possibly beaten only by Wings).

The game gives the player a choice of two aircraft, the F-16 Falcon or the F/A18 Hornet, though the differences are primarily armaments and HUD rather than handling.

Besides the free-flying mode, there were six missions set in the cold war. Protect Air-Force One, combat enemy aircraft, rescue a fellow pilot and save San Francisco from a cruise missile.

Relive Top Gun's fly-by Landing on an aircraft carrier was tricky.

“It is a stunningly absorbing game that is impossible to put down once you have taken up the challenge.” Amiga Format – Apr 1998 – 91% “Interceptor really is quite staggering stuff. It is fast, it is a dream to play and just as nice to look at.” CU Amiga – Jun 1998 – 9/10