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00000250: 45 41 54 21 21 0D 0D 20 20 20 C5 56 45 52 59 54 |EAT!!.. .VERYT|
00000260: 48 49 4E 47 20 41 42 4F 55 54 20 D3 D4 D2 C9 CB |HING ABOUT .....|
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000002D0: 54 48 45 20 4D 41 4E 55 41 4C 2E 20 20 C1 4E 44 |THE MANUAL. .ND|
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00000570: 52 53 20 46 4F 52 20 41 20 4C 49 56 49 4E 47 2E |RS FOR A LIVING.|
00000580: 20 20 D3 55 52 45 4C 59 20 41 0D 0D 22 4D 45 52 | .URELY A.."MER|
00000590: 45 22 20 47 41 4D 45 52 20 43 41 4E 27 54 20 42 |E" GAMER CAN'T B|
000005A0: 45 41 54 20 54 48 41 54 21 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CF |EAT THAT!.. .|
000005B0: 52 20 43 41 4E 20 59 4F 55 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 3F |R CAN YOU......?|
000005C0: 0D 0D 0D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3C 20 45 4E |...---------< EN|
000005D0: 44 20 4F 46 20 41 52 54 49 43 4C 45 20 3E 2D 2D |D OF ARTICLE >--|
000005E0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D E0 0D |--------... |
. REVIEW.. F-15 STR
IKE EAGLE..REVIEWED BY: SKY KING.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA... DESPITE W
HAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN..A COUPLE OF 64
MAGS, THIS IS NOT A..GAME FOR GAMERS. Y
OU WON'T FIND THE..FAST ACTION, REALISTI
C GRAPHICS, OR..DEADLY ALIENS OF OTHER G
AMES HERE...WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS A PIEC
E OF..SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS THE TRUE..FIG
HTER PILOT TO "ZOOM AND BOOM" WITH..THE
BEST OF THEM. THE GRAPHICS ARE..POOR (A
S COMPARED TO, SAY, "SKYFOX"),..THE SOUN
D IS LACKING (COMPARED TO..BEACH-HEAD II
OR GHOSTBUSTERS), BUT..FOR A REALISTIC
FEEL OF A FIGHTER IT..CAN'T BE BEAT!!..
EVERYTHING ABOUT STRIKE-EAGLE IS..EXAC
TLY LIKE IT IS IN REAL LIFE,..RIGHT DOWN
TO THE LESSONS ON FLIGHT..MANEUVERS IN
THE MANUAL. AND YES, IT..IS A FLIGHT MA
NUAL. THE LESSONS ON..AEROBATICS EQUAL
THE ONES I WAS..TAUGHT IN BASIC FLIGHT T
RAINING... AND, UNLIKE FS I OR II, IF
YOU HIT..THE GROUND IN THIS ONE, YOU WIL
L..CRASH---YEP, YOU DIE!! THE FLARES,..
CHAFF AND JAMMING, AND EVASIVE..MANEUVER
S WORK TO DEFEAT IR AND RADAR..GUIDED MI
SSILES. THE BOMB-DROPPING.."PIPPER" MUS
T BE ON TARGET TO SCORE A..HIT. ONE "GO
LDEN BB" WILL NOT KILL..AN ENEMY FIGHTER
--AND THE SOUND OF..HIS DEATH IS INDEED
REWARDING!.. THIS IS A GAME NOT FOR EV
ERYONE...ONLY THE TRUE FIGHTER-PILOT AT
HEART..NEED APPLY. MY BEST SCORE IS..37
,550--BUT THEN, I CHOSE THE PILOT..LEVEL
, SCENERIO 7. AND I FLY..FIGHTERS FOR A
LIVING. SURELY A.."MERE" GAMER CAN'T B
EAT THAT!.. OR CAN YOU......?...-----
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