Wings of Fury
 

I was playing the CPC version of this game those days, and it reminded me some things

I loved that game in my Miggy (It was the 1st Amiga game I ever played), and most of time I played with cheat, so all I didi was choosing bombs, and just throw bombs like hell in the islands.

After some time, I begun trying to play it without cheat, and God, HOW I SUCK IN THAT GAME!

That's usually me playing the game:

Take off with bombs, I drop all my bombs just to hit 1 or 2 gunner-houses in an island, because my aim is totally crap, then this leads to 2 things:

1 - I try to shoot the japaneses with my machine-gun, and usually end up crashing in the ground or in a tree

2 - I get back to the carrier to land and reload my bombs, just to miss completely the time to land, and hit the carrier or fall in the water, and when I get the other life, a japanese is in the gunner-house again, and I have to spend all my bombs to hit that house... and the cycle goes on, until I lose all my lifes :)


Is this game THAT frustating, or am I really THAT crap playing it?

Well, the game IS kinda hard to play, but normally you should make your way to third level without any problems ;) I think it´s impossible to complete it without any cheats, but it´s not THAT hard in the first 2 or 3 levels .....

I also remember playing that game, I liked the screaming of the soldiers when hit by my machine gun :D But I found it VERY difficult to sink those enemy carriers ....

I found this game quite easy (I played it alot on the C64). To land, just come into the carrier at about 5 degrees. Your landing gear has to be down. You'll land but you'll be going fast. A wire comes out and slows you down towards the end of the carrier.

I never completed level 1 without cheat.

A good thing to note when coming in for a landing (Though I've always failed at that) is that it's a good idea not to press the joystick to the side. The plane should decline right and everything. Then I think it's something about pressing up since the hook catches the back of your plane, and unless you press up the tail will stay in the air.

Or something like that. I haven't made a landing in a long time.

What Amigaboy said:), but you have to approach the carrier from the right.

To land press up and the nose goes up and you slow down:D

Great game. I also remember taking Shatterhand's approach at first but then I learned how to play it :)

Never tried the Amiga version, only the C64 one.

I tried the Amiga version first, then found later that there was a PC version which I tried (Bad mistake).

then when I got an Amiga I went for this game again.

You don't have to land from the right, when you approach the carrier, an arrow shows to what direction you have to land..

I manage to land a few times, but usually is BOOM.. :)

I think I need to get more training :)

I think what you need is too approach the carrier from the right:p

Below is two pictures taken just now, I was pressing up (On t Joystick) when both snaps were taken.

Can you notice the difference, from the right the nose is pointing up and from the left the nose points down.

When coming from the right when the nose goes up and you also slow down and it's extremely easy to land, no BOOM what-so-ever, unless of course you hit the end of the carrier;)

If you don't believe I'm right, try it my way, you'll see, oh yes, you'll see:evilgrin:cheese

You MUST approach for landing from the right side, else you would bounce like a frog through the hole carrier :evilgrin

At last I have an ally;)

Do as your told Shatterhand or no story at bed time:p

Yes Sir, I'll land from the right side, sir ! :)

Actually, most times I try to land from the right side... I just suck really:)

Thx for the tips, I'll practice, practice, practice....

Maybe you can land from the left, just invert the procedure (up is down?).

i dont remember how i used to land...

No you can´t :D

This is only for the aussies, where everything is upside down, europeans need to land from the right. ;)

LOL :laughing

Maybe we should to a rewrite of Wings of Fury with an integrated Harrier Jet, so you can land up to down :laughing

Retroman, read the thread on the GAEB, there's already a dude coding a remake of this game. Ask him to add a Harrier Jet :D

It exists! It's called Jetstrike!

Well, then maybe one with integrated Nuclear Missiles for use on those Japanese Bunkers :laughing

Edit : @s4murai, I ment a remake on the Amiga of course, no Windoze remake :rolleyes