Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
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Blue Angels: Formation Flight Squadron is an F/A-18 flight simulator, with a focus on Air Shows. The Blue Angels are the United States' Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, known for tight maneuvers and precision flying. The game attempts to replicate this by offering formation flying, having to react and coordinate with other Blue Angels in the air.
The player can practice any maneuver in the simulator: dozens of high, low and flat maneuvers, Diamond 360 passes, left rolls and 4-point rolls or an entire air show for example. Other than practice events, the player can perform an air show or just go for a free flight. In the air, players fly from a 1st person perspective inside the plane or a 3rd person perspective from a chase plane behind the player. Additionally there are 4 different camera views and 3 different gameplay speeds. After the flight, an analysis is displayed of the flight and the player's performance graded.
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12 People
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People credited on this game were also credited on:
- Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing, a group of 9 people
- Megafortress, a group of 5 people
- Blue Max: Aces of the Great War, a group of 5 people
- And 22 more...
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In addition to this game, these people were also credited on other games:
- Rick Banks on 62 other games
- Paul Butler on 59 other games
- Russell Shiffer on 33 other games
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Average score: 61% (based on 13 ratings)
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Trivia
Apple IIgs version
A version for the Apple IIgs was in development, however was never officially released. An incomplete version was leaked, but it does not perform well on a stock machine.
Code
This game has blank spaces in its code, filled with Artech's postal address and a joke about the C64 coder. Here is the text, as is:
ARTECH Digital Entertainments Inc.
858 Bank St. Suit 101
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
K1S 3W2
Welcome to the blank spot in the code. This space is not needed so I thought I might fill it with idle chatter. The guy working on the C64 version is making all the menus the same as this version, including the "Exit to DOS" which for him is "Exit to BASIC"! What will they think of next?
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #3 Worst Game of All Time
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Servo.
Commodore 64, Atari ST added by Xoleras. Amiga added by Martin.
Additional contributors: jean-louis, roughana, Patrick Bregger, S Olafsson.
Game added June 24, 2002. Last modified March 1, 2025.