Jet (video game)

Jet
Developer(s) subLOGIC
Publisher(s) subLOGIC
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, Macintosh, NEC PC-9801
Release date(s) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
Genre(s) Flight Simulator
Mode(s) Single-player

Jet is a combat flight simulator video game originally published in 1985 by subLOGIC.

Description

Jet is based on subLOGIC's classic Flight Simulator.[1] The player may choose either an F-16 Fighting Falcon for land missions or an F-18 Hornet for missions starting at sea from an aircraft carrier.[1] The player can also practice flying and aerobatics in "free flight" mode, dogfight against Soviet MiGs, launch strikes against land or sea based targets, watch a demo, or load a subLOGIC scenery disk.[1] For either combat mode, the player can to select which missiles and bombs the plane will have.[1]

Most of the indicators on a real jet fighter are present in Jet: altimeter, heading, frame loading, gear status, brake status, fuel level, radar, attitude, and range.[1] The player can turn a few of these on and off.[1] The controls consist of either the joystick or numeric keypad for steering and other keys to handle the chosen optional indicators, landing gear, weapons, and an eject button.[1] Different perspectives can be chosen - a view from the control tower instead of the jet's cockpit.[1]

An updated version called Jet 2.0 was released for DOS in 1987.[2]

The game was released in 1985 for DOS and the Commodore 64, 1986 for the Apple II, 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga, and 1989 for the Macintosh and NEC PC-9801.[3]

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
AllGame[4]

Jet was subLogic's second best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.[5] Compute! favorably reviewed the Apple II version of Jet and its excellent graphics, but criticized the slow performance, reporting that it was "painfully slow" at updating the display.[6] Computer Gaming World called Jet "more of a 'game'" than F/A-18 Interceptor, which the magazine described as "a 'toy' ... you play a game, you play with a toy". The reviewer recommended both.[7] Allgame awarded the DOS version of Jet 3 out of 5 stars.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  2. ↑ Jet 2.0 at Mobygames
  3. ↑ Jet at Mobygames
  4. 1 2 Unknown, Unknown. "Jet – Overview". Allgame. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ Ferrell, Keith (December 1987). "The Commodore Games That Live On And On". Compute's Gazette. pp. 18–22. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Williams, Michael B. (May 1987). "Jet". Compute!. p. 48. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Hockman, Daniel (August 1988). "Into The Hornet's Nest". Computer Gaming World. No. 50. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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