| B-17: Fortress in the Sky | |
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| Developer(s) | Skyworks Technologies Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | DSI Games, Zoo Digital Publishing |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Action game Combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
B-17: Fortress in the Sky is a 2007 combat flight simulator video game for the Nintendo DS developed by American studio Skyworks Technologies Inc. It takes place during World War II in the air war over Germany and the occupied territories in the autumn of 1944.
The game has separate missions, with each having two parts. The first part is usually fighting off attacks from other aircraft with machine guns that are placed in different locations on the plane, and the second part is bombing the required targets.
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 38/100 [1] |
| Publication | Score |
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| GameSpot | 4/10 [2] |
| GameZone | 5/10 [3] |
| IGN | 4/10 [4] |
The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]
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