Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea

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Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea
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Developer(s) Eagle Interactive
Publisher(s) Virgin Interactive
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
ReleaseOctober 17, 1997 [1]
Genre(s) Combat flight simulator
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea is a video game developed by American studio Eagle Interactive and published by Virgin Interactive for Windows in 1997.

Contents

Gameplay

Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea is a game featuring early jet fighters and aircraft with piston-engines used in the Korean War era. [2]

Development

The game was showcased at E3 1997. [3] [4]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "it is the vanilla nature of the gameplay that finally reduces Sabre Ace to an average experience rather than the superior one that its individual parts would make it seem." [2]

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References

  1. "Sabre Ace Hits the Shelves". eagle-interactive.com. October 17, 1997. Archived from the original on February 7, 1998. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Finals". Next Generation . No. 38. Imagine Media. February 1998. p. 120.
  3. "Virgin Interactive announces more than 25 games in development for console and PC platforms in 1997/1998; leading international interactive entertainment publisher will showcase titles at industry's Electronic Entertainment Expo in June". Business Wire . April 16, 1997. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2021 via The Free Dictionary.
  4. Johnston, Chris (June 10, 1997). "Virgin Showcases New Titles for E3". GameSpot . Archived from the original on October 11, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2022.