Su-27 Flanker (video game)

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SU-27 Flanker
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Developer(s) Eagle Dynamics
Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Director(s) Nick Grey
Platform(s) Windows 95, MS-DOS
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: November 10, 1995 [1]
  • EU: 1995
MS-DOS
Genre(s) Air combat simulation
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Su-27 Flanker is a combat flight simulator released for the PC (DOS and Microsoft Windows) in 1995 on CD. Developed in Russia by Eagle Dynamics and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI), the game takes place in Crimea and allows players to fly the Sukhoi Su-27 in various combat roles. The game also includes a mission editor, allowing the player to create custom gameplay scenarios.

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The Windows 95 version was released first, with the DOS version being developed later. [3]

Version history

Reception

Reviewing the Windows 95 version, a Next Generation critic summarized the game as being "designed for realism over ease of use." He noted that the notations in the cockpit are in Russian, and that the game has no introduction of any sort when it boots up, instead simply presenting a long list of files with undescriptive names, leaving the player with no idea of where to start. He concluded that serious flight sim enthusiasts should consider getting the game for its "unsurpassed" realistic modeling of the Su-27, but that anyone else would be completely lost. He scored it two out of five stars. [3]

Su-27 Flanker was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World's 1995 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to EF2000 . The editors wrote that Su-27 Flanker features "an astonishing variety of allies and targets in the air and on the ground, as well as extremely challenging computer pilot AI." [5]

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References

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