Top Gun: Danger Zone

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Top Gun: Danger Zone
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Developer(s) Distinctive Software
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) DOS
Release1991
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Top Gun: Danger Zone is a video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami in 1991 for DOS.

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Plot

Danger Zone (Top Gun) is a flight simulator where the player has the opportunity to fly with training instructors, and is then able to compete against 12 classmates, while a split screen allows two players to fly simultaneously. [1]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #181 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 2 out of 5 stars. [1]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (May 1992). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (181): 57–62.
  2. "Joystick (France) 042". October 1993.
  3. "Software Gids Nr. 23 Jan Feb 1994". January 1994.