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Acrojet
Sign in to saveAcrojet is a flight simulator video game developed by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 and published in 1985. It was ported to Amstrad CPC, MSX, ZX Spectrum, NEC PC-8801, and NEC PC-9801. It emphasizes aerial acrobatic flying and maneuverability.
Game details · IGDB
The player flies a BD5J, a small agile jet. The player has to complete a series of eight stunt courses and routines with the jet. For example, in one set, the player has to fly the plane around a series of pylons. In another, the player must fly a figure eight. Stunts get harder as play progresses. Some game parameters, such as weather, are configurable. There are ten acrobatic events which can be played by up to four players at four levels of difficulty. In all ten events the player must fly over a series of obstacles.
- Released
- 1985
- Genres
- Simulator
- Platforms
- PC-9800 Series, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, SystemSoft
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold
- Developer
- MicroProse
- Platform
- Commodore 64
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- floppy disk
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- publication date
- 1985-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
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- Development
- Reception
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- External links
Acrojet is a flight simulator video game developed by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 and published in 1985. It was ported to Amstrad CPC, MSX, ZX Spectrum, NEC PC-8801, and NEC PC-9801. It emphasizes aerial acrobatic flying and maneuverability.
==Gameplay== The player flies a BD5J, a small agile jet using a joystick, while controlling the throttle, speed brakes, flaps and landing gear using keys. In addition to standard maneuvers such as nose up, bank left etc., the plane is also capable of complex movements like slips and rolls.
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