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Ultimate Air Combat

by Activision·published by Activision, Pack-In-Video

1 April 199223
NES

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The dictator, General Don Gwano, has attacked his neighboring countries with his army and navy. To stop the dictator, Admiral Cliff Stormdrane suggests using the best pilot to make lightning strikes on Don Gwano's forces.

The game features 3 different flyable planes; FA-18 Hornet, AV-8 Harrier, and the F-14 Tomcat. The game features several types of missiles and bombs for the planes to use, including the harpoon, ASRAAM, rockeye, sea eagle, and maverick

Ultimate Air Combat has 36 different missions, then one last final mission. Each mission is grouped into two parts. The first part uses a cockpit view where the player must shoot down three planes before either running out of fuel or getting shot down by enemy planes. After that, the second half of the mission uses an isometric view where the player must destroy enemy forces and installations.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

Languages

3 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——
French——
German——

Also known as

Aces: Iron Eagle III — Japanese NES title

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Developer

Activision

Released

1 April 1992

Platforms

NES

Standing

Top 95% by want to play

Tags

1st-personTop-downIsometricDirect controlFlight / aviationVehicular combat