Fleet Defender

Infobox VG |title = Fleet Defender


developer = Microprose
publisher = Microprose
designer =
engine =
released = 1994
1995 (Fleet Defender Gold)
genre = Flight simulator
modes = Single player
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platforms = PC (DOS + Windows)
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requirements =
input = Keyboard, mouse, joystick,

Fleet Defender was a flight simulator published by Microprose in 1994. It features the F-14 Tomcat and, as a commercial game, "is one of the most complicated and realistic PC air combat simulators ever created." [ [http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/misc/f-14.html A Player'S Guide To Fleet Defender ] ]

In 1995 Microprose released Fleet Defender Gold. This version was Windows 3.1 compatible, included two new campaign theatres and 6 new campaigns, a mission builder, and some multimedia features, as well as numerous bug fixes.

Its distant cousin is Jane's F/A-18, which reuses a lot of work completed in Jane's F-15 by ex-Microprose employee Andy Hollis.

Fleet Defender was one of the last flight simulations produced exclusively for DOS and Windows 3.1. It was playable in Windows 95 and Windows 98, but only if the user exited Windows and played in DOS-mode. Fleet Defender can be played today using an old PC, or a DOS Emulator, such as DOSBox.

External links

*moby game|id=/fleet-defender|name="Fleet Defender"
*moby game|id=/f-14-fleet-defender-gold|name="Fleet Defender Gold"
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/misc/f-14.html A Player's Guide to Fleet Defender]

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