- Firepower (video game)
Infobox VG |title = Firepower (computer game)
developer =Shockwave Productions,Inc.
publisher = GMX media, TRI SYNERGY
designer =
engine =
version =
released = 2004
genre =Flight simulation
modes = Single Player, Multiplayer
ratings = N/A
platforms = PC
media =CDROM
requirements =For PC Minimum Windows 98,ME,2000,XP Pentium III 450 MHz 16 MB 3D Video Card 64MB RAM (for XP 128 MB) 500MB HD Space Direct X 8.2 API or Later Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 Sound Card with Speakers 4X CDROM
input =Keyboard, Joystick and MouseFirepower is a
video game of the combatflight simulation genre released in2004 as an add on to enhance Microsoft . Firepower adds 18 new aircraft bringing the total of 36 military aircraft (or 56 with variants) to Microsoft . Firepower also adds 50 new historical type missions, new ordnance and improved graphic effects to Microsoft's combat flight simulation.The aircraft in Firepower include the
B-17 Flying Fortress models F and G,B-29 a Superfortress,Arado 234 B Blitz,Dewoitine D.520 fighter,Dornier 217 m medium bomber,Dornier 217 n night fighter,He-162 a Salamander,Me334 ,Me410 a Schnellbomber,Me410 B-2 R-3 zerstorer,Me410 B-2 U-2 R-4 zerstorer,Me410 B-2 U-4 zerstorer,P-40 n Warhawk,Ta-154 Moskito,Ta-152 C1 R31,Ta-152 H-1,Ta-183 Huckebein (Raven) Interceptor,Avro Lancaster Mk III heavybomber ,Ho-229 V5 Supersonic Fighter /bomber ,Avro Lancaster GS heavy bomber, and aB-24 J Liberator.What's interesting in Shockwave Production's add on to Microsoft is the vast increase in the amount of available WWII military aircraft in the
European Theater of Operations . Also there are 4(or 5 with a free patch) newbomber s in which the player can man different aircrew positions. It can be very interesting to use thebombsight to drop newly added ordnance onto a target like theLittle Boy ,Fat Man , German radiologicaldirty bomb s or theTallboy bomb . However some of these aircraft are hypothetical especially the German designs some of which never saw aerial combat during WWII. So is the German ordnance hypothetical as well. The graphics of these ordnance types is fascinating to watch in the simulation. Another thing interesting in this add on is that you can flybomber s in a formation, and the FLAK effects when under enemy anti aircraft fire is interesting to watch like in a war film of aerial combat. Twenty-five missions of theMemphis Belle B-17 Flying Fortress are included in this add on. One thing that's lacking though is a sophisticated simulation of theNorden Bombsight which B-17 Flying Fortress the Mighty 8th has a decent representation of albeit not fully emulating the Norden computer,it's gyrostabilizer and ancillary equipment. Instead theBombsight in Firepower is fixed but it is functional. Even so this is workable in the simulation add on with a fixed sight but it takes a lot of practice. Firepower is one of the most popular add ons to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3.ee also
Aircraft Powerpack B-17 Flying Fortress (computer game) External links
* [http://www.shockwaveproductions.net/ Shockwave Productions,Inc. Website]
* [http://shockwaveproductions.com/forum/index.php Shockwave Forum and update patches]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/default.aspx Microsoft Games for Windows]
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* [http://www.thebomber.com/Index.asp The Bomber Restaurant]
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