[comp.sys.amiga.games] Is there an Air Traffic Control game/simulator for Amy?

cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (05/31/91)

The subject line says it all: anyone know of any sort of ATC game for
the Amiga?  Thanks.
  /Bernie\

UD118950@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Tony Bruno) (06/01/91)

Yes there is:

The one currently in existance is Microprose's KENNEDY APPROACH.  Those
who used to own C 64's and C 128's may remember it.  As a game goes, it
is entertaining, but as an ATC simulator it is a bust.  Your vectoring
choices are limited, the simulator does not recognize such tried and truee
ATC procedures as anticipating seperation, airspeed reduction, and circles
for spacing, and the phraseology is so bad that they must have TRIED to get
it wrong.

There is good news, though.  I have heard that TRACON II for the AMIGA`
may be out as early as Christmas.  TRACON, just in case no one knows, is the
absolute BEST ATC simulator you'll find outside of the ATC Academy at
Oklahoma City.

If I were you, I'd wait until TRACON comes out.  Believe me, it will be worth
the wait.

Tony Bruno ud118950@ndsuvm1       "And then my brain started to bleed..."
Communications specialist          --Emo
University of North Dakota
(701)-772-2599

jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) (06/04/91)

I believe the best Air Traffic Control game out at the moment is TOWER
FRA.



				Jamie.

Rosario.Bellini@p1009.f600.n332.z2.fidonet.org (Rosario Bellini) (06/06/91)

Dear Jamie,

 let me quote your message of <06 Jun 91  00:35:23>
 about <Re: Is there an Air Traffic Control game/simulator for Amy?>, where you write:

 JB> I believe the best Air Traffic Control game out at the moment is TOWER
 JB> FRA.
 JB>                                 Jamie.

 I agree, but i have to say that the interface is not user firendly like in
kennedy approach!! At the moment i'm playing with TRACON under A-MAX and
even if the sound and the grafic are not Amiga style the playbility in much
better than Tower Fra!!

                                   Greetings
                                                 Rod

p.s. I'm waiting for your replay!!
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