Software:B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

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Developer(s)Wayward Design
Publisher(s)Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 15, 2000[1]
  • EU: December 2000
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a combat flight simulator developed by Wayward Design and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse brand in 2000 as a sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[2]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGSP4/5 stars[5]
CGW2/5 stars[6]
Eurogamer7/10[8]
GameSpot7.8/10[9]
GameSpy90%[10]
IGN8/10[11]
Next Generation1/5 stars[12]
PC Gamer (US)82%[13]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] However, Samuel Bass of NextGen gave it a negative review, saying, "Scuttled before it can even get off the runway, B-17 is simply a betrayal of MicroProse's fans."[12]

References

  1. ↑ Varanini, Giancarlo (December 6, 2000). "B-17 Ship Date Announced". Fandom. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010302013027/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2662122,00.html. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  2. ↑ "Purchase Agreement between Atari, Inc. and Rebellion Developments, Stardock & Tommo". July 22, 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173012/http://docs.bmcgroup.com/Atari/nysb_1-13-bk-10176_313.pdf. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th for PC Reviews". Fandom. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220520183743/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/b-17-flying-fortress-the-mighty-8th. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  4. ↑ Dultz, Marc (January 10, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". CNET. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010127140000/http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-5154,00.html. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  5. ↑ Berger, Brett (January 22, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on May 25, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030525213545/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/031/122/b17flyingf-02.html. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  6. ↑ Berg, Gordon (April 2001). "It Bombed (B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (201): 90–91. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405103335/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_201.pdf. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  7. ↑ Suciu, Peter (January 11, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Greedy Productions Ltd.. Archived from the original on September 13, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030913030754/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=4974&full=1. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  8. ↑ Boys, Ian (December 23, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010202150100/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_b17. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  9. ↑ Geryk, Bruce (December 19, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review". Fandom. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010123230500/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2666528,00.html. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  10. ↑ Farmer, Doug (January 8, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress [The Mighty 8th"]. GameSpy Industries. Archived from the original on April 28, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010428200141/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/january01/b17ff/. Retrieved May 12, 2017. 
  11. ↑ Butts, Steve (December 18, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress II: The Mighty Eighth [sic"]. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150916015544/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/19/b-17-flying-fortress-ii-the-mighty-eighth. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bass, Samuel (May 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress—The Mighty 8th". NextGen (Imagine Media) (77): 90. https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n93/mode/2up. Retrieved December 17, 2023. 
  13. ↑ Klett, Steve (March 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress II [sic"]. PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 8 (3): 80. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060315142634/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/b-17_flying_for.html. Retrieved May 12, 2017. 

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