Megafortress
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Megafortress is a flight simulation video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and released by Three-Sixty Pacific Inc in 1991. The player takes command of the fictional EB-52 Megafortress created by the military and espionage novelist Dale Brown
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in Nevada
, a fictional series of missions during the First Gulf War and a special mission which reenacts the plot of the novel Flight of the Old Dog
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The game is played as a 1st person flight simulator. The player can fly the EB-52 from six stations ranging from the pilot's station to the electronic warfare officer's station.
The player earns promotions from successfully completing missions. The highest rank that can be achieved in the game is brigadier general. If the player completes the special mission, they are immediately promoted to brigadier general.
The Megafortress is also mentioned in the book Dreamland Revolution by Dale Brown, used by "Dog" Bastain to dive into a Chinese aircraft carrier, armed with a nuclear bomb-carrying plane.
Dale Brown
Dale Brown is an American author and aviator, most famous for his aviation techno-thriller novels, with thirteen New York Times best sellers to his name.Brown was born in Buffalo, New York...
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Gameplay
The game takes place in the late 1980s and early 1990s and features three distinct sets of missions: Red Flag (USAF) training exercises at Nellis Air Force BaseNellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Combat Command .-Overview:...
in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, a fictional series of missions during the First Gulf War and a special mission which reenacts the plot of the novel Flight of the Old Dog
Flight of the Old Dog
Flight of the Old Dog is a 1987 thriller novel written by Dale Brown. The novel's descriptions of B-52 controls and operations are based on Brown's knowledge of the systems as a USAF navigator...
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The game is played as a 1st person flight simulator. The player can fly the EB-52 from six stations ranging from the pilot's station to the electronic warfare officer's station.
The player earns promotions from successfully completing missions. The highest rank that can be achieved in the game is brigadier general. If the player completes the special mission, they are immediately promoted to brigadier general.
The Megafortress is also mentioned in the book Dreamland Revolution by Dale Brown, used by "Dog" Bastain to dive into a Chinese aircraft carrier, armed with a nuclear bomb-carrying plane.