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Falcon Patrol

Falcon Patrol is a two-way side-scrolling shooter. Players fly a jet across a looping area and must shoot down attacking aircraft. A small radar at the bottom of the screen shows the enemies' position. Fuel…

31 December 1983

Falcon Patrol is an arcade, released 31 December 1983 on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16 and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Falcon Patrol is

Falcon Patrol was released in 1983. It was published by Bug Byte. It is available on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Falcon Patrol is a two-way side-scrolling shooter. Players fly a jet across a looping area and must shoot down attacking aircraft. A small radar at the bottom of the screen shows the enemies' position. Fuel and rockets are limited, but there are several landing platforms where the jet can be refueled and resupplied. Before the jet is able to land however, it needs to be brought to a full halt right above the platform, leaving it vulnerable to attacks. Landing platforms can also be destroyed if they are bombed or enemy planes crash into them. As the game progresses, enemies attack in increasingly large and difficult waves.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Falcon Patrol launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Falcon Patrol come out?
Falcon Patrol was released on 31 December 1983 for Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.

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