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Flyboy

ake off on a fantastic video trip. A voyage that simulates the thrills and skills of actual Hang Gliding. Players use the joystick to control Freddie, but good timing and strategy is necessary to successfully…

1 February 1982

Flyboy is a video game, released 1 February 1982 on Arcade.

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What Flyboy is

Flyboy was released in 1982. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

ake off on a fantastic video trip. A voyage that simulates the thrills and skills of actual Hang Gliding. Players use the joystick to control Freddie, but good timing and strategy is necessary to successfully negotiate invisible air currents, wind direction and up and down drafts. This game has incredible visual impact for this time, Freddie flies the skies over the Alps--over trains, trees, bridges, through winter and summer seasons; over the Pacific--over a yacht, tropical islands, an aircraft carrier; and over Egypt--camels, Pyramids, the Taj Mahal, the Sphinx, through day and night landscapes. It's a complete global challenge with non-stop action over a continuously changing panorama…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Flyboy launched on 1 February 1982, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug.

Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug.

Quick answers

Flyboy — frequently asked questions

When did Flyboy come out?
Flyboy was released on 1 February 1982 for Arcade.