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Jet Pilot

Jet PIlot is an advanced Flight Simulator featurng the Lockheed F-104 and the English Electric Lightning. Your aim is to successfully complete some 20 qualification missions on one or both aircraft.

31 December 1996

Jet Pilot is a simulator developed by Vulcan Software, released 31 December 1996 on Amiga.

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What Jet Pilot is

Jet Pilot is a simulator game developed by Vulcan Software and released in 1996. It is available on Amiga only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take to the skies in this incredibly realistic Flight Simulator, whether you are a novice pilot or an experienced enthusiast this title will satisfy your craving for reality. JETPilot features the Lockheed F-104 and the English Electric Lightning each with their own true to life handling statistics, the control methods are as simple or as complicated as you like, either way they perform within 10% of the real thing. As well as practice and situation flying you will also be required to successfully complete some 20 qualification missions, a high level of concentration and situation awareness is required to successfully intercept targets from Scotland to the Mediterranean. Air traffic is set…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Jet Pilot launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did Jet Pilot come out?
Jet Pilot was released on 31 December 1996 for Amiga.

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