FLYING HIGH!

There's a multitude of flight simulators available for the 64, some cheap, others very expensive, so the ZZAP! team decided it was high time to have a look at them to separate the best from the rest.

We've given them specialised ratings to tell you all you need to know:

Graphics rate the overall look of the simulator, how well defined the controls are and how exciting the graphics are.

Interaction is how interesting it is, complexity of controls and whether there are special features in the game like missions or airport to airport runs.

Authenticity speaks for itself -- how real does the simulator feel and do the controls look and act realistically?

Overall takes into account all the above ratings, the price and whether we consider it worthy of spending your hard-earned dosh on.

Glider Pilot

Dam Busters

Flyerfox

Space Shuttle

There are so many flight simulators on the 64 that it isn't possible to get them all done at one go! So we'll be taking a quick look at a few more in next month's issue of ZZAP! -- Flying even higher . . .

(Gosh Gary -- that last phrase was a bit corny coming from you, wasn't it . . . ?'
'Sorry, -Ed, but I have been up all night to get it finished.'
'Aha, that's why it wasn't possible to get them all done at once.')

Voices fade quietly into the early morning Ludlow air as a Phantom jet fighter from the base near Shrewsbury crashes low overhead.