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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a combat flight simulator developed by Wayward Design and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse brand in 2000 as a sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action. Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[2]

Developer(s)Wayward Design
Publisher(s)Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 15, 2000
[1]
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Reception


Samuel Bass reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "Scuttled before it can even get off the runway, B-17 is simply a betrayal of Microprose's fans."[9]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]


References


  1. Varanini, Giancarlo (December 6, 2000). "B-17 Ship Date Announced". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. "Purchase Agreement between Atari, Inc. and Rebellion Developments, Stardock & Tommo" (PDF). BMC Group. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
  3. "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. Berg, Gordon (April 2001). "It Bombed (B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 201. pp. 90–91. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  5. Boys, Ian (December 23, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  6. Grey, Bruce (December 19, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  7. Farmer, Doug (January 8, 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress [The Mighty 8th]". GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 28, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  8. Butts, Steve (December 18, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress II: The Mighty Eighth [sic]". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  9. Bass, Samuel (May 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4, no. 5. Imagine Media. p. 90.
  10. "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". PC Gamer UK. 2001.
  11. Klett, Steve (March 2001). "B-17 Flying Fortress II [sic]". PC Gamer: 80. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  12. "PC Review: B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". PC Zone. 2001.



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