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CDTV

CDTV no. 2

Falcon

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2019-05-31

Stats

14,908

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Credits

Graphics, 3D graphics
Sound effects
Sound effects
Game design

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Falcon
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English
English, German
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Falcon
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, German
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
Falcon
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, German
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Min. Requirements: KS 1.2 or above, 512k ram.
Recommended: 1MB ram or more (to enable the black box feature and for additional enhanced graphics & sound).

[2] Game supports keyboard/joystick-keyboard/mouse-keyboard control and features both dial-up and null-modem support for two player dogfights, within and across platforms (Amiga/Atari ST/PC).

[3] Distributed in Germany by Ariolasoft.



Known releases: V1.00 (1989), V1.1 (1989)

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Spectrum HoloByte PC/Tandy and Macintosh releases.

PC versions: Hercules, CGA, Tandy

CDTV

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1991
Falcon
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English
English
1
Rare
1991
Falcon
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English
1
Rare

Notes

[1] Original game concept & design by Gilman "Chopstick" Louie and Mark Johnson; operation missions concept & design by Rod Hyde and David Whiteside.
CDTV coding by Chris Orton, Colin Bell and David Whiteside; additional coding from original game by Russell Payne. CDTV graphics by David Whiteside and Mark Shaw; original game gfx by Martin Kenwright; 3D graphics by Martin Kenwright and David Whiteside.
Sound FX by Russell Payne and Andy Fisher; vocal sound production by Richard Joseph with voices by Adam Henderson, Greg Charles and James O'Donnell.
Compression by Jim Taylor.

[2] The CDTV release of FALCON contains both the OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE and OPERATION FIREFIGHT missions that were sold separately on disk for the initial floppy release of the game. Additionally, it incorporates an updated build of the game contained in the floppy release, including enhanced audio and loads of CDXL sequences & speech (the latter both in the intro and the game itself).

[3] Distributed in Australia by Ozi Soft.


Last known release: V1.4 M1.0 (04-Nov-91)

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Spectrum HoloByte PC/Tandy and Macintosh releases.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, Tandy

Screen info

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Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

UK Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

UK Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 5

German Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 6

German Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 7

Budget Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 8

Budget Release (back)

Box: CDTV
Box scan CDTV no. 1

Box scan CDTV no. 2

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release (alt)

Disk scan OCS no. 3

U.S. Release (alt 2)

Disk scan OCS no. 4

European Release

Disk scan OCS no. 5

European Release (update)

Disk scan OCS no. 6

Budget Release

Disk: CDTV
Disk scan CDTV no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Keyboard Command Layout + Joystick/Mouse Controls

OCS no. 2

Landscape Map & Cockpit Control Guide

OCS no. 3

Manual Cover (Budget)

OCS no. 4

Registration Card (front) [U.S. Release]

OCS no. 5

Registration Card (back) [U.S. Release]

OCS no. 6

U.S. Advert

OCS no. 7

UK Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 8

German Advert (PowerPlay 1/1989, Pages 44 & 45)

OCS no. 9

German Advert (ASM 2/1989, Page 47)

OCS no. 10

German Advert (PowerPlay 4/1989, Pages 20 & 21)

OCS no. 11

German Advert (ASM 8/1989, Page 93)

OCS no. 12

German Advert [4]

OCS no. 13

German Advert (ASM Special 9, Page 63)

OCS no. 14

UK Advert (CU Amiga 9/1992, Pages 31) [Budget]

OCS no. 15

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 44, 3/1993, Page 18) [Budget]

OCS no. 16

German Advert (ASM 9/1992, Page 113) [Budget]

Misc: CDTV
CDTV no. 1

CDTV Remote Controller Command Card

CDTV no. 2

Catalogue Advert [Source: Commodore CDTV Catalog of Titles Vol. 1]

Manual info

OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual (English) [U.S. Release]

OCS no. 2

Manual (English) [Source: Retro Commodore]

OCS no. 3

FALCON V1.00 - Amiga Addendum (English) [U.S. Release]

OCS no. 4

Amiga Addendum / Keyboard-Joystick Command Layout (German)

OCS no. 5

FALCON V1.1 (update) - Amiga Addendum

OCS no. 6

Codewheel [Source: Atari Mania]

CDTV
CDTV no. 1

OCS

If your ammo runs low, press ‘CTRL’ and ‘X’ during the game and watch the extra 500 rounds and 9 sidewinders clock up on the instruments. It maybe ‘CTRL’, ‘L SHIFT’, and ‘X’. For a perfect landing, hold the ‘HELP’ key down about 10 to 20 feet above the runway.

If you get badly hit, don’t bail out, instead swing round and head for home. Press ‘HELP’ and the ‘+’ on the keypad and keep them depressed. The F16 will stay level and drop down. Switch to tracking mode and rotate to side view. Just before touch down, pitch up the nose and the plane will touch down successfully every time. Select “end mission” and you will be rescued even if you are in enemy territory.

CDTV

No cheats found.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

CDTV

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
37 (Oct 1992)
88%
Peter Lee
Re-release
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 9 (Feb 1989)
92%
Ciaran Brennan
1
Amiga Format
39 (Oct 1992)
90%
James Leach
Re-release
1
Amiga Power
17 (Sep 1992)
74%
Adam Peters
Re-release
1
Amiga Resource
Summer 1989
18/20
Ervin Bobo
3
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 5 (May 1989)
8/10
Nigel Streeter
2
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 6 (Jun 1989)
Atkin
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 7 (Jul 1989)
Marco Ostini
0
CU Amiga
Feb 1989
95%
Mike Pattenden
2
CU Amiga
Mar 1991
Roundup
0
CU Amiga
Sep 1992
89%
Steve Merrett
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 4 (Mar 1989)
9/10
Tomas Hybner
0
Info
25 (Mar - Apr 1989)
5/5
Benn Dunnington
0
The One
4 (Jan 1989)
93%
1
Zero
1 (Nov 1989)
92%
Duncan MacDonald
2
Zzap
54 (Oct 1989)
Robin Hogg
0
Amiga Format
33 (Apr 1992)
75%
0
Amiga Format
39 (Oct 1992)
75%
Damien Noonan
Roundup
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1991
5/5
Michael Labiner
Richard Löwenstein
2
Zero
26 (Dec 1991)
Ben Caudell
Roundup
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 3 (Mar 1989)
Tony Horgan
Preview
2
The Games Machine
4 (Mar 1988)
Preview
1
Amiga Action
23 (Aug 1991)
Preview
0

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Lore Score: 86%

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