B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

Developer(s) Wayward Design
Publisher(s) Hasbro Interactive (Under the MicroProse Brand Name)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 13, 2000
Genre(s) Flight simulation
Mode(s) Single-player

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is the sequel to the 1992 flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action developed by Wayward Design and published by MicroProse. It was released in the United States on December 13, 2000.

Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW[3]
Eurogamer7/10[4]
GameSpot7.8/10[5]
GameSpy90%[6]
IGN8/10[7]
PC Gamer (UK)90%[8]
PC Gamer (US)82%[9]
PC Zone87%[10]

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Berg, Gordon (April 2001). "It Bombed (B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World (201): 90–91. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Grey, Bruce (December 19, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Butts, Steve (December 18, 2000). "B-17 Flying Fortress II: The Mighty Eighth [sic]". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ "B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". PC Gamer UK. 2001.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "PC Review: B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th". PC Zone. 2001.


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