Wings (1990 computer game)
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Amiga cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Cinemaware Raylight Games (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) | Cinemaware |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Albright |
| Designer(s) | John Cutter |
| Programmer(s) | Dan Pinal Tim Hays |
| Artist(s) | Jeffrey Hilbers |
| Writer(s) | Kenneth Goldstein |
| Composer(s) | Greg Haggard |
| Series | Wings |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | October 1990 (Amiga) 18 October 2002 (GBA) |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up, combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Wings is a World War I video game developed and published by Cinemaware that was originally released for the Amiga in 1990 and was later ported to the Game Boy Advance as Wings Advance in 2002. It is similar to the action sequences of the 1927 silent film Wings, but the story shown before each mission is different from the plot of the movie. The original Wings is considered by some as one of the best games in Amiga's history. Its remake titled Wings! Remastered was released in 2014 and 2015 for the Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS platforms.
Wings features a mixture of gameplay styles including 3D dog fights, top down bombing missions, and diagonally-scrolling (Blue Max-style) strafing sections. It is action oriented, but features the story narrative and atmospheric presentation that typified many of Cinemaware's titles. The game is not based on any real aircraft, but roughly based on the performance of aeroplanes of the era.
The Game Boy Advance version, Wings Advance, is roughly the same game as the original, although it has been updated with improved graphics, new features, and increased gameplay options. The main difference is that the player can now opt to fly missions as a German pilot, experiencing the war from the opposite perspective.
Wings for the Amiga was well received by critics. Computer Gaming World called it "a whopping good arcade experience ... exciting, novel, and addicting." In a survey of four World War I flight simulations, the magazine stated that Wings was the best choice for 'arcade' (action) gamers; two surveys of strategy and war games gave it three and a half stars out of five. Review scores in other magazines included 78% from Amiga Action, 79% from Amiga Format, 82.5% from Advanced Computer Entertainment, 87% from Zero, 90% from Amiga User International, 91% from The One, 94% from Computer + Video Games, and 94% from CU Amiga.
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