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Instruction booklet · June 1995

Air Cavalry

ShooterSimulator1 playerESRB E

The story

A standard helicopter war-game, featuring the Air Cavalry division. The game is played in a third person view using mode 7 graphics, with the cockpit displayed in splitscreen. There are three campaign areas to fly in: Middle East, Indonesia, and Central America. There are also 2 player versus and co-op split-screen modes.

Specifications

Released
June 1995
Developer
Synergistic Software
Publisher
Cybersoft
Players
1
Genre
Shooter · Simulator
Rating
ESRB E
Themes
Action · Warfare
View
Third person

What the magazines said

5.875
EGM · one reviewer
Computer and Video Games
47/100
GP
52%
Next Generation
2/5
Ação Games
3/5
BE KIND, REWINDJune 1995
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Vol. 5 · No. 198Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of June 2, 1995
Jun. 2

A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.

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