By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
1st of June 2007, 07:26 GMT
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Air Combat is a semi-realistic flight-sim/action game; it was developed by Namco and was released in 1995 for the Sony PlayStation. It was called Ace Combat in Japan, but the name was changed for the overseas versions for unknown reasons. It is part of the Ace Combat series. The story begins when a terrorist force starts an uprising and inflicts massive damage across an unnamed country. Efforts to defeat these terrorists through conventional means failed and the situation turns desperate; in response, a mercenary air force has been assembled to take the fight to the enemy and free the nation from the vile terrorist forces.
Air Combat is mostly considered an "Arcade Style" flight game due to its semi-realistic physics and the fact that many planes can carry (nearly) 40 missiles. The goal of the game is to destroy enemy targets dispersed throughout the various levels and earn money (something that continues with the current Ace Combat games) there are non-target enemies that the player can also destroy to earn some extra cash. The player can choose from several different planes in the game ranging from F-4 Phantoms to Su-27 Flankers and Stealth Fighters; optionally, the player can select a wingman to accompany him or her during a mission, and can "instruct" the wingman to perform one of three actions;
At the special CD loading menu, enter the following codes:
L,R,L,R,D,U,D,U,0,0,Triangle,Triangle and press and hold Triangle until a bug appears at the bottom of the screen - 2 Player Alternate Plane Color Select
At CD loading menu hit Down, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, then Circle Triangle - 999,999,000 Credits
Hold the R1 button and press Start 10 times, at the tenth press, hold Start until it's finished loading - Extra Wingmen
Cheat Mode Codes Enable Cheat Mode and then enter the following codes:
Up - Down - Left - Right - Up - Down - Left - Right - R1 - Get the Original Paint Job
Up - Left - Down - Right - Unlock Sub Game
Secret Loading Screen Hold down, R1 and Circle before any loading screen to see a secret loading screen
Unlockables Stage select - Beat Hard mode
Here's the opening video of one of the first PSX titles, that gained lots of fans at the time:
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