B-17 Flying Fortress Gameplay Hints (PC)

B-17 Flying Fortress or B-17 Flying Fortress World War II Bombers in Action is a flight simulation/role play video game released in 1992 for DOS on the IBM PC compatible personal computer by MicroProse. Commodore Amiga and Atari ST versions were released a year later. The game simulates training, combat missions and sorties in a tour of duty in the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations aboard a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during World War II.

The graphics are very simple (MCGA and VGA) and the requirements are meager when running on an antiquated IBM PC compatible Personal Computer; an Intel 80286 microprocessor based (or comparable AMD) based PC was required at 16 MHz with DOS 5.0 (a soundcard was also desirable). However a 80386 or better microprocessor was recommended for this software, with at least 640k of RAM. Don't laugh man, those were the days.

The P.C. version came out in several media types floppy disk (5- 5.25" high density disks), compact floppy disk(4-3.5" high density disks) and CD-ROM versions.
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Gameplay Hints

Take out enemy fighters:
Go to the outside view of the B-17 and place the mouse pointer on the far right. A box should appear with some planes. The Americans are the planes next to the stars. The Germans are marked with + signs. Click on the German planes and take control by pressing M. Then, bail out. Use the [ and ] keys to get the entire squadron. Do this to every squadron to become fighter-free.

Get the P-51:
To get the P-51 you just have to start out in mid to late 1944. Note the missions are harder.

Get the ME 262:
Start a mission in mid to late 1944, then go to heavily defended areas.

Custom soundtrack:
Replace the game disc with an audio CD during game play. The game only uses the CD-ROM for music. The music from the audio CD will play in the menus, but not during missions.


Here's a real B17G Flying Fortress featured at the 2006 New Castle Airshow: