<s>
A-10	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computer	I-Device
released	O
by	O
Parsoft	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
rated	O
it	O
"	O
Best	O
Flight	O
Simulator	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
Mac	B-Device
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
named	O
A-10	O
Cuba	O
!,	O
originally	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
and	O
Windows-based	O
PC	O
's	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
as	O
a	O
plug-in	O
module	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
versions	O
were	O
produced	O
by	O
Parsoft	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Cuba	O
was	O
a	O
joint	O
production	O
with	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
partnership	O
was	O
renewed	O
for	O
Parsoft	O
's	O
final	O
release	O
,	O
Fighter	B-Application
Squadron	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Screamin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Demons	I-Application
Over	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
what	O
would	O
evolve	O
into	O
A-10	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
started	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Hellcats	O
:	O
Missions	O
at	O
Leyte	O
Gulf	O
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Hellcats	B-Application
Over	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
these	O
into	O
a	O
game	O
simply	O
required	O
the	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
appropriate	O
directories	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
physics	O
engine	O
that	O
featured	O
simple	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
that	O
allowed	O
damage	O
to	O
be	O
realistically	O
simulated	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
effects	O
on	O
the	O
flight	O
dynamics	O
of	O
the	O
aircraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hellcats	O
used	O
a	O
polygon-based	B-Algorithm
flat-shaded	I-Algorithm
system	O
that	O
used	O
differential	O
updating	O
to	O
avoid	O
bottlenecks	O
in	O
the	O
computer	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
and	O
thereby	O
improve	O
frame	O
rates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
being	O
finalized	O
for	O
release	O
,	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
the	O
new	O
PowerMac	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
in	O
the	O
68k	B-Device
emulator	I-Device
the	O
game	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
slow	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
delay	O
followed	O
while	O
they	O
wrote	O
a	O
PowerPC	O
"	O
native	O
"	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
finally	O
delivered	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
starting	O
development	O
and	O
about	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
than	O
promised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-10	B-Application
Cuba	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
in	O
A-10	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
mechanical	O
cockpit	O
controls	O
and	O
various	O
displays	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
,	O
were	O
all	O
likewise	O
fairly	O
good	O
simulations	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concludes	O
,	O
"	O
With	O
VBE	O
,	O
A-10	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
represents	O
a	O
remarkable	O
first	O
step	O
in	O
a	O
revolutionary	O
Mac-gaming	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
noted	O
it	O
's	O
"	O
stunningly	O
realistic	O
"	O
missions	O
and	O
its	O
"	O
gorgeously	O
rendered	O
"	O
landscapes	O
,	O
concluding	O
with	O
a	O
somewhat	O
muted	O
"	O
A-10	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
is	O
a	O
welcome	O
addition	O
to	O
anyone	O
's	O
virtual	O
battlefield	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
LeVitus	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
flight	O
simulator	O
round-up	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
included	O
Out	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	O
and	O
F/A	B-Operating_System
-18	I-Operating_System
Hornet	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
