<s>
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
F-16	O
fighter	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
created	O
by	O
British	O
software	O
company	O
Digital	O
Integration	O
Ltd	O
.	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
combat	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
to	O
have	O
a	O
dynamic	O
campaign	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
scenery	O
and	O
audio	O
are	O
quite	O
sparse	O
and	O
basic	O
,	O
the	O
instruments	O
and	O
flight	O
dynamics	O
of	O
a	O
F-16C	O
Fighting	O
Falcon	B-Application
are	O
fully	O
featured	O
and	O
modeled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Marshall	O
of	O
Digital	O
Integration	O
used	O
to	O
program	O
real	O
military	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
and	O
had	O
built	O
up	O
a	O
huge	O
library	O
of	O
the	O
technical	O
specifications	O
for	O
the	O
F-16C	O
and	O
knew	O
whom	O
to	O
ask	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
less	O
readily	O
available	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
clearly	O
shows	O
in	O
the	O
complexity	O
and	O
realism	O
of	O
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
landing	O
is	O
accurately	O
difficult	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
master	O
the	O
AoA	O
(	O
Angle	O
of	O
Attack	O
)	O
and	O
vertical	O
velocity	O
during	O
approach	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
combat	O
simulations	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
F-15	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
Eagle	I-Application
II	I-Application
had	O
extremely	O
unrealistic	O
landings	O
where	O
all	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
to	O
do	O
is	O
simply	O
just	O
aim	O
the	O
plane	O
at	O
the	O
runway	O
at	O
any	O
angle	O
or	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
not	O
properly	O
lined	O
up	O
would	O
cause	O
autoland	B-Device
(	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
ILS	O
)	O
to	O
disengage	O
if	O
activated	O
,	O
and	O
hard	O
landings	O
beyond	O
certain	O
parameters	O
would	O
damage	O
the	O
landing	O
gear	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
cause	O
a	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
airframe	O
also	O
has	O
g-force	B-Application
limitations	O
depending	O
on	O
whether	O
the	O
aircraft	O
was	O
fully	O
loaded	O
as	O
the	O
real	O
F-16	O
has	O
stores	O
configuration	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
damage	O
system	O
is	O
extensively	O
modeled	O
on	O
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
system	O
on	O
board	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
aircraft	O
can	O
be	O
damaged	O
in	O
combat	O
,	O
from	O
radar	O
,	O
landing	O
gear	O
,	O
flaps	O
to	O
ASPJ	O
,	O
oxygen/cabin	O
pressure	O
systems	O
,	O
weapons	O
,	O
communications	O
,	O
navigation	O
system	O
or	O
HUD	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
successfully	O
hitting	O
bridges	O
causes	O
the	O
deck	O
of	O
the	O
bridge	O
to	O
disappear	O
while	O
its	O
suspenders	O
and	O
towers	O
remain	O
intact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
night	O
flights	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
outside	O
visual	O
references	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
green	O
thermal	O
image	O
projected	O
onto	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
by	O
the	O
LANTIRN	O
pods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programmers	O
claimed	O
that	O
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
's	O
cockpit	O
views	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
F-16	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
with	O
a	O
dynamic	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
radar	O
is	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
target	O
cue	O
will	O
light	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
(	O
looking	O
out	O
front	O
)	O
where	O
the	O
enemy	O
aircraft	O
is	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
for	O
a	O
brief	O
moment	O
,	O
immediately	O
after	O
looking	O
out	O
left	O
,	O
right	O
or	O
rear	O
angles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
known	O
whether	O
it	O
also	O
happens	O
in	O
any	O
other	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
,	O
although	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
simulator	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
much	O
popularity	O
as	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
than	O
Spectrum	O
Holobyte	O
's	O
Falcon	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
more	O
popular	O
and	O
had	O
much	O
more	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
very	O
popular	O
Falcon	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
was	O
never	O
released	O
with	O
VGA	O
graphics	O
and	O
soon	O
looked	O
very	O
dated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
approved	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
performance	O
,	O
even	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
IBM	O
PC	O
with	O
CGA	B-Device
video	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
modem	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-16	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
Pilot	I-Application
was	O
voted	O
"	O
best	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
"	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Computer	O
Leisure	O
Awards	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Integration	O
repackaged	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1994	O
under	O
Action	O
Sixteen	O
publishing	O
label	O
after	O
fixing	O
the	O
compatibility	O
issue	O
with	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
computers	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
14-MHz	O
processor	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
ran	O
the	O
game	O
faster	O
than	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
