<s>
Falcon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
entry	O
(	O
not	O
counting	O
the	O
1984	O
's	O
F-16	O
Fighting	O
Falcon	B-Application
)	O
in	O
the	O
Falcon	B-Application
series	O
of	O
the	O
F-16	O
jet	O
fighter	O
's	O
simulators	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Sphere	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1987	B-Application
and	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
platforms	O
between	O
1988	B-Application
and	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
earned	O
commercial	O
success	O
and	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Sphere	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
PC	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rowan	O
Software	O
ported	O
Falcon	B-Application
for	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1988	B-Application
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
was	O
also	O
published	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
and	O
Mirrorsoft	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
unreleased	O
TeleGenesis	O
Modem	O
peripheral	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
1987	B-Application
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
,	O
called	O
Falcon	B-Application
MC	O
(	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Color	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
;	O
mostly	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
color	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	O
Technologies	O
furthermore	O
developed	O
a	O
less	O
complicated	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
published	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
canceled	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
for	O
early	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
in	O
1994	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
titled	O
F-16	O
Fighting	O
Falcon	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
Falcon	B-Application
,	O
the	O
players	O
have	O
their	O
choice	O
of	O
flying	O
one	O
of	O
12	O
missions	O
-	O
with	O
awards	O
for	O
flying	O
missions	O
at	O
higher	O
skill	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
joked	O
in	O
1989	O
that	O
Falcon	B-Application
"	O
seemed	O
harder	O
to	O
fly	O
than	O
the	O
real	O
plane	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Falcon	B-Application
feature	O
a	O
semi-dynamic	O
campaign	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
roam	O
the	O
airspace	O
,	O
sweep	O
for	O
hostile	O
aircraft	O
,	O
and	O
attack	O
ground	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
versions	O
have	O
two	O
expansion	O
sets	O
for	O
them	O
,	O
Falcon	B-Application
Operation	O
:	O
Counterstrike	O
and	O
Falcon	B-Application
Operation	O
:	O
Firefight	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Falcon	B-Application
Mission	O
Disk	O
Volume	O
2	O
)	O
in	O
1989-1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
called	O
Falcon	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
detailed	O
and	O
accurate	O
flight	O
simulators	O
for	O
the	O
microcomputer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	O
gave	O
the	O
DOS	O
version	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
,	O
and	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
praised	O
Falcons	B-Application
graphics	O
,	O
realism	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcon	B-Application
won	O
the	O
1987	B-Application
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Action/Strategy	O
Program	O
,	O
Best	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
,	O
and	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcon	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
eighth	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
version	O
a	O
4.5	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
opining	O
that	O
the	O
conversion	O
was	O
over-ambitious	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
compromises	O
which	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
a	O
4	O
MB	O
cartridge	O
made	O
it	O
unenjoyable	O
.	O
</s>
