<s>
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
arcade	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
pilot	O
for	O
an	O
"	O
AT1196	O
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
combat	O
helicopter	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Jaguar	B-Device
port	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
is	O
an	O
air	O
combat	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
flies	O
a	O
helicopter	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
machine	O
gun	O
,	O
rockets	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
air-to-surface	O
guided	O
missiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
has	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
analog	O
collective	O
lever	O
on	O
the	O
left	O
side	O
that	O
controls	O
the	O
altitude	O
of	O
the	O
helicopter	O
,	O
and	O
rudder	O
pedals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1991	O
,	O
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
was	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
1991	O
Amusement	O
&	O
Music	O
Operators	O
Association	O
(	O
AMOA	O
)	O
expo	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Jaguar	B-Device
port	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
topped	O
the	O
RePlay	O
arcade	O
charts	O
for	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
in	O
October	B-Application
1991	I-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
deluxe	O
cabinet	O
charts	O
from	O
November	O
1991	O
to	O
February	O
1992	O
,	O
before	O
topping	O
it	O
again	O
in	O
April	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Steel	B-Application
Talons	I-Application
in	O
its	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
most-successful	O
upright	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
AMOA	O
1991	O
debut	O
,	O
The	O
One	O
magazine	O
compared	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
favorably	O
with	O
Taito	O
's	O
3D	O
helicopter	O
simulation	O
Air	B-Application
Inferno	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Atari	O
has	O
gone	O
even	O
further	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
lot	O
easier	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
without	O
compromising	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
controls.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
scoring	O
it	O
172	O
out	O
of	O
200	O
.	O
</s>
