<s>
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
is	O
a	O
PC	O
combat	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
game	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
era	O
where	O
the	O
USSR	O
has	O
attacked	O
NATO	O
forces	O
in	O
West	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
called	O
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
:	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
Gone	O
Hot	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
tag	O
line	O
is	O
changed	O
to	O
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
:	O
Soviet	O
Invasion	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Strike	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Project	I-Application
1	I-Application
engine	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Third	O
Wire	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	O
platform	O
called	O
Strike	O
Fighters	O
2	O
Europe	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
still	O
compatible	O
with	O
Vista	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Europe	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
"	O
Lite	O
"	O
Flight	B-Application
Simulators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
Lite	O
"	O
was	O
applied	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
play	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
more	O
hardcore	O
types	O
of	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
"	O
Lite	O
"	O
tag	O
,	O
a	O
fair	O
amount	O
of	O
realism	O
has	O
been	O
built	O
in	O
;	O
1960s-style	O
bombsights	B-Application
are	O
simulated	O
for	O
the	O
pre	O
1970	O
's	O
aircraft	O
rather	O
than	O
modern	O
computer-aided	O
aiming	O
reticules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogfights	B-Device
are	O
usually	O
close	O
in	O
affairs	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
the	O
missiles	O
get	O
better	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
longer	O
range	O
kills	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
fly	O
many	O
other	O
computer-controlled	O
aircraft	O
will	O
be	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
they	O
engage	O
in	O
dogfights	B-Device
or	O
bomb	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
is	O
designed	O
by	O
Tsuyoshi	O
Kawahito	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
TK	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
involved	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
best	O
selling	O
PC	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
,	O
including	O
European	B-Application
Air	I-Application
War	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
and	O
Longbow	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
by	O
Jane	O
's	O
Combat	O
Simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
