Tomcat-The F-14 Fighter Simulator Atari 2600 High-Score-Competition

[Mister-VCS]

I want to start a friendly Tomcat-competition!

Anybody interested?

The 2600 HSC takes a break- I think it is a good chance to play this complex game....

 

[Gorfy]

I have a 7800 version, but I guess I could play via emulator, right?

[Mister-VCS]

 

 

 

I have a 7800 version, but I guess I could play via emulator, right?

 

of course- like the 2600 HSC..

[Gorfy]

ok, count me in --- I've been avoiding this game long enough --- it's time to learn how to fly!

[Mister-VCS]

ok, count me in --- I've been avoiding this game long enough --- it's time to learn how to fly!

 

fine- I plan my first flight this sunday- I will update the scores in this thread!

[NIKON]

First Run 9 Kills

 

[Mister-VCS]

First Run 9 Kills

 

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Impressive! No kills for me at the moment. My record years ago was 2 kills...

Tips please!

[NIKON]

Impressive! No kills for me at the moment. My record years ago was 2 kills...

Tips please!

1. After take off and you have gained some altitude...lower your engines to about 65% or lower but not too low...this will affect your turn rate and you will have to play around with this until you get the feel you want

 

2. Enemies do not appear until you have reached 5.0K altitude... use this to your advantage to get the feel of your plane before you start engagement...once the first enemy has hit the screen going below 5K does not stop them

 

3. Bogies are visible onscreen at 1800 before that you track the range through instrumentation.

 

4. Be fast on the trigger button...as soon as you get lock tone...FIRE....you only have a certain number of each missile and they all three have different ranges so tone lock will be at different ranges for each type of missile

 

5. If an enemy gets behind you do not try to bring him around the front right away...you will only waste fuel ...slow down and go downward and turn either right or left to get the enemy far enough away so when he is in front of you that you can get a tone lock on him.

 

6. Landing is an art unto itself and I still have trouble with it...see the manual for landing procedures...and if you want to practice landing... take off and leave your after burners on but do not go to 5K altitude and wait for you fuel to expend..once you less than 900 gallons of fuel pull back on your engines and follow the landing procedures in the manual.

 

This game takes awhile to "get in the groove" but once you get it...then the game becomes fun.

[roadrunner]

How do I switch from missiles over to machine guns?

[Nukey Shay]

Quick game reset (< 2 second depress) when alerted.

[roadrunner]

Quick game reset (< 2 second depress) when alerted.

 

Cool, thanks.

 

 

[NIKON]

To switch to Machine Guns from missiles

1. After Take Off or while in flight use the Select button to get to the Threat screen then press Reset (no not for 2 seconds just press it once)

2. Use your joystick to move down to highlight M-61 then press your fire button

 

See this in the video

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQLNo-ny7HU&feature=youtu.be

Edited February 9, 2014 by NIKON

[roadrunner]

^^^ Thanks. It looks like the machine guns overheat and it takes a lot bullets
to bring down one of the fighters. I might be better off with the missiles.

[Nukey Shay]

(<2 seconds) means less than 2 seconds. Sorry for not making that clear.

[Mister-VCS]

^^^ Thanks. It looks like the machine guns overheat and it takes a lot bullets

to bring down one of the fighters. I might be better off with the missiles.

 

There is a youtube-video with a player who brings the fighter down with ONE missile...

[roadrunner]

 

There is a youtube-video with a player who brings the fighter down with ONE missile...

 

 

Yeah, that's all it takes to bring down a fighter in this game.

Score 1 kill