There is nothing really like this game nowadays, but there are rumors that a Tornado II will be coming after the Command edition of Digital Integration’s Super Hornet.Funnel width: The part of the tornado we can see is the funnel, which is the tube that extends from the cloud to the ground.
This is a game that every serious simmer should have on his shelf (or even better, on his hard drive), as it is one of the best flight sims ever made. Sound Blaster is supported, as well as MT-32 and Adlib. Graphics are VGA resolution, totally polygonal, and very clear, but the menus use SVGA at 640x480 to good effect. Even so, laser bombing runs are very good fun, as is dodging AAA on your way to a C&C bunker at 200 ft, and you’ll lose hours with one of the best mission planners ever.
Flight modelling is top notch, even if avionics modelling isn’t totally realistic (some minor gripes with a few things). The campaign will end when you have pushed the enemy from their positions and out of the theatre map. The campaign game is the major bonus as it is fully dynamic. They’ll fight back, and avoiding enemy aircraft is really hard. The enemy can be turned off (you’re in for an easy ride) or on (your buggered). Once you get to the objective, there’s a lot of munitions to do the work, all British in origin. The Tornado is a mighty beast, being able to fly at over Mach 1 at a constant altitude of 200 ft on autopilot (terrain following). This game is about mud moving at it’s best, as all the campaign missions are ground attack ones. The ADV apparently is only flyable in single mission or multiplayer (yes, this is one of the first multiplayer capable flight sims), while the campaign turns around the IDS. The original included three European theatres (not real locations, I’m afraid), but the expansion disk brought with it the Iraqi desert. You’ll fly either the IDS or ADV variants of the Tornado, in several campaigns. Ok boys and girls, this sim is as realistic as they came in ’93. The original member of the ruling triumvirate (the other two being TFX and F-14 Fleet Defender, also on this site), and a definite triumph of content over style.
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