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Graphics: 8 ‧
Music: 9 ‧
Playability: 10 ‧
Overall: 10
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I spent some time back in the early 90s playing this game to completion. I loved it then and like it now. It has aged a bit, but is still very playable.
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My favorite amiga game,still enjoy playing it.
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It's hard to think of anything bad to say about this.
The flying segments are fantastic fun and prove that a simple joystick is all the control you need. Strafing and bombing is perhaps simplistic but provide a welcome distraction.
The storytelling is occasionally funny, occasionally thoughtful and manages to have more heart in 2 floppy disks than the multiple GB of drivel Call of BattleHonor tries to puke out every year.
Easily a game that will not be bettered and proof that there is more to "flying games" than 20+ keyboard commands and endless technical details.
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I remember playing this (an original copy) round at my friend's house, and I liked it so much I bought it from him. Perfect for someone who wanted to like flights sims but couldn't be bothered with all the usual complications. Loading was slow but at least there were only 2 disks. Definitely one of the Amiga greats.
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One of the best. 10/10
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Ahh....Wings. Such a lovely warm feeling washes over me when thinking of the many, many (many) evenings playing this. By the end you really felt you'd lived the war life that little bit. A wonderfully atmospheric game.
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One of the must have's on the Amiga, still fun even today. In 2014 an official Remake was released by Cinemaware on Steam. 10/10
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The flying part was awesome ,slaughter some infanty was also fun, one of the games that has alot of text in their story line that i actully think was good enough to read to understand the plot. Max score if you are a killer tomato.
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I've always envied those who knew how to shoot enemy planes and overcome Max Immelman. I've never been so good pilot, but it was a pleasure to see them in action. Nice game and lot of fun for the others
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Great game, I have excellent memories of this one. And playing it again for the comp, it is just as good. The dogfights are the games bread and butter but the strafing runs and bombing missions are also fun and break it up nicely to give the game some variety. Much better than a lot of the newer flight sims where it is all about getting a missile lock and firing.
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Actually too slow on an amiga 500, really too fast and almost unplayable on a Blizzard Mk4 50mhz. The good speed is around 14/20 mhz with a stock 1200 or a Amiga 500 with AcA 500 (my config), even better in NTSC.
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Wonderful game! I find it quite challenging at times but it is amazing none the less. Also, in reply to TDBauer's last comment, there was another Kickstarter campaign which was fully funded. The game is in development and is called Wings remastered. Can't wait for that to come out!
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Awesome. Simply Awesome. I recall that Cimemaware tried to do a Kickstarter Campaign back in 2012 to get this game remade for modern PCs. It failed. Too bad. Would have been fun, or at least I like to think it would have been fun. Anyway, I played this game on my Amiga probably more than any other game. I played it through several times. I simply loved it. I loved the game manual with all the WWI history. I loved the graphics. I love the music. I loved it loved it loved it.
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The dog fights and strafing missions are quite fun. However, it's the atmosphere and story that keeps you hanging on.
Wings is a lesson in how to improve the gaming experience by incorporating an interesting story and atmosphere.
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I loved this game back in the 90's. I have some paperwork somewhere listing every mission and how I performed. The game drew you right in and you were gutted when people around you died.
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I'll never forget this one!!!!
I remember the fluid 3d battles, the story portrayed in text and image and the topdown shooting!
This game has a certain flair an quality you didn't see often back then and even nowadays.
This game pulled you in, in it's world only to let you go when finished and even then it will linger on your mind.
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Cinemaware games all have one thing in common; they never disappoint. Wings is a fun, well designed game that has aged extremely well over the years.
This is one game that shouldn't be overlooked, especially for gamers who enjoy flight games.
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A fun game that combined various types of gameplay. Played well, looks good, sounds great! I especially liked the diary that was written during the game, it really enhanced the atmosphere.
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My favourite amiga game of all time. Its still one of my favourite games, just behind final fantasy VII and lufia 2
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I used to spend hours playing this game with my cousin. It's strange that this game has garnered so many votes as at the time nobody else seemed to own it or play it.
Strafing forever!
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This game was ace in its day
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Very-very good game.
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There are very few games that deserve to be called "masterpiece", and WINGS is one of them. It is not just a great game, it is a great experience. The only complaint I have is that some of the later strafing runs were damned near impossible. Overall, 88% out of 100.
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What made this so great was it was a WWI dog fighting game, without to much sim! Of all the sections, i felt the bombing runs were a little bit of a let down both graphically and game play... Felt like a budget construction kit shooter, but it still added to the great game. The keeping of the journal added a sense of feeling to the game as well, not just shooting!
Classic game with classic cinemaware polish!
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One of the best flying games ever made. Fantastic spirit and feeling. Really gets you into the period
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Amazing game, Cinemaware always managed to do something special.
I played this game for so many hours, i actually bothered to keep the original pilot alive (Waldo P) to see if I would get anything different at the end (I didn't lol)
Dogfighting definately the best part, i found the strafing tough
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Another game i still play to this day. Addictive as hell. There was nothing better than going up against all the odds and coming away with 7 kills under your belt. Magical
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My favorite game of all time, and probably the best game ever made for the Amiga. Great graphics and a fantastic atmosphere. This is where I got my interest for World War I aviation. I don't think the game is 100% historicaly accurate, but pretty close anyway.
All in all, a great game with an amazing story!
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Great game. Graphics, atmosphere ... Everything is already written. I played it from the start to the end (that was many years ago ... But restarted on emulator a few weeks ago.). It is still fun playing it.
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My favourite Amiga game. Thanks to it I fell in love with the events of WWI.
Only one con - why you couldn't play on the german side :/ Nonetheless - grand music, beautiful graphics, and unforgetable atmosphere. Simply - you cannot miss it.
P.S> Strafing runs... *()#$*@)($#
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One of the best Amiga games ever created! The PC had Wing Commander, we had Wings! Played it till the end, graphics, sound, atmosphere, gameplay - everything was perfect. It was so great on an A1200 with hard drive, I had 4MB extra RAM and it was very smooth. Okay, it was designed some years before for the A500, but it still looked and played better then games which were designed five years later. Great game. I also loved TV Sports Basketball and It Came From The Desert. Cinemaware was the Ferrari back then.
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I'm looking for words to describe the best game ever.
(Playing it right now, summer 1917)
COMMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION...
NIA.
100%!!
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I didn't buy this and regret that. I passed on Red Baron as well. I was more into Knights of the Sky. But Wings had a Rocket Ranger gameplay style I would've loved back then. Darnit!
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This is THE game !
My absolute favorite on my Amiga ! I spent so much time playing and enjoying it !
On my A500 it was a bit slow, but then I got my A1200 and it worked like a charm.
Playabilty is excellent (I did not like the strafing part though... Quite bad at it), and by the time you reach the end of the game you'll be an Ace and really enjoy flying and dogfighting. Man... I remember this mission when you were alone against 7 opponents ! Incredible challenge !
The storyline is great too. I loved reading the diary after each mission, you had news about how the war was going on as well as gossip about the the camp's life.
The music gave it a lovely melancholic touch.
I never finished it though ! I lost my Amiga (yes, incredible, isn't it) when I was maybe one or two missions from the end (it was summer 1918 )...
I think I'm going to install it on my UAE, to get my revenge over the Red Baron !
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Completed, after 12 years... The story is wonderful and probably the best reason for finish this game, because the gameplay (especially at the end) is schematic and could be boring. But this is a Cinemaware game and I really enjoy everything what they released. 2 failures and 0 downed. 9/10
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I just love this game. As a teenager I played this game almost as much as SWOS (which is still my all time favourite game). It is so addictive and the little bits of storyline that run through the game make it more appealing that most flying games. I also liked Knights of the Sky but preferred Wings as you can jump straight into the action.
Fantastic 9/10.
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My favorite Shoot-Em-Up (i dont class this as a Flight Sim) but it still a great game. Excellent Graphics, sound and playablitity (Its from Cinemaware what do u expect) with heaps of missions.
I have also the GBA version of this game, which is good But the AMIGA version is still the best.
The ONLY thing i hated about this was when your guns jam, it take about 15-25 seconds to unjam themselves.
Update - Wings Remastered is out on Steam check it out.
Awesome game.
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I finished this game 13 years ago, and now I`m enjoying this game once again via emulator. When I first saw the game it was a love at first sight. I like flying part, strafing, bombing and the atmosphere in this game - in one word I like all about this game. Pure perfection!!
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Arguably one of the most atmospheric games on the Amiga. Set during the First World War, it creates a believable atmosphere that's easy to get lost in. Although you can't actually lose the game (you keep creating new pilots until the end of the war) it's thoroughly enjoyable to play and the variety in the missions helps to hold your attention. Don't play it from a single drive machine though; there's so much disk swapping it almost ruins the game.
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The magic of this game comes from it's atmosphere. It takes you back in time. In combination with the different mission-types from strafing, bombing to the classic dogfight, there's variety throughout the whole gameplay. Only the (long) diary sequences are a little bit boring after a while, but that's criticism at the highest level.
So everybody from the Playstation-generation: play it and get addicted! :thumbsup
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I agree with Yure. I need to get back to the campaign I started last year, I think I might actually make it all through the game this time.
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Best
simulation
ever
the drama, the action, the story... It's wings.
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I don't understand the praise this game receives. It has excellent graphics and atmosphere but it is, essentially, just some average and simplistic flight-sim sections bolted to some equally average and simplistic arcade sections with precious little variety. It completely lacks the strategy and open-ended feel of better Cinemaware games.
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It's a real diamond. Even today they don't make games like that....
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As a Kid... I played the Wings not expecting much... Boy was I shocked, the types of gameplay, from sorties, to bombing made the game very diverse and enjoyable to play... Love it.
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It's still the best WW1 game and "flight sim" (I think it's more of an arcade game than a simulation). Great atmosphere, great playability, great game. My only complain is slowness, there should be more fps...
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This is the best Amiga game I have ever played! The story keeps it from becoming to repetitive and there is definitely some excitement when your buddies shoot down your opponents. Of course, you want to kill all those evil nazis yourself! Also, the game features excellent music.
I played somewhat with the "cheatmode" recently so that I didn't have to quit the game so as to save my progress, but it didn't work for me. It did when I held down the left Amiga key instead of the left alt key.
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I'm not good with these flight simulators but I like this...
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Classic game, it was so fun to play. A perfect combination of a flight sim and arcade/action game. The diary entries were fun too.
Anyway I never finished it, there were so many missions to complete, never got to the end of it. :s
9/10
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I don't think that this game is so great, but it has a very nice atmosphere that keeps you playing... The game concept with action + story resembles Wing Commander in my opinion.
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A fun flight Sim game that you don't need to remember or use 29 different keys in order to fly the plane! The diary that begins each flight mission keeps the game fresh, as the story line helps all of the missions from just blending all together.
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A great example of what can be a multi-genre game. An amazing mix of simulation, action along with some touch of adventure. The graphics and musics are really great, giving this game a unique atmosphere.
I found the best playability is in the simulation parts.
An all time classic!
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This is the only 'flight-simulator' that I, to this day, have enjoyed playing. Great game.
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Game is ok. Good fun for a while but I much prefer Knights of the sky
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One of the most addictive games for Amiga. It took me weeks to complete it and those were the weeks of great fun.
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Funny game, some great gameplay alongside some very poor gameplay I always thought. Some of the missions were pretty much impossible - while others, partcularly '3D' ones, were fantastic. Great.
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1st world war version of Wing Commander! That sums it all.
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Nothing to say which hasn't already been said. Yes, the game is repetitive, there are only 3 different things to do. But it has a great mood and a really compelling story. Very addictive, great music - one of the best games ever to be released! You'll keep playing this for hours and hours!
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Wow! This game's got tons of mood and charm. The diary helps you believe you're really there in the midst of the WW1. I have no doubts when I give this classic the highest score available. But I'm wondering. You see I'm playing this right now on my Winuae and I'm wondering how many levels there are. Could someone tell me? I've done 50 so far.
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A classic. Very addictive and involving. Just make sure you have an extra disc drive...
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2 games in one: an action flight sim and and isometric flight shoot'em-up. Great!
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I hugely enjoyed this game when it was released. It was the harvard version of a shoot-em-up game, so much effort had been put into creating the illusion of being part of a flying squad during world war I. I never finished it though...
i am playing it again these days and I must admit to being a little bored after more than 170 missions, with armistice still several months away. I feel that cinemaware overdid the diary elements, whose unquestionable depth overshadows the comparatively meagre variety of mini games.
as u repeatedly dogfight, bomb or strafe ur way through history, u eventually feel entirely detached from the events chronicled by the diary. The action even seems to impair rather than drive ur enjoyment of the log. There proably should have been a strategy mini game added to the fray, which helped "rocket ranger" a great deal.
"wings" still is the finest of cinemaware's releases, alongside TV sports basketball / football & rocket ranger.
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It really feels like being in a WWI movie about fighter pilots, the campaign is really great. I always would have preferred to only play the simulator part, the 2D shoot'em up parts weren't as fun.One of Cinemaware's best!
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The BEST game I've played on my good old times, and one of the best game ever in the Amiga history.
Beside the mignificent playability and the great realization, what made WINGS a true classic is its fully immersive atmosphere.
I remember I was loading the game sometimes only to read the war diary and I was completely adsorbed like I was reading a great novel...
"Si sta' come sugli alberi le foglie"
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You guys said it all. A true classics and one of THE best games ever!
so motivating to get as many kills as possible, but still very hard to be the best.
everything is absolute top notch! From the presentation that created an incredible atmosphere (the buriel-scene made me cry), to the story that let you care more for your virtual squad than the real life (the diary, ultra-great concept), to the variety of the three different action-sequences that never got too repetitive.
aahhhh, sweet memories...
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The game I may have played more than any other game ever on any system. Wings had this untangible quality to it which immersed you to its world. The diary was part of it. You really felt like being one of those guys out there and you really started to care for your squad. I used to load saved games if some of my longest running wingmen died during the missions. Wings isn't a flight simulator, it's more of an action shooter. Rightly so though. It's much more accessible and fun that way. If you can call war fun. I find the game somehow poignant and melancholic. A true classic and playable even today.
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The diaryfeatyre was genious.
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Who one that played it at his time didn't love this game?
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One word: Best game ever!!!
In all of my life I´ve never played anything as entertaining as Wings.
Back when I was nothing more than a little brat, the Amiga was my best friend and this game was the reason.
It had everything!
Good graphics, great music (although it became quite annoying after a while) and superb atmosphere!
Sure you had to do some things over and over again but one little thing kept you playing: The journal. Even if the game was total shite I'd still play it because of it's awesome story.
By the way, I completed the game with over 300 accomplished mission and more than 400 confirmed kills! Who the heck is Richthofen?
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This game had true depth, perhaps due to the fact that one could personally direct the war chronicles of Hugo Furst or Major Eiswater and felt genuine remorse upon their untimely death.
Wings instilled a truly worrying level of bloodlust, perhaps the most eerily satisfying 'kill experience' of any game in history. I remember turning the guns on my comrades, blowing them out of the sky so that I could take on all the Fokkers by myself and not have some computer-controlled ally take all the glory (which invariably led me to being justly killed like the evil scumbag I am).
Top notch stuff. Have to agree that the GBA version just wasn't the same.
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Not that good...
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Wings... I can't count up all the hours I've spent on this game! It's another game in my top 10 of all games ever! The graphics are superb and the ingame music is just right to set the perfect mood, from the brassband to the accordion. This game is not just a flightsim, but more. Okay, the flying part isn't as realistic as the real hardcore-flightsim, but the action is brilliant. The other games, like the bombing add to the game more variance. You want to keep going on and on to become the best pilot and the story which slowly evolves on the background makes it even more exciting. One of the best games ever!
Graphics: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Playability: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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WWI is probably the least appreciated conflict when it comes to video games, and it is truly sad, cause Wings proves just how much drama and nail-biting action can be found in the theme. The lack of sim like technical "junk" just keeps the pace of the action that much tighter. Too bad the GBA remake was a load of dung.
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This is probably, alongside Lemmings, my favourite game on Amiga. Graphics, sound and presentation are up to Cinemaware's usual standards. But this time, as with It Came from the Desert, the game play and atmosphere are top notch. So I agree with Zappa and VOiD. And it sure was great to have that extra drive. Must have been a pain in the ass to swap disks after every mission. This game is still one of my favourite games for any platform.
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It took almost 4 years to complete this game. I wanted to play it so that it lasted the longest time possible, because it was a total masterpiece. Together with It Came From The Desert it's the best game from Cinemaware and one of the best games on Amiga. Remembering the diary writings that one could read between one battle and another gives me a strange sensation. For Mans: you are right: I had an extra drive and loading times weren't such a pain
Score is 10, no doubt.
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One of my absolute favourite games ever. A pain to play without an extra drive though as you have to swap between the two disks before and after each mission.
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This is another classic Amiga game! One of Cinemaware's best games - great graphics and sound (as usual in a Cinemaware game), but in this case both the story and the gameplay are top notch as well.
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This game had a beautiful World War theme set to it, and some of the best graphics I've seen on an Amiga 500. Gameplay is ace too and cockpit flying is ace! Recommended!
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