"The ultimate confrontation, F-19 versus MiG-29 Superfulcrum!" - that's what the blurb says on the box so it must be true. The box title is slightly misleading, though - I thought you'd be able to link the two games together somehow and play at being pilots of the different aircraft with a friend. Not so. What we have here is a compilation of two of the most respected flight-sims in the genre.

First up, then, is MIG-29 Superfulcrum - the sequel to MiG 29. The battleground is 'somewhere in mid-South America' with the player involved in an attempt to overthrow a military coup which has control of some 20,000-square kilometres. The usual U.N. resolutions are passed and a peacekeeping force is dispatched to 'kick ass'. Hooray! All this is background information is, of course, superficial really - what you want to know is how easy is it to kill things?

Well, luckily there seem to be only a few option screens and if you wish you can jump straight in at the deep end and get into the air almost immediately. The controls aren't over-complex and within a few minutes you'll be flipping the aircraft all over the shop. The landscape moves quite smoothly, with an 'interesting' mountain effect rearing its head now and again, and the external views provided are comprehensive to say the least.

Overall, MiG 29 Superfulcrum provides exactly what you'd expect from a top flight-sim, with fast-moving, nicely drawn graphics and gameplay which, although not exactly action-packed all of the time, will surely satisfy most Amiga pilots.

Next is F-19 Stealth Fighter, a sim based around the now infamous super-sexy bomber that did wonders for 'our boys' in the Gulf War.

Originally released to high praise the game still proves to be just as exciting as any 'modern' sim, with options galore and external views aplenty. Everything seems to be in order in the graphics, sonics and gameplay departments and the whole package hangs together superbly. The manual provides you with all the necessary info regarding the numerous scenarios and tactics required to successfully fly the world's most expensive aircraft. Possibly the stronger of the two flight simulations bundled together in this compilation, F-19 provides action most of the way through.

All-in-ail, both F-19 and MiG 29M are high-class games. The only slight problem I have with them is that they aren't as instantly accessible as my personal favourite Knights Of The Sky was (although it's a little unfair of me to compare these two games to the World War 1 sim). If modern day aircraft warfare is what you're after (and you haven't got either of these games) then I can't see that you can go far wrong with Head To Head.