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Fly a computer-controlled machine gun firing jet fighter through hostile airspace and destroy an invisible enemy base - this is all you have to do in this cut-price combat flight simulator.

The base is hidden from view by a cloaking device powered by ten beacons that you must blast on your way to the base. However, this isn't easy as you're under constant attack from missile-firing helicopters and enemy aircraft that track your every move. Although these obligingly fly right in front of you, they are remarkably difficult to hit and usually take several hits to destroy.

The action takes place on a Skyfox-style screen, where the scrolling horizon is sandwiched between clouds above and rocks below. They hurtle through the screen and past you.

Although the annoying aspects of flight simulators have been omitted from the game - you just steer left/right/up/down and can't even control the speed - you are left with a game that's too simple and is just a shadow of games like Skyfox, Strike Force Harrier and Ace Of Aces.

I usually complain that flight sims are too complex, but this one's too simple!