Описание игры, скриншоты, видео

"Воздушный налет" это выброс огромного кол-ва адреналина в момент отражения воздушных атак на борту линкора времен 2ой мировой войны. В вашем распоряжении - верная 40-миллиметровая зенитная пушка "Бофор", установленная на палубе великого американского линкора "Миссури". Задача, как и всё гениальное, проста - стрелять в самолёты, отбивая атаки ВВС противника, не дав им пустить вас на дно в виде корма для рыб. На карте честь и слава... Помощник - доблесть и отвага. Цель битвы - выжить убивая.

Особенности игры Воздушный Налет:
• Огневые точки ПВО корабля. - Разнообразие сюжетов.
• Одиночная и сетевая игра.
• Точная передача исторических реалий (вооружение и радар).
• Повышающиеся уровни сложности.
• Сложная система искусственного интеллекта.
• Реалистичные звуковые эффекты. - Удобный и доступный интерфейс.

Cистемные требования Воздушный Налет:
• Windows 98/2000/ME/XP; - Pentium 266 МГц;
• 32 Мб оперативной памяти;
• 100 Мб свободного места на жестком диске;
• Direct X 8.0 - 3D акселератор с 4Мб ОЗУ;
• клавиатура; - мышь.

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I'm a big fan of mindless arcade games. I loved Midway's Greatest Hits, and I can't wait for the forthcoming Arcade Treasures. I gave Battleship: Surface Thunder and Frogger II decent reviews back in the day, and one of my mainstay games -- Subspace / Continuum -- is as old-school as it gets. When I was offered the review of Air Raid, it was simply described as "arcade," and I immediately took it. I can't say I regret that decision, but I will say that you get what you ask for.

Much like Beachhead 2000, this is a simple exercise in clipping the wings of planes over and over again ... except Air Raid is nowhere near as bad. Published by Big City Games (Strategy First's budget arm) and developed by Made by Kiddies, Air Raid places you in the gunner position on a battleship for wave after wave of fighter planes, bombers, and the occasional ship or two. Think Galaga or Galaxian (or Gorf for the really old-school) in three dimensions with (kind of) realistic-looking aircraft, and you have the right idea.

While the arcade-style games were designed to eat your pocket change, games made for the PC (and consoles) shouldn't be that way. Air Raid succumbs to this to a certain degree, with things like extremely limited ammo and insanely fluctuating difficulty getting in the way. For example, the third level is a test of your ability to conserve ammo, while the fourth is a walk in the park. The fifth level is almost pull-your-hair-out difficult (artificially because of ammo limitations), but the sixth level is simple. The entire game sways like this, and although the box proclaims "sophisticated and dynamic AI," every plane and ship is pattern-based.

For some reason, the developers thought that a multiplayer option in this game was a good idea. While it's functional, it's practically pointless. Not only are there virtually no players online, the interface for going online is, well, lacking. There's no sorting, no favorites, no filters, no buddy lists, no nothing. I managed to pull it off on a LAN, but even then it was a so-so affair. Would it be fun to kill wave after wave of enemies in Galaga with a friend? No, you want a high score, not a partner.

As budget games go, the graphics are not bad. The screen shakes far too violently whenever you're hit, but other than that, it's a decent effort. The game handles resolutions up to 1600x1200, and it's mostly average fare. The explosions are surprisingly satisfying, but the water effects are perhaps the reason Dramamine was invented. If you've ever had a few too many and then tried to stare at a wall, you know what this water looks like.

Sound is a weird mix as well. While most of the gunfire and explosions are decent enough, each level starts with anywhere from 5-30 seconds of poorly recorded "period" music. Maybe this is what a radio sounded like in the '40s, but it seriously sounds like someone held a cheap microphone next to some cheap speakers and hit the "record" button. It's all rather distorted as well, and particularly pronounced when playing with headphones.

Mixing nicely with the mismatched graphics and sounds, the menus and controls are equally in need of balance. The entire game is played with the mouse (except for the spacebar for depth charges and a few keys for pausing, chatting, etc.), but when the game is paused, the mouse doesn't function. You have to use the arrow keys to select options when paused, an oversight it seems a rookie developer would make.

Down in flames.
Also strangely missing is the ability to reverse the mouse axis. I come from the FPS school of gamers weaned on flight simulators. In other words, pulling down should move my targeting cursor up and vice-versa. There's no option for that, and it took me a good 20 minutes to come close to not thinking that way. It seems like such a simple thing, too.

Overall, Air Raid is begging for polish. It's fun in short spurts, but after 20 minutes or so, you've experienced everything the game has to offer. Granted, major hits like Pac-Man and Robotron counted on such familiarity, but this is certainly an acquired taste. You could do a lot worse for $20, but you can also do a lot better.

Minimum Requirements
• Win 98/2000/Me/XP • 266MHz Processor
• 32MB RAM• 4MB Video Card • 100MB HDD Space