Fighter Duel

{{short description|1995 video game}}

{{refimprove|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox video game

| collapsible =

| state =

| italic title =

| title = Fighter Duel

| image = Fighter Duel cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| developer = Philips Interactive
Jaeger Software

| publisher = Philips Interactive

| series =

| engine =

| platforms = DOS

| released = 1995

| genre = Combat flight simulator

| modes =

}}

Fighter Duel is a first-person combat flight simulator developed by Phillips Interactive and Jaeger Software released in Europe in 1995 for MS-DOS-based IBM PC compatibles. The game is set during World War II.

Gameplay

The player must shoot down enemy aircraft in duels in the air.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| rev1 = Computer Game Review

| rev1Score = 78/76/75{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221184840/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9602/fduel/fduel.htm | url=http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9602/fduel/fduel.htm | title=Tora! Tora! Tora!| date=February 1996 | author1=Snyder, Frank | author2=Chapman, Ted | author3=Gehrs, Scott | work=Computer Game Review | archivedate=December 21, 1996 | url-status=dead }}

}}

Computer Game Review gave Fighter Duel a mixed review, and called it "best suited for modem and network play." It was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World{{'}}s 1995 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to EF2000. The editors praised Fighter Duel{{'}}s "superb modeling of top World War II fighters and its sweat-inducing head-to-head play."{{cite magazine | author=Staff |title=The Computer Gaming World 1996 Premier Awards |magazine=Computer Gaming World |issue=143 |date=June 1996 |pages=55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67 }}

References