Reach for the Skies for PC DOS

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Reach for the Skies

Online version of Reach for the Skies for PC DOS. Reach for the Skies is a World War II combat flight simulator set during the Battle of Britain. In the game, you have the option to participate in the battle either as the Royal Air Force or the German Luftwaffe. In addition to piloting an aircraft, you can also take charge of planning which aircraft to deploy where on any given day, while trying to minimize losses. Eight aircraft are available, ranging from Hurricanes and Spitfires to the Ju88 and BF110. Each aircraft has its own cockpit and characteristics. When playing as the Germans, protecting the vulnerable and slow Ju88 bombers is key. A training mode with invincible aircraft is also available. The game allows you to adjust the level of realism and lets you speed up time when enemy aircraft are far away.

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Title screen

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Intro — Summer 1940, Britain stands alone

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Title screen with copyright info

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Side selection — Royal Air Force or Luftwaffe

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Pilot selection in the squadron ready room

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Role selection — Practice, Controller or Pilot

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Campaign stage selection

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Cockpit view with gunsight

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External view over the patrol zone

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Controller — scrambling Spitfires to intercept a raid

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Released in

1993

Publisher

Virgin Interactive

Developer

Rowan Software

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IBM PC with MS-DOS

Online emulated version of Reach for the Skies was originally developed for the IBM PC and compatible computers, with MS DOS - Microsoft Disk Operating System. It is an OS for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft and released in 1981 as PC DOS 1.0.
MS-DOS was targeted at Intel 8086 processors running on computer hardware using floppy disks to store and access not only the operating system, but application software and user data as well. Progressive version releases delivered support for other mass storage media in ever greater sizes and formats, along with added feature support for newer processors and rapidly evolving computer architectures. Ultimately, it was the key product in Microsoft's development from a programming language company to a diverse software development firm, providing the company with essential revenue and marketing resources. It was also the underlying basic operating system on which early versions of Windows ran as a GUI.