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Hellcat Ace

Hellcat Ace is a 1982 combat flight simulator video game written by Sid Meier for Atari 8-bit computers and published by MicroProse as their first program. The game was an immediate hit and led Meier to write several new releases for the Atari home computers. Ports of Hellcat Ace were released for the Commodore 64 in 1983 and IBM PC compatibles in 1984.

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Reception

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Genre
Combat flight simulator
Publisher
MicroProse
Designer
Sid Meier
Developer
MicroProse
Mode
Single-player
Platforms
Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC

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Hellcat Ace

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples47
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
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Hellcat Ace

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related to Bibliography · 20
Hellcat Ace → Antic, April, Archived, Civilization, Computer Gaming World, Corporate Momento, David, Jahromi, June, Meaning, MicroProse Captures, Neima, No, November, Plotkin, Red Baron, Retrieved November, September, Sid Meier, The New Yorker
related to Reception · 18
Hellcat Ace → Antic, Atari, Atari Computers, Fancy, Flight Simulator, Immelman, InfoWorld's Essential Guide, It, January, May, Mirroring, Page, Softline, Spitfire Ace, The, This, While, While Commodore
Designer · 1
Hellcat Ace → Sid Meier
Developer · 1
Hellcat Ace → MicroProse
Genre · 1
Hellcat Ace → Combat flight simulator
Mode · 1
Hellcat Ace → Single-player
Platforms · 1
Hellcat Ace → Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC
Programmers · 1
Hellcat Ace → Atari Sid Meier C64 Ron Verovsky Dale Gray IBM PC R. Donald Awalt
Publisher · 1
Hellcat Ace → MicroProse
Release · 1
Hellcat Ace → 1982: Atari 1983: C64 1984: IBM PC

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game hellcat meier ace atari microprose flight 1983 1982 sid mission stealey first computers ibm pc original simulator 8-bit commodore

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hellcat AceDesignerSid Meier1.00infobox
Hellcat AceDeveloperMicroProse1.00infobox
Hellcat AceGenreCombat flight simulator1.00infobox
Hellcat AceModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Hellcat AcePlatformsAtari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC1.00infobox
Hellcat AceProgrammersAtari Sid Meier C64 Ron Verovsky Dale Gray IBM PC R. Donald Awalt1.00infobox
Hellcat AcePublisherMicroProse1.00infobox
Hellcat AceRelease1982: Atari 1983: C64 1984: IBM PC1.00infobox
Hellcat Aceis a1982 combat flight simulator video game written by Sid Meier for Atari 8-bit computers and published by MicroProse as their first program0.90text
Hellcat Acerelated to BibliographyJahromi0.60section
Hellcat Acerelated to BibliographyNeima0.60section
Hellcat Acerelated to BibliographySeptember0.60section

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