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TFX (1993)

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TFX, Developed by Digital Image Design, Ocean Software and published by Imagineer in 1996.

I stumbled across this game looking through large collection of disc images. How random to find a Flight Sim published on the PS1 but even stranger is that its published by Ocean and only in the Japanese region. I cant think why it would only get a J release unless that is the only region that would pay for extra expensive controllers to play it.

I'm showing some gameplay even though I don't really know what I'm doing apart from lock on to target and fire! I am familiar with the PC and Amiga conversion and to be honest, this release makes me feel a whole lot better about the port we got on the Amiga.

While the Amiga game does need an accelerated 040/060 Amiga to really get any enjoyment from the game, It's still a little lacking compared to the pc original and not looked upon all that favourably. That is until the PS1 game enters the room. While this game has music and animations for a more complete game, it isn't all that much fun to play. It move really slowly, really chugging if you have many models on screen. It feels like an over ambitious Amiga 500 flight sim.

While the pc and Amiga game has functions all over the keyboard, all those functions have been compressed onto a single PlayStation joypad requiring multiple button combinations for some functions. I don't think i managed to find them all. The original release did have a special flight stick, I don't know if it supported other games.

I start out by showing arcade mode with a single level that requires destroying planes and a refinery. It may have been quicker to ignore planes and just target refinery but with missiles flying all over, it would be a one way trip. I could not figure out a way to quit the game and instead all ow the timer to run out.

I then show the first campaign Mission which doesn't go as planned leaving me flying about aimlessly following a flashing dot which I think just represents the enemy area. I then return home and mess up the landing Completely.

I cant seem me ever trying to longplay the game. The missions go on far to long and its not always clear what the game wants you to do. I'm not sure how to properly end a mission and I did manage to corrupt my save file in the short time i played here. This aint no Ace Combat people!

00:00:00 Arcade level 1
00:28:35 First Campaign Mission

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