System Requirements: 486, 8MB RAM, Windows 3.1, SVGA Video Card, Sound Blaster Compatible Sound Card.
It is 1940 and all western adversaries of the Reich Meant to Last a Thousand Years have been vanquished save for one... an Empire Upon Which the Sun Never Set.
In the skies over London a shout of "Achtung, Spitfire!" would soon be followed by shattering losses...
Do you have the courage and fortitude to command a squadron of Spitfires or Hurricanes during the dark days of the Blitz? Or the tactical brilliance to achieve victory with the Luftwaffe? Or the spirit to command a squadron of tough but doomed French fighter planes in May 1940 as the Panzers roll through?
Achtung Spitfire will put you to the test!
Achtung Spitfire shares the acclaimed game system of its predecessor, Over the Reich, but focuses on the Blitzkrieg in the west and the historic Battle of Britain. In addition to all-new aircraft and weapons, a major new feature is the action-packed real-time operations map. You control the sector stations of Royal Air Force 11 Group, and as the radar reports pour in you must decide which fighters to launch against which bomber raids and when. If you send up all your strength too soon, you'll be caught refueling on the ground when the next - even bigger - raid comes over. If you're too cautious, you may be cut to pieces by the swarms of Messerschmitt 109s prowling the skies.
You can also play the German side, choosing strike groups and targets. You decide whether and when to bomb the radar stations, fighter airfields, coastal convoys, or London itself. Should you send diversionary raids out first or concentrate your forces? It's up to you. And you must choose the best aircraft for the needs of the mission: Junkers 87 Stukas are accurate dive-bombers... but they're slow and vulnerable to fighter attack. Heinkel 111s are tougher and faster, but lack precision capability. And you'll never seem to have enough Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighters to ward off those blasted Spitfires and Hurricanes!
Achtung Spitfire also features naval attacks - Stukas dive-bombing warships in the English Channel and rocket-armed Beaufighters patrolling the North Atlantic. The vertical movement system has been reworked for additional realism, including accurate G-loadings and the effects of negative-G forces on British engines that lacked fuel injection.
