MIG-29 Fulcrum • Novalogic 1998

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦
𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦, ‘𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭’ 𝘰𝘳 ‘𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵’.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴.
𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘺.”
𝘠𝘶𝘳𝘪 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘬𝘰, 𝘔𝘪𝘎-29 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵

MIG-29 Fulcrum was developed by Novalogic and was released in 1998 alongside F-16 Multirole Fighter. Both were built on the same fully polygonal 3d engine (no more voxels) based on F-22 Raptor and Lightning II. The game was built to support 'Integrated Battle Space' which enabled 128 players to battle together over the internet with other F-16 and F-22 virtual pilots. All 3 sims were released in 1999 as part of the Jet Pack.
Front box cover:
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Back box cover:
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In 2009 the game was released on Steam and is still available on the store.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/32...
IT'S ON 75% SALE CURRENTLY!

Since it was released one year after Raptor some things got improved. The game supported 3dfx Voodoo 1 and 2 3d accelerators and resolutions up to 1024x768.

Novalogic advertised that the real MIG test pilot was involved in creating this title - Yuri V. Prikhodko and thus flight modelling got some realistic treatment - unbalanced loadout had impact on aircraft handling. Flameouts and flatspins were also modelled and could be disabled through the options screen. You could also force really high angle of attack on that bird - trying to recreate real 'Kobra' maneuver was possible. There were also few surprises in avionics department. Since F-16 MRF got its fancy LANTIRN targeting pod, MIG-29 modelled IRST system which enabled you to silently hunt for your targets with IR guided missiles without the need of turning on your radar.

As with most Novalogic flight sims, there were several campaigns set around the world's hot spots each with a series of missions. There were also few training flights where you could learn all the fundamentals, available through Quick MIssion menu.

A wide assortment of weapons (compared to previous F-22 Raptor) was available. Ranging from IR and radar homing A/A missiles, through dumb and TV guided bombs with different payloads to A/G missiles with various guidance (laser, TV, radar, passive-radar) missiles and finally drop tanks.

Worth noting is that the "Bitchin' Betty" cockpit warning voice and other pilot voices were also recorded in Russian. You could switch English / Russian voice-overs in game options for ultimate immersion.

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0:00 Intro
1:53 Main menu
2:29 Pilot selection
2:58 Mission briefing
4:28 Loadout screen (there are more weapons available, stores are limited in campaigns)
5:25 Campagin 2 Mission 1 start (software mode)
10:50 Some high alpha maneuvers
13:55 Landing with drag chute deployment
14:27 Missin stats
14:38 Options / keyboard map
15:14 Campaign 2 Mission 2 briefing
16:40 C2M2 start (3dfx/glide mode)
20:00 Mid-air collision, happened to me first time ever in fixed wing Novalogic flight sim
21:28 MIG-29 Overview
23:21 Credits

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