Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Oct 1, 1989
- Simulator
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS
IGDB community rating 7.4IGDB5 votes
Overview
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is a World War II combat flight simulation game by Lawrence Holland, released in October 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS systems. It was the second game in the trilogy of World War II titles by Lucasfilm Games, the others being Battlehawks 1942 (1988) and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991). The game was released with a 192-page manual written by Victor Cross, that provided a detailed historical overview of the battle and pilots' perspectives. An expansion pack, Their Finest Missions: Volume One, was released in 1989.
Story
After humbling all of Europe, the dreaded Third Reich planned to bring Great Britain to its knees. Pilot British Spitfires and Hurricanes against the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt fighters or Stuka, Dornier and Heinkel bombers. Or climb inthe German cockpits to dogfight against the gallant pilots of the RAF.
- Developed by
- Lucasfilm Games
- Published by
- Lucasfilm Games, U.S. Gold
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Facts
- Game modes
- Single player
- Player perspectives
- First person
- Themes
- Action, Historical, Warfare
- Series
- World War II Air Combat Trilogy
- Release dates
- DOS: Oct 1989
- Amiga: 1990
- Atari ST/STE: 1990
