''Chennault's Flying Tigers'' (shown as ''Flying Tigers'' on the packaging) is a video game published in 1981 by Discovery Games for the

Apple II Apple II ("apple Roman numerals, two", stylized as Apple ][) is a series of microcomputers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1977 to 1993. The Apple II (original), original Apple II model, which gave the series its name, was designed ...

, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore PET, and TRS-80.

Gameplay

''Flying Tigers'' is a game in which a squadron of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, P40C Tomahawk battles Japanese pilots in December 1941. The game is based on the

Flying Tigers The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States Ar ...

who flew over China during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The player is tasked with shooting down Japanese bombers and fighters using a keyboard and a joystick.

Reception

Dr. Johnny Wilson reviewed the game for ''

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...

'', and stated that "In short, Flying Tigers is an interesting game that is not yet living up to its potential."

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* 1981 video games Apple II games Atari 8-bit computer games Combat flight simulators Commodore PET games Flying Tigers in fiction Japan in non-Japanese culture TRS-80 games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in China Works about the Second Sino-Japanese War World War II video games {{videogame-stub