Video game · 1991
Hellcats over the Pacific
Released 1991 on Mac
- Made in
- United States
- Genre
- Simulator
- Themes
- Action, Historical, Warfare
About Hellcats over the Pacific
Hellcats Over the Pacific is a flight simulator focusing on the Pacific Theater of World War 2. The player assumes the role of a Grumman F6F Hellcat pilot in both land and carrier-based missions using guns and bombs. Hellcats used a special algorithm that Eric Parker initially programmed on a Sun SPARCstation to speed up the display of graphics on the screen. Hellcats offered amazing 256 colors at a time when 16 colors were the norm and (for the time) insanely smooth and fluid animations. The game was a huge hit on the small Macintosh gaming market, selling more than 50,000 copies.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| Mac | 1991 |
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