F-14 Tomcat is an arcade flight combat game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Virtucraft and published by Majesco in North America and THQ in Europe. It is a port of the SNES game Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone with a new storyline. Missions send you over open ocean to shoot down MiGs and dodge heat-seeking missiles, then land back on the carrier. Progress is saved by password.
How To Play F-14 Tomcat
Control
Action
D-Pad
Pitch the nose up and down, bank left and right; line the jet up with the deck during carrier landings
A
Fire the selected weapon
B
Switch between cannon and missiles
L / R
Cut and raise throttle
Select
Change the camera view
Start
Pause the game
About F-14 Tomcat
Release date
NA: September 2, 2001; EU: February 22, 2002
Developer
Virtucraft
Publisher
Majesco (NA), THQ (EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Flight combat, action
Series
Port of Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone; its engine was reused for Super Hornet F/A-18F and F24: Stealth Fighter
Modes
Single-player campaign and landing practice; dogfights for up to four players over the Game Link Cable, each needing a cartridge
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Two notes: there was no Japanese release and no alternate regional title, so those rows are dropped. No scanned manual for this one turned up either — the camera switching and weapon use are documented in coverage of the game, but the specific button assignments in the table follow the standard scheme for GBA flight titles rather than a published chart.
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