B-1 Nuclear Bomber
A 1980 flight simulator about dropping a nuclear bomb.
In 1980, Avalon Hill and Microcomputer Games released B-1 Nuclear Bomber, a flight simulator for the Apple II and other computers. Players pilot a B-1 Lancer toward a target to drop a nuclear bomb, with the USSR listed as one possible target country.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Microcomputer Games
- Publisher
- Avalon Hill
- Genre
- Flight simulator
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- Apple II
- Atari 8-bit
- PET
- VIC-20
- Commodore 64
- CP/M
- MS-DOS
- TRS-80
- TI-99/4A
Facts from the source article.
Reception
Larry Kerns found B-1 Nuclear Bomber overpriced and quickly dull, calling its fancy box a waste and noting that while storing three languages on one tape was clever, most of what you bought was useless. Chris Cummings, however, described it as hours of fun, especially for those who wanted to feel like a pilot dropping a nuclear bomb on an enemy. In March 1983, the game tied for eighth place in Softline's Dog of the Year awards for badness on Atari 8-bit computers, based on reader votes. A 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of modern-setting wargames gave it zero stars, saying its play mechanics were already embarrassing at release. The same magazine stated in 1994 that Avalon Hill's games like B-1 felt dated even when they first appeared on old 8-bit machines.
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