Captain Skyhawk
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Captain Skyhawk was a single player video game developed by Rare and released in 1990 by Milton Bradley Company for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The game featured a top-down scrolling overhead isometric projection with very detailed graphics for its time including simulated 3D terrain. The game player is the pilot of the plane, code-named the F-14VTS, and must both avoid the mountainous terrain while shooting aliens. There are nine missions in the game. Missions one through seven each have three objectives while missions eight and nine have two objectives and one objective, respectively. The objectives vary across missions and include destroying an enemy base, dropping supplies, fighting aerial battles, picking up a scientist, and docking with a space station.
The player can fire four types of weapons: Cannon, Phoenix Air Intercept Missiles, Maverick air-to-ground missiles, and Hawk bombs. The cannon is the only weapon with an unlimited supply. The rest of the weapons must be purchased between missions after docking with the space station.
The basic storyline is as follows: Aliens have invaded Earth, and have build four land bases. These bases are designed to drain Earth's energy and feed it to their mother space station. If the space station is allowed to obtain enough energy, it will destroy the Earth with a massive laser blast. You must destroy the enemy bases, then go after the space station itself! There's one small problem however... there is only one weapon powerful enough to defeat the space station: the top-secret Neutron Cannon. What's worse, scientists haven't finished developing it yet! Therefore, along with destroying the alien bases, you must make supply drops to the scientists working underground. Sometimes, the aliens will have a scientist captive. You must defeat the alien base and take the scientist to safety.