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Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator - Atari 2600 |
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Atari 2600 joystick: |
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Joystick control: |
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Player 1: |
Player 2: |
joystick |
↑↓←→ |
TGFH |
trigger |
Spacebar |
A |
RESET |
F12 |
F12 |
SELECT |
F11 |
F11 |
Pause |
Alt+P |
Alt+P |
Save |
F8 |
F8 |
black-white / color mode: F2 |
paddle / joystick mode: Alt+L |
Help: |
This Atari game is emulated by JavaScript only. If you prefere to use Java applet emulator, please follow this link. |
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Other platforms:
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This game can be played also in a version for
Atari 7800. We are working on the others.
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Game info: |
box cover
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Game title: |
Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator |
Console: |
Atari 2600 |
Author (released): |
Imagineering (1988) |
Genre: |
Action, Shooter, Simulator |
Mode: |
Single-player |
Design: |
Daniel James Kitchen, Steve Kitchen |
Music: |
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Game manual: |
manual.pdf
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File size: |
1052 kB |
Download: |
Tomcat.a26
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Game size: |
16 kB |
Recommended emulator: |
Stella |
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From MobyGames:
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Become a F-14 Naval Aviator undergoing seek and destroy missions while dodging and gunning enemy bogeys in deadly dogfights with your 20mm cannon and air-to-air missiles. Your cockpit comes with state of the art technology, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force: Display and main computer, Bogey Alert Indicator, G-Force Indicator, Electronic Counter Measures, and a Cannon Overheat Indicator (yes, it can overheat!)...and if your feeling up to it, give the ol'bird a boost to Mach 1.0!
The gameplay like other simulation games consists of taking off, flying, combat and landing. Though most of the gameplay focuses around dogfighting with enemy bogeys (dodging missiles). In addition to that, there are also night-flying missions that add difficulty due to limited vision.
Taking off and landing however, also requires additional skill as your doing it on the USS Enterprise (No relation to Star Trek), not on your standard airstrip. Pay attention to the F.D. officer as your preparing to take off (since he's the boss when it comes to this stuff...and try not to run over him...yet). Your weaponry consists of a M 61 Machine Gun and 3 different AIM Missiles (AIM 7, 9, 54) each packed with 15 missiles (that's a lot of missiles!). After each mission you will receive a Mission Rating which is based on your flying skill, number of bogey kill and number of weapons fired.
More details about this game can be found on
MobyGames.com.
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For fans and collectors:
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Find this game on video server
YouTube.com
or
Vimeo.com.
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Buy original game or Atari 2600 console on
Amazon.com
or
eBay.com.
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Find digital download of this game on
GOG
or
Steam.
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Videogame Console: |
This version of Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the
Atari 2600 can be found here. |
Recommended Game Controllers:
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You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller in Amazon or in some of your favorite online stores.
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Available online emulators: |
4 different online emulators are available for Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For
maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic
features of each emulator available for this game Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator are summarized in the following table:
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Emulator
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Technology
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Multiplayer
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USB gamepad
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Touchscreen
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Without ads
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Javatari
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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YES
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NeptunJS
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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NO
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EmulatorJS
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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YES
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NO
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JStella
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Java applet
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YES
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NO
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NO
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YES
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