A-10 Attack!

A-10 Attack!
Developer(s)Parsoft Interactive
Publisher(s)Parsoft Interactive
Programmer(s)Eric Parker
Todd Hartmann
David Burkhalter
Philip H. Sulak
Artist(s)Kevin Abbot
Paul Curtis
Michael Saint
Luke Robinson
Platform(s)Apple Macintosh
Release1995
Genre(s)Air combat simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

A-10 Attack! is a combat flight simulation video game for the Apple Macintosh computer released by Parsoft Interactive in 1995. The game features an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft that takes part in a variety of missions in West Germany during a hypothetical limited conventional attack by the Warsaw Pact. A-10 boasted one of the most detailed flight models of any game of its era, a physics model that extended to solid-body interactions with the ground and complete aerodynamics for every object in the game, including ordnance. Macworld rated it "Best Flight Simulator" in a review of Mac simulations.[1]

The game was followed by a sequel named A-10 Cuba!, originally as a stand-alone game on the Mac and Windows-based PC's, but later re-released on the Mac as a plug-in module for the original game. The Mac OS versions were produced by Parsoft, while the PC version of Cuba was a joint production with Activision. This partnership was renewed for Parsoft's final release, Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons Over Europe.

  1. ^ Levy 1996, p. 85.