Flyer Fox

In the world of Flyer Fox , civil aviation has become a highly dangerous
endeavor. Aerial terrorists routinely shoot down commercial airliners. The
only solution: a courageous pilot must man the new Flyer Fox fighter and
escort the jumbo jets safely to their destination.

The game is a shooter, seen from the cockpit perspective of the Flyer Fox.
Each level begins with an automatic takeoff so the Fox finds itself behind the
airliner to protect. Soon, enemy fighters will appear and must be shot down
with the Fox’s guns to keep the jumbo from harm. Cockpit instrumentation
includes a radar, a compass and an artificial horizon, to be used to locate
any enemies and also to find one’s way back to the protected plane. There is
also a status line that displays the current damage level of the airliner. If
either the jumbo is shot down or the Fox’s fuel runs out before all enemies
are shot down, it’s game over. In later levels the difficulty increases, with
the enemy planes being more agile and actually shooting back.

In an unusual feature for a mid-80s title, the game features synthesized
speech, used for radio messages from the airliner.