EF2000 (video game) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

EF2000 is a combat flight simulation video game released in December 1995 for DOS

DOS

DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...

on the IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible

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personal computer. It is the sequel to Digital Image Design

Digital Image Design

Digital Image Design was a British video game developer founded by Martin Kenwright and Phillip Allsopp in 1989 and was originally based in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The company had employed around eighty developers who specialized in areas of software and simulation...

's earlier software title, TFX

TFX (computer game)

TFX was one of the precursor combat flight simulators that helped to define the standards of modern combat flight simulators, together with Tornado, F14 Fleet Defender and the Falcon series....

. It was released after the introduction of Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...

but only runs in DOS

DOS

mode.
It features the Eurofighter. The simulation

Simulation

Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....

featured detailed terrain of the Baltic region

Baltic region

The terms Baltic region, Baltic Rim countries, and Baltic Rim refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.- Etymology :...

, featuring countries such as Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

and some parts of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. The simulation supported early Virtual Reality goggles.

EF2000 comes with an illustrated 285 page manual and includes a paper operational navigation map along with a paper quick command and control guide.

Gameplay

Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...

consists of quick combat, simulator (free flight mode), training, multiplayer and campaign mode. Missions require the player to evade ground-based and airborne defenses. Mid-air refueling is included.

MFD

Multi-function display

A Multi-function display is a small screen in an aircraft surrounded by multiple buttons that can be used to display information to the pilot in numerous configurable ways. Often an MFD will be used in concert with a Primary Flight Display. MFDs are part of the digital era of modern planes or...

s allow player to attack both flying and grounded targets with a range of weapons, including precision-guided munitions

Precision-guided munition

A precision-guided munition is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, and to minimize damage to things other than the target....

, missiles and unguided "iron dumb bombs".

"Spot view" allows for remote viewing of targets, enemies, friendly forces or the player's own EF2000. With "padlock" the computer could lock onto a target and follow it around the cockpit even when it passed away from directly in front of the player's aircraft.

The game featured a dynamic campaign that simulating a campaign set in northern Europe.

Graphics features included naturally irregular topography, clouds and darkening skies at high altitudes.

Air Forces

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Ground forces

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Naval forces

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Sequels

EF2000 spawned later versions with various improvements, including EF2000 V2.0 for Windows 95

Windows 95

and Super EF2000 with the Tactcom additions for Windows 95

Windows 95

(both compatible with Windows 98

Windows 98

Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...

, 98SE and ME). The graphics were boosted when Digital Image Design

Digital Image Design

(DID) released the "Graphics+"-Patch, which added Glide API

Glide API

Glide is a 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive for their Voodoo Graphics 3D accelerator cards. Although it originally started as a proprietary API, it was later open sourced by 3dfx. It was dedicated to gaming performance, supporting geometry and texture mapping primarily, in data...

support to EF2000. In addition DID Simulations followed up with games based on the F-22

F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals...

- first with F-22: Air Dominance Fighter

F-22: Air Dominance Fighter

F-22: Air Dominance Fighter is a 1997 PC game by Digital Image Design. The game is a flight simulator based on the F-22 Raptor, and features a "quick combat" mode allowing you to fly combat missions over the middle-east or choose from three different tours of duty. F-22 ADF was preceded by EF2000...

and F-22 Total Air War

F-22 Total Air War

F-22 Total Air War, also known as Total Air War or by its acronym TAW, is a fighter jet flight simulator game released in 1998 centering around the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft. The game was published by Infogrames Entertainment and then later by Atari and was developed by Digital Image Design...

.

The EF2000 series came to an end in 2001 when Rage Games Limited released Eurofighter Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon (video game)

Eurofighter Typhoon is a combat flight simulator game modeling the jet fighter Eurofighter Typhoon. Digital Image Design was in process of developing the game when the company was bought by Rage Software. It was the successor to Total Air War....

. It was developed from the makers of EF2000 and has the Digital Image Design label on the box.

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