{{Short description|1994 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = Flying Nightmares |image = Macintosh Flying Nightmares cover art.jpg |caption = North American Macintosh cover art |developer = Simis Limited<br>Likelike Productions <small>(3DO)</small> |publisher = Domark Software, Inc. |producer = John Kavanagh |designer = Chris Tubbs<br>David W. Payne<br>Jonathan Newth |programmer = Colin Boswell |artist = Alan Tomkins<br>Tony West |writer = Doug Richardson |platforms = 3DO Interactive Multiplayer<br>Macintosh |released = '''Macintosh'''{{vgrelease|NA|1 January 1994}} '''3DO'''{{vgrelease|NA|1 January 1995|EU|1995}} |genre = Combat flight simulator |modes = Single-player }} '''''Flying Nightmares''''' is a flight simulator published by Domark for the Power Macintosh running classic Mac OS. It was a port of the almost identical IBM PC version, ''SVGA Harrier''. It was one of the first commercial PPC native games. It was later ported to the 3DO by Lifelike Productions.
Released on compact disk, it was notable for having a 10 MB introduction video that was not based on actual in-game footage, while the game itself was only 3 MB and was based on SVGA graphics ported from the PC.
==Gameplay== ''Flying Nightmares'' is a combat flight simulator in a Harrier jump jet.<ref name="NG"/> It is combined with a theatre-scale strategic layer.{{cn|date=October 2018}}
==Reception== {{expand section|date = December 2024}} {{video game reviews | NGen = {{rating|3|5}} (3DO)<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=12|publisher=Imagine Media|date=December 1995|page=185}}</ref>| | rev1 = Power Unlimited | rev1Score = 72%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Power Unlimited Game Database |url=http://www.powerweb.nl/database/index.php?&query%5border%5d=platform&ending=DESC&query%5bstart%5d=3980 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030828172958/http://www.powerweb.nl/database/index.php?&query%5border%5d=platform&ending=DESC&query%5bstart%5d=3980 |archive-date=August 28, 2003 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=Power Unlimited}}</ref> }} ''Next Generation'' reviewed the 3DO version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "this is as good as the 3DO is likely to see, but still not recommended for everyone."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=12|publisher=Imagine Media|date=December 1995|page=185}}</ref>
==Reviews== *''GamePro'' (Nov, 1995) *''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' (Nov, 1995) *Power Unlimited - Mar, 1996 *All Game Guide - 1998
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==External links== * [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3do/584386-flying-nightmares ''Flying Nightmares''] at GameFAQs * [https://www.giantbomb.com/flying-nightmares/3030-37479/ ''Flying Nightmares''] at Giant Bomb * [http://www.mobygames.com/game/flying-nightmares ''Flying Nightmares''] at MobyGames
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flying Nightmares}} Category:1994 video games Category:3DO games Category:Cancelled Sega CD games Category:Classic Mac OS games Category:Combat flight simulators Category:Domark games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games developed in the United States