# Flying Nightmares

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Nightmares
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Nightmares.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Nightmares
> Source revision: 1279847272
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title      = Flying Nightmares
|image      = Macintosh Flying Nightmares cover art.jpg
|caption    = North American [Macintosh](/source/Macintosh) cover art
|developer  = Simis Limited<br>Likelike Productions <small>(3DO)</small>
|publisher  = [Domark Software, Inc.](/source/Square_Enix_Europe)
|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](/source/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer)<br>[Macintosh](/source/Macintosh)
|released   = '''Macintosh'''{{vgrelease|NA|1 January [1994](/source/1994_in_video_gaming)}} '''3DO'''{{vgrelease|NA|1 January [1995](/source/1995_in_video_gaming)|EU|1995}}
|genre      = [Combat flight simulator](/source/Combat_flight_simulator)
|modes      = [Single-player](/source/Single-player_video_game)
}}
'''''Flying Nightmares''''' is a [flight simulator](/source/flight_simulator) published by [Domark](/source/Domark) for the [Power Macintosh](/source/Power_Macintosh) running [classic Mac OS](/source/classic_Mac_OS). It was a port of the almost identical [IBM PC](/source/IBM_PC) version, ''[SVGA Harrier](/source/AV-8B_Harrier_Assault)''. It was one of the first commercial PPC native games. It was later ported to the [3DO](/source/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer) by [Lifelike Productions](/source/Lifelike_Productions).

Released on [compact disk](/source/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](/source/SVGA) graphics ported from the PC. 

==Gameplay==
''Flying Nightmares'' is a combat flight simulator in a [Harrier jump jet](/source/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](/source/Next_Generation_(magazine))|issue=12|publisher=[Imagine Media](/source/Future_US)|date=December 1995|page=185}}</ref>|
| rev1 = [Power Unlimited](/source/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](/source/Power_Unlimited)}}</ref>
}}
''[Next Generation](/source/Next_Generation_(magazine))'' 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](/source/Next_Generation_(magazine))|issue=12|publisher=[Imagine Media](/source/Future_US)|date=December 1995|page=185}}</ref> 

==Reviews==
*''[GamePro](/source/GamePro)'' (Nov, 1995)
*''[Electronic Gaming Monthly](/source/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly)'' (Nov, 1995)
*[Power Unlimited](/source/Power_Unlimited) - Mar, 1996
*[All Game Guide](/source/All_Game_Guide) - 1998

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3do/584386-flying-nightmares ''Flying Nightmares''] at [GameFAQs](/source/GameFAQs)
* [https://www.giantbomb.com/flying-nightmares/3030-37479/ ''Flying Nightmares''] at [Giant Bomb](/source/Giant_Bomb)
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/flying-nightmares ''Flying Nightmares''] at [MobyGames](/source/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

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flying Nightmares](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Nightmares) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Nightmares?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.