Skyfox II - 1988 - MS-DOS Game Review

[@lurkerrekrul]

This is one of the few games I had an original of for the C64. I was incredibly impressed the first time, I flew into the asteroids, stopped, and just watched them floating by. The C64 version had an option to load a data disk on the mission screen, but sadly they never made any. I wish someone knew the file format for missions so that people could make new ones. I also had a pirated copy for the Amiga, which I also enjoyed. They removed the data disk option because I guess by then, they had decided that they were never going to make any more missions for it. BTW, I drew that copy of the map, back in 2011. Well, I didn't draw it so much as trace a barely legible scan I made of the original, which had black print on dark blue paper. Someone else added the red arrows showing the connections between wormholes though. I just copied exactly what was on the original. I also made a lighter, blue textured version that more closely resembles the original, but I made the B/W one so people could print a copy without wasting all their color ink. I also scanned the manual, but mine only had references to the C64 version, since it came out before the rest.

[@msdosgamereviews]

That red lines was me. I tracked down a copy of the star map, cleaned it up as best I could, and then noticed that you don't know where they jump points take you, so I played a bit, found out and added the info to my copy of the map. This game reminds me so much of the Wing Commander games!

[@aluinie]

Also came out on Atari ST. ooked interesting

[@msdosgamereviews]

It plays really well.

[@ArttuTheCat]

I just recently bought the original SKYFOX for my Commodore 64 as one of the AriolaSoft game tapes this year's summer 😹👍🕹️. I haven't tested it yet, because i have been busy everyday 😹. But hopefully, i will test it before the end of 2024. SKYFOX II on the MS-DOS PC looks absolutely retrospectively as brilliant as on the Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️. A big retrospective like 👍🕹️ from Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

[@msdosgamereviews]

I hope you enjoy the game as much as I did.