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THE UNCOVERTED

WING WAR

DEVELOPER: SEGA AM1 YEAR: 1994 GENRE: FLIGHT SIMULATOR

Sega’s Model 1 board occupies an odd space in the company’s history – it was clearly a revolutionary arcade board and home to some classic games, but it often tends to be overlooked due to the low number of games that Wing War, AM1’s only game for the board, is even odder in that it actually supports another revolutionary but rarely utilised piece of Sega arcade hardware: the R-360 cabinet, capable of simulating the full motion of the aircraft. However, the game was more commonly found in twin sit-down cabinets.

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