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F-15 strike eagle III : the official strategy guide

— Russell, Lawrence T. - Nama Orang;

One of the funniest questions ever received by Micro Prose's Customer Service staff was in reference to F-15 Strike Eagle III (hereafter Strike Eagle III). A representative called my office one day and said there was a guy on the phone who wanted to know if there was a "bug" in our F-15 game. Seems that every time he pushed the nose of his aircraft down, the screen would turn red. He was sure something was wrong with the program. Well, sue me. I thought that was hilarious (and I still do). But then I realized if there were people out there raising those types of questions, I hadn't done my job very well as a manual writer. So here I go again. (By way, when the screen goes red, that means you're pulling too many negative Gs. Blood rushes from your feet and pools in your head, affecting your vision.) Strike Eagle III was one of the most complex flight simulations ever produced by Micro Prose. Naturally it required an exceptional amount of documentation. The instruction manual which accompanies the game was intended to acquaint players with game mechanics and give them some scenario background only. But even given those modest guidelines, when the manual exceeded 100,000 words, we knew we had a monster on our hands. The size of the final draft was surprisingly large. Originally, we had wanted to include a general discussion of air com- bat and give players some idea of tactics they could use. Despite our best efforts to economize space, strategy tips had to be left out if the manual was going to fit in the box. Aside from a short section on basic air com- bat, players would be left to devise their own methods for completing missions.

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