SkyChase

SkyChase is a combat flight simulator designed by Ralph Russell in 1988. It is the first game developed by Maxis.

SkyChase
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Maxis
Publisher(s)	NA: Broderbund EU: Image Works
Producer(s)	Jeff Braun[1]
Designer(s)	Ralph Russell[1]
Programmer(s)	Ralph Russell[1]
Artist(s)	Don Bayless[1]
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Release	1988 1990 (DOS)
Genre(s)	Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

SkyChase is an arcadey combat flight simulator often compared to Top Gun by Ocean Software.^[2][3][4]

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Aktueller Software Markt	26/50[4]
Amiga Computing	65%[5]
Computer and Video Games	3/10[2]
Commodore User	5/10[3]
Zzap!64	78%[6]

Julian Rignall of Computer and Video Games compared the game negatively to other flight simulators of the time: "Although Sky Chase has an impressive front end, the game itself is very simplistic, and plays similarly to Ocean's failed Top Gun Licence; it pales in comparison with Cascade's Ace II. There's little difference between the planes, and the gameplay is very repetitive."^[2]

Gary Whitta of Commodore User summarized: "[...] I would only advise you to consider buying Skychase if you have a chum to play it with. The computer mode is boring, too easy, and ultimately a drag to play."^[3]

Zzap!64 concluded that the game is "An exhilarating flying game - at its best with two players at the controls."^[6]

Reviews

• Jeux & Stratégie #54^[7]