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Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

1989 · Atari ST/STE · DOS · Amiga · Simulator

74IGDB player score
5 ratings

About this game

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is a World War II combat flight simulation game by Lawrence Holland, released in October 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS systems. It was the second game in the trilogy of World War II titles by Lucasfilm Games, the others being Battlehawks 1942 (1988) and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991). The game was released with a 192-page manual written by Victor Cross, that provided a detailed historical overview of the battle and pilots' perspectives. An expansion pack, Their Finest Missions: Volume One, was released in 1989.

After humbling all of Europe, the dreaded Third Reich planned to bring Great Britain to its knees. Pilot British Spitfires and Hurricanes against the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt fighters or Stuka, Dornier and Heinkel bombers. Or climb inthe German cockpits to dogfight against the gallant pilots of the RAF.

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Game facts

Release date

Oct 1, 1989

Developer

Lucasfilm Games

Publisher

Lucasfilm Games, U.S. Gold

Platforms

Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga

Genres

Simulator

Themes

Action, Historical, Warfare

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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