B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
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This page is for the original 2000 version. For the 2024 remaster, see B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Redux.
Developers | |
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Wayward Design | |
Publishers | |
Retail, digital (2021-present) | MicroProse |
Retail | Hasbro Interactive |
Retail re-release | Infogrames |
Retail re-release | Atari |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Digital (2014-2021) | Retroism |
Digital (2014-2021) | Nightdive Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 13, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Flight |
Themes | World War II |
Series | B-17 Flying Fortress |
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th is a singleplayer first-person and third-person vehicle combat game in the B-17 Flying Fortress series.
General information
- Bombs Away game subforums
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] | |||
Retail | Infogrames and Atari reissues are DRM-free. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | Can be played without Steam running.[3] | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328900/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328900/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz, Intel Celeron 400 MHz, AMD K6-2 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3dfx Voodoo2 (12 MB VRAM), 3dfx Voodoo3, Matrox G200, Nvidia Riva TNT, ATI Rage 128, S3 Savage4, 3D Labs Permedia 2 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/328900/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (328900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20