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Oh dear, where to start with Flight Path 737...

Probably at the cassette box. A Boeing 737 is a twin engine jet, with a conventional tail, however, the cassette box shows a picture of something with a T-tail, somewhat reminiscent of a DC-9. This may seem picky, but getting entirely the wrong aircraft on the box is just the first of a series of fundamental problems with this game.

Secondly, the game is entirely written in BASIC, except a routine to play two channel sound through the beeper - which is the only redeeming feature of the entire game. This means the game controls react ponderously. The game instructions aren't very good either, the first problem is that they don't tell you to line up *exactly* to the degree with the runway, or you will crash at exactly 100 knots on the takeoff roll. Any real pilot will tell you they look out the window and steer, they don't line up the compass exactly!

If you do manage to get airborne, then you discover the picture of the mountains is not animated, rather, static.

It's doubtful whether a worse flight simulator was written for the Sinclair Spectrum. It only makes it worse that the program was a full-price game back in the day.