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1088:10 November
886:11 November
849:Video Games
818:Video Games
702:- Jun, 1992
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623:Amiga Power
542:Publication
447:Publication
354:dogfighting
282:version of
210:multiplayer
135:Platform(s)
117:Jeff Stokol
115:Jody Sather
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1402:Categories
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1370:Falcon 3.0
1303:Giant Bomb
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176:(Mac, DOS)
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109:Artist(s)
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1082:Compute!
1078:"Falcon"
1061:23 April
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1020:Archived
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1206:7 March
1153:6 March
640:Reviews
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170:Release
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1363:Falcon
1351:series
1349:Falcon
1308:Review
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932:Dragon
910:Dragon
618:Falcon
616:1989.
606:Falcon
597:Falcon
588:Dragon
579:Falcon
537:Awards
457:Dragon
410:Falcon
403:Falcon
383:MiG-21
366:AGM-65
362:AIM-9L
358:AIM-9J
350:Falcon
299:Falcon
284:Falcon
264:MS-DOS
247:Falcon
231:Falcon
144:MS-DOS
127:Falcon
122:Series
36:Falcon
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489:(DOS)
450:Score
391:SA-7s
387:SA-2s
370:Mk 84
339:PC-98
307:Amiga
234:is a
156:PC-98
148:Amiga
1312:Info
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1063:2016
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419:and
311:CDTV
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