title: SkyChase
text: # SkyChase
  
  SkyChase is a combat flight simulator designed by Ralph Russell in 1988. It is the first game developed by Maxis.
  
  ## Gameplay
  
  SkyChase is an arcadey combat flight simulator often compared to Top Gun by Ocean Software.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Review scores :
  
  | Publication | Score |
  | - | - |
  | Aktueller Software Markt | 26/50 |
  | Amiga Computing | 65% |
  | Computer and Video Games | 3/10 |
  | Commodore User | 5/10 |
  | Zzap!64 | 78% |
  
  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."
  
  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."
  
  Zzap!64 concluded that the game is "An exhilarating flying game - at its best with two players at the controls."
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * Jeux & Stratégie #54
  