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Forward' has also been included. Safe Fast Forward slows the game down to normal speed when a plane crash is imminent, allowing the player more time to prevent it. 'Windy Airfield' is a newly added airfield which only allows the player to land planes on runways that face into the wind. Runways that face the same direction as the wind are closed until the wind changes. A windsock indicates which direction the wind is coming from. The latest update brings the playable runway total to five.
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point, and as the player's score increases, so does the number of aircraft that will appear on the screen simultaneously. The game ends when two or more aircraft collide. Players receive a high score for the most planes landed, which can be uploaded to online leaderboards using Firemint's cloudcell technology as well as to those in the iOS
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Update 1.7, released on May 11, 2010, completely overhauls the graphical engine to add higher quality animations and more vibrant detail to the game. For fans of the Flight Control theme song, the 1.7 update extends the length of the title screen melody. A new fast forward feature called 'Safe Fast
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at an extremely busy airport. The airport features a runway for large red jets, a runway for small yellow planes and a helipad for blue helicopters. Players draw paths along the field to direct each aircraft to its designated landing zone. Each successfully landed aircraft scores the player one
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in 19 countries simultaneously on April 6, 2009 and has sold over 3.8 million copies. The development and publishing of Flight Control on non-Apple mobile phones is being handled by
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resolution, four player co-operative multiplayer, as well as an exclusive new map, Metropolis, which features a day and night cycle. Flight Control HD was also ported to the
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also gave the game 8 out of 10, complimenting, "if you could put Flight Control in a needle, it'd be considered a Class A drug. That's how simple and addictive it is."
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has been the number one downloaded paid application in over 20 countries. It has sold over 3.8 million copies worldwide.
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In September 2015, the iOS version was removed for sale from the App Store, although it remains for sale on Android.
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and first released for iOS on March 5, 2009. The app was a number one bestseller on the
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to enable multiplayer via a second device. The 1.5 update includes a new
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awarded it Best Casual/Puzzle Game for iPhone in 2010. During the
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gave the game 8 out of 10, praising its long lasting gameplay.
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version supports exclusive additional features including a
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Index


Developer(s)
Firemint
Publisher(s)
Namco
Platform(s)
iOS
Nintendo DS
Wii
PlayStation 3
Windows Phone
OS X
Microsoft Windows
iPad
Android
PAL
NA
EU
JP
Genre(s)
Time management
Single-player
multiplayer
time management
iOS
Wii
Nintendo DS
Android
Windows Phone 7
Firemint

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