Twin Tornado

Twin Tornado is a video game in the simulation genre and published by Doctorsoft originally released in 1987. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

Twin Tornado is a flight simulator that allows you to fly a plane and participate in a dogfight, either against the computer or against a friend. Before participating you can do a training flight to get used to the controls. If you make a mistake that affects your flight, the border flashes red to warn you, but allows you to continue flying. In all game modes you start on a runway and can also land.

The screen is split in two: the top half is the cockpit view and the bottom half is the instrument panel. The instrument panel is detailed and includes what you would find in a flight simulator. You will find various instruments such as the altimeter, speed, compass, horizon and many others. You use a joystick to control your aircraft, you even use another joystick to control the speed. The keyboard is used to adjust instruments or use other elements of your aircraft.

The big selling point was that you could buy a cable from the company and connect two Commodore 64s to have a dogfight against a friend. Playing against your friend or the computer, after takeoff you had to fly up to 6000 feet before the enemy plane could be detected. The computer has 16 skill levels to choose from.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.