Kennedy Approach
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Kennedy Approach is an air traffic control simulation computer game released in 1986 by MicroProse.
Game play
The player plays the role of the air traffic controller, i.e. the operator in the ATC center that gives orders to aircraft so that they can land, take off and turn to their flight corridors. The purpose of the game is to manage the flights that are presented to the player without the flights being delayed or exiting/landing in the wrong places. The aircraft either come flying in on the screen and have preset exit or landing points or show up as wanting to takeoff with an exit point. It is the players job to schedule which aircraft gets to fly where and use the airports to land or take off.The aircraft cannot be too close to each other, so the player needs to make sure that they are passing each other on different flightlevels or with sufficient distance between them. When in danger of crashing or exiting the wrong exit point the aircraft will inform the ATC operator (player) but are not allowed to change course/altitude without an order from the player. To start with there are few flights at the same time, but at higher levels there are multiple flights that need management at the same time. Also storms which the aircraft can not pass through show up and some aircraft have very little fuel and have to land fast or they will crash.
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