Captain Skyhawk (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Milton Bradley’s 1990 air combat action game for the NES, Captain Skyhawk. Captain Skyhawk was always a game I really enjoyed as a kid. We rented it often, and no matter how many times I beat it, it was always a reliable standby for those weekends when all the good stuff had already been taken by the time we got to the video store. It’s a flight combat “simulation“ that plays at a frantic, breakneck pace, making it feel far closer to an arcade game than most NES flight games managed. You’re given eight missions in total, and these are always broken up into three distinct parts: the first is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up stage where you have to either destroy a base, rescue a scientist, or bomb a target. These stages make up the lion’s share of the gameplay, and are definitely the best part of the game. You dodge and weave between mountains as you take out a variety of ships, helicopters, and anti-air batteries, and though you have contr