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{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = SU-27 Flanker
| image = Su-27 Flanker Coverart.jpg
| developer = [[Eagle Dynamics]]
| publisher = [[Strategic Simulations]]
| director = Nick Grey
| designer = 
| engine = 
| released = '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 10, 1995<ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-11-19 |title=SSI: Press Releases: SU 27 |url=http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_su27.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961119123507/http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_su27.html |archive-date=1996-11-19 }}</ref>|EU|1995}}'''MS-DOS'''{{vgrelease|NA|May 26, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=1996-11-19 |title=SSI: Press Releases: Su-27 FLANKER NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOS! |url=http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_su27ii.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961119123416/http://www.ssionline.com/cgi-bin/omixlink?709815180+insider/press_releases/pr_su27ii.html |archive-date=1996-11-19 }}</ref>|EU|1996}}
| genre = [[Combat flight simulation game|Air combat simulation]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Windows 95]], [[MS-DOS]]
}}

'''''Su-27 Flanker''''' is a [[Combat flight simulation game|combat flight simulator]] released for the [[IBM PC compatible|PC]] ([[DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]) in [[1995 in video gaming|1995]] on [[Compact disc|CD]]. Developed in [[Russia]] by [[Eagle Dynamics]] and published by [[Strategic Simulations|Strategic Simulations, Inc]] (SSI), the game takes place in [[Crimea]] and allows players to fly the [[Sukhoi Su-27]] in various combat roles. The game also includes a mission editor, allowing the player to create custom gameplay scenarios.

The Windows 95 version was released first, with the DOS version being developed later.<ref name="NGen15"/>

==Version history==
* ''Su-27 Flanker'': released 1995
* ''Su-27 Flanker Mission Disk'': released 1997
* ''Su-27 Flanker: Squadron Commander's Edition'': released 1997, compilation that includes the main game and expansion

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| NGen = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="NGen15" />
| rev5 = ''[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]]''
| rev5Score= A−<ref name=pcgamesrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970207070313/http://www.pcgamesmag.com/games/Feb96/su27296.html | url=http://www.pcgamesmag.com:80/games/Feb96/su27296.html | title=''Su-27 Flanker'' | work=[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]] | author=Lukban, Anthony | archive-date=February 7, 1997 | date=February 1996 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
Reviewing the Windows 95 version, a ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' critic summarized the game as being "designed for realism over ease of use." He noted that the notations in the cockpit are in Russian, and that the game has no introduction of any sort when it boots up, instead simply presenting a long list of files with undescriptive names, leaving the player with no idea of where to start. He concluded that serious flight sim enthusiasts should consider getting the game for its "unsurpassed" realistic modeling of the Su-27, but that anyone else would be completely lost. He scored it two out of five stars.<ref name="NGen15">{{cite magazine|title=Su-27 Flanker|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=15 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=March 1996|pages=93, 95}}</ref>

''Su-27 Flanker'' was a runner-up for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1995 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[[EF2000 (video game)|EF2000]]''. The editors wrote that ''Su-27 Flanker'' features "an astonishing variety of allies and targets in the air and on the ground, as well as extremely challenging computer pilot AI."<ref name=cgw1995>{{cite magazine | author=Staff |title=The Computer Gaming World 1996 Premier Awards |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=143 |date=June 1996 |pages=55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67 }}</ref>

== Sequels ==

* ''[[Flanker 2.0]]'': is a direct sequel to ''Su-27 Flanker''.
* ''[[Lock On: Modern Air Combat]]'' is a continuation of the ''Flanker'' series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LockOn: Modern Air Combat |url=https://www.lockon.ru/en/modern_air_combat/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.lockon.ru}}</ref>
* ''[[Digital Combat Simulator]]'' includes Su-27, [[Sukhoi Su-33|Su-33]] and [[Shenyang J-11|J-11]] simulations descended from the ''Flanker'' and ''Lock On'' versions.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/su-27-flanker|name=''Su-27 Flanker''}}
* [http://www.eagle.ru Eagle Dynamics]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/su27flanker/review.html Gamespot.com's review of ''Su-27 Flanker'']

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[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:Combat flight simulators]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Eagle Dynamics games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Strategic Simulations games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Russia]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Works set in Crimea]]