Kennedy Approach
One Armed Bandit · April 23, 2023 · Casual, Simulation, Strategy, Old School, Real Time Tactics
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Kennedy Approach price by region
Kennedy Approach costs £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | £3.39 | £3.39 | — | 1 |
 United Statesyour region | $3.99 | $3.99 | — | 1 |
 Europe (EUR) | €3.99 | €3.99 | — | 1 |
 Georgia (USD) | $3.99 | $3.99 | — | 1 |
 Canada | CA$4.99 | CA$4.99 | — | 1 |
 Australia | A$5.95 | A$5.95 | — | 1 |
 New Zealand | NZ$5.99 | NZ$5.99 | — | 1 |
 Brazil | R$13.79 | R$13.79 | — | 1 |
 Poland | zł17.99 | zł17.99 | — | 1 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
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About Kennedy Approach
Overview
Air Traffic Control is one of the world's most demanding professions. Every minute in the tower a Controller is called on to make life or death decisions for thousands of passengers and crewmembers. He or she must control a constantly changing situation; monitoring flight departures and arrivals; guiding planes around bad weather, mountainous terrain, and restricted flight areas; coping with fuel emergencies, slow planes, and fast jets (including the supersonic Concorde). In this fast-moving environment, even the slightest miscalculation can lead to a dangerous near-miss or mid-air disaster! Air traffic control is not for everybody; to succeed you must have superb concentration, quick wits, and nerves of steel.
KENNEDY APROACH gives you a chance to test your mettle. How well can you handle the pressure and responsibility? Learn the ropes by working the graveyard shift at Atlanta International, and then work your way up to prime time at John F. Kennedy International.
Happy Landings!
History
Kennedy Approach is an air traffic control simulation computer game originally released for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64 in 1985.
It was designed by Andy Hollis.
Gameplay
The player assumes the role of a air traffic controller, giving instructions to aircraft so that they can safely reach their destination without the flights being delayed or exiting/landing in the wrong location.
The aircraft either come flying in on the screen and have preset exit or landing points or show up as wanting to take off with an exit point.
It is the player's job to determine the route each aircraft flies and when they may land or take off.
In early game only a few planes will be present but their number keeps increasing in later stages.
It's the player's job to make sure that
- there is sufficient distance between aircraft.
- planes are not delayed
- planes exit at the correct corridor, at the correct altitude
- planes don't fly into storms
- planes don't fly over no-fly-zones.
- planes don't crash into mountains.
A keyboard is REQUIRED. Although a mouse can be used to issue commands, it will be much easier and faster to use the keyboard.
Remake
I tried to make the game as identical as possible to the original version. Gameplay is exactly the same. This second remake supports bigger screen resolutions and has somewhat nicer graphics.
It only runs on Windows O.S 64-bit.
The remake has five additional fan-made maps:
- Hongkong
- London
- Chicago
- Roanoke
- Orlando
Steam related features
Achievements (over 50, and more in the making), statistics and leaderboards.
Future
Free-play (pick any map, at any level, play endlessly).
And provided there is enough attention, I will work on
- save and resume
- support custom maps
- support custom voices
- nicer graphics
Kennedy Approach — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
If you played this, on old Commodre computer, 64 or Amiga. Then you should play this version. improve and with more options.2 found this helpful
Getting all 52 achievements was fun though HK Prime Time was very tough. Saved a GS17 level and would load it back until I could get it. In the old PC version you could load such a game and play any map on Prime Time. The old Atari or Commodore colors are cool to pick from, though playing Chicago with Atari colors is nearly impossible with a quarter of the screen on the right is blacked out by lake michigan. Had a lot of fun, Glad it is resizeable, for full screen loses the bottom row on my system. Seeing career info on loading in a save is interesting too. EDIT: Full screen issue fixed with the latest patch.1 found this helpful
Everything I remember from the Commodore 64 version and more! Controllable with both keyboard and mouse. Graphics and sound seem identical to the C-64 version. Additionally there are new cities that weren't in the original version, the anticipated path of the planes are highlighted for you before you issue the instructions, and a little key shows up next to the planes on the map to remind you where they are coming from and going to. Also there's more options than the original had, you can save your games.1 found this helpful
I played this game so much on the Atari 800XL back in 1985 -86 that I am sure I would have reached 1000 hours lol. I then played it on Commodore 64 for many hours. I still find several of the maps very challenging. My favorite is Chicago. I am so glad this is on Steam now, I love the extra capabilities and nice to have more maps. I would love to see more mouse options like ability to click on the plane list at the top to select a plane to take off, menu options to select the mouse wheel for altitude change or direction change etc. Of course you would have to be able to just click on a plane in flight to select it instead of holding mouse button down. Awesome game! I bet a lot of the newer generation kids of all ages would enjoy this game if they only knew about it! I have hundreds of games on my system and right now I play this more than any others, that says something.
Short play, simple yet challenging and addictive. Played on original C64 35 years ago and still a great way to spend an hour or two.
Truthful recreation of the original and just as much fun...
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