Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator - WWII Europe Series
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Released: August 22nd, 2019 on ObscureGamers.com
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Development prototype builds found a Katana development kit from the
Honolulu office of Konami Computer Entertainment America.

The system was, by all appearences, untouched since it left KCEA offices,
so all the builds were still intact.  Included are two somewhat playable
builds of the game, and several little tech demos that may or may not
work.  :)  I'm just including them since they were on the devkit.

This release includes every compiled build found on the drive, as well as
a complete image of the drive itself for those that might want to have or
experiment with the original files, and as a 'just in case' backup of
everything.

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Huge thanks to SiZiOUS on the ObscureGamers.com forums for helping me get
these converted into the GDI format so we can run them on DeMul!
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The game itself is Windows CE based, so DeMul is required for emulation.
Files included:

Microsoft_Combat_Flight_Simulator_-_WWII_Europe_Series_(1999-11-05_prototype)
[Technical demo]

Microsoft_Combat_Flight_Simulator_-_WWII_Europe_Series_(2000-08-08_prototype_Original)
[Earliest functional build, this version does not load but is exactly as it was
found on the devkit hard drive. The .Zip file also contains a small patch tool to
modifiy the files so they will run.  I've also included a patched version so you don't
have to do this...]

Microsoft_Combat_Flight_Simulator_-_WWII_Europe_Series_(2000-08-08_prototype_Patched)
[This version is patched to load on DeMul.]

Microsoft_Combat_Flight_Simulator_-_WWII_Europe_Series_(2000-09-27_prototype)
[This is the latest build found on the devkit.  A little more 'playable' than the
Aug 8th build, but these are still in prototype states so don't expect a full game
or anything. :) ]

Extras folder
[4 sample/test builds.  They don't seem to run as-is]

Katana.zip
[This is the full image of the Katana Development Kit drive, including unused space on
the drive (wasn't much, it was only a 2gb partition).]

- Psycho (rik1138)

The following is the contents of a descriptive text file found on the drive:
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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (for Dreamcast)

Original: Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (for PC)

This version is not straightly ported. 100% of the code were re-writen, 85% of the data is created newly.

Director / lead programmer:
Hiroyuki Chiwata

Programmers:
Brian Mcgraw
Mtthew Nakao
Maxwell Lee
Minoru Toyota
Lance Nakamoto
Jimi Ishihara
David Mantzel

Artists:
Davey Williams
Elliot Joel
Jensen Nihei
Kengo Suzuki
Mathisha Nihalsingha

KCEA Honolulu studio =)