Airborne Ranger

Airborne Ranger is an action game developed and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987 and the Amstrad CPC and IBM PC compatibles in 1988.

The player is then in control of an aircraft, described as a V-22 Osprey and is allowed to drop three ammo crates over the enemy territory.

Upon touch-down, the player has to overcome several obstacles, including enemy soldiers and officers, mine fields, foxholes and bunkers.

[3] In a 1994 survey of wargames the magazine gave the title two-plus stars out of five, describing it as "contemporary Ranger operations in a semi-arcade mode that works.

stated that "Airborne Ranger is an excellent game from beginning to end", but cautioned that "the violence and action are graphic and highly realistic".

Ranger found some supplies during an arctic mission (Atari ST).