Developer: Stuart Ross

Stuart Ross programmed Wings, an air combat simulator for CBS Electronics. Its 1983 cockpit has seven instruments, from fuel and altitude to radar and an artificial horizon. Wings was rebuilt around CBS’s RAM Plus memory chip, but it was cancelled only weeks before release when CBS closed its cartridge development in October 1983. The prototype turned up in 2004. The build on this site appears to be the earlier one, with no enemy planes.
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Wings

Wings is an unreleased air combat simulator made by CBS Electronics for the Atari 2600 in 1983 and programmed by Stuart Ross. It was cancelled only weeks before it was due in shops, and the prototype did not…

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