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Hover Force

Hover Force is a flight simulation video game published by INTV Corporation for the Intellivision system in 1986. The game was initially developed by Mattel Electronics with the intent of it being played in 3D, but the company was shut down before it could be released. INTV, after acquiring the Intellivision assets from Mattel, re-tooled the game, which pits players against a terrorist group laying siege to a city, and then released it.

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Article summary

Hover Force is a flight simulation video game published by INTV Corporation for the Intellivision system in 1986. The game was initially developed by Mattel Electronics with the intent of it being played in 3D, but the company was shut down before it could be released. INTV, after acquiring the Intellivision assets from Mattel, re-tooled the game, which pits players against a terrorist group laying siege to a city, and then released it.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1986 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1986". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376096651

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