Instead of helicopter combat, you are the Radar Intercept Officer in an F-14X fighter plane.
Cartoony video is replaced by more realistic digitized video.
While flying in the F-14X, you are responsible for much more than aiming and firing the various weapons. There are many weapons available to you as well, including heatseeking and radar-guided missiles and bombs. You move the crosshair over a target and fire at the target, or move the crosshair over one of the icons at the appropriate times and select it. The specific weapons available are also displayed on the HUD overlay and they are selected just like any of the other icons. The quality of the video in Tomcat Alley is excellent for a Sega CD title.