Reviews

Following up after their excellent flight simulator Fighter Pilot, Digital Integration released another, albeit less realistic, game featuring air combat.

It's set in the thick of World War 2; you're on board a Lancaster bomber on missions over Germany. In the first phase of the game you need to defend your aircraft from attack by enemy fighters. With some good shooting you'll eventually begin a bombing run; these alternate between level and dive bombing which mixes things up a bit. Then there's another phase of shooting at incoming fighters for the return trip. Survive thirty missions and you'll get a shot a a Dambusters-style finale.

For it's time the graphics weren't at all bad with large detailed sprites, a reasonable pseudo-3D effect, and a smattering of colour without too much obvious clash. The gameplay isn't too bad, although fairly simplistic blasting in the style of Operation Wolf for the most part with the bombing runs adding occasional variety.

Overall it's not a bad game, but I don't think it's aged nearly as well as Digital Integration's more realistic simulations. You could do a lot worse for a nostalgic blast though.

This is a 3d shooter, in which you're presumably a German, the attacking planes being Lancasters... It has 3 sections; firstly you have to aim and shoot down attacking Lancasters and barrage balloons, secondly you have a top down bit where you aim bombs at planes or tanks on the ground and thirdly another 3d bit where you dive bomb planes or tanks. Good for 1983, and OK for a quick blast, but it doesn't stand up all that well today.

A WWII-themed shooter from a software house more renown for simulators. It's an enjoyable experience - shoot enemy planes, make a bombing run and then go back to base while shooting more planes.

Fast, colorful graphics and some added realism like speed, altitude, limited ammunition and sector damage make this old shooter still worth your time even nowadays.

a world war II planes shoot'em up with big colourful sprites, a very blue (but very still) starry sky, and a couple of different sections. you must even manage to bomb some ground targets through the clouds and such.
in the other section, besides the planes, there are strange bombs going up down and anywhere to escape your gunsight. very strange indeed. i didn't understand much.