Hello, my friends, and welcome to the second episode of Retro Dogfight! This week, based on an idea from Denny, we’re jumping a little bit out of order — as I hope to typically keep things chronological for my own sanity — and coming in hot with a look at some of the most beloved classic games in the genre: The World War II sims by Lucasfilm. Specifically:
In which I make a daring — and admittedly somewhat embarrassing — confession regarding these games. We had a very, very fun time talking about these old sims, and we hope you’ll have fun listening!
Next time we’re going back to the very beginnings of the genre with some very, very old text-based flight games, specifically B-1 Nuclear Bomber, Computer Air Combat, and Eagles!
Thank you so much for listening, and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them in the comments below, use our contact form to get in touch, or join the Discord! We’ll see you next time, my friends, and until then, keep checking your six!
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Pixel heaven!
So many pixels, and yet so few.
A modern remake or remaster of SWOTL is something I would definitely do violence unto someone for!
Let’s say it roughly needs to have the graphical vector-like oomph and smoothness of Tiny Combat Arena, plus a bit of QoL. Then, I could wallow in nostalgia skies forever!
Thanks for that episode, by the way. I still have that Battlehawks 1942 handbook on the coffee table shelf in my living room.
Yeah, this game definitely deserves a modern remake. Just improve the situational awareness. 🙂 Thank you for listening!