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Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare (2022)

Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare cover
Developer
Microprose
Publisher
Atari
Genres
Simulation
Rating
5.0 of 5, 8 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 33 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A retro flight sim that lets you create hypothetical aerial battles, focusing on the tense and strategic feel of dogfighting.

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What players say

Players call this a classic but simple dogfighting sim from 1993. It lets you fly 12 planes across conflicts from WWI to the Falklands, though navigation relies on external views and the flight model is barebones. Some note the appeal of fighting in wars that few other games cover, like the Falklands and Six-Day War.

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