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Posted by elvis70 11 hours ago

Sopwith – 1984 Game (2000)(www.sopwith.org)
72 points | 33 commentspage 2
kkotak 7 hours ago|
Reminds me of Defender, a faster version with a 'Smart Bomb!' that was so fun to use :)
nikolay 8 hours ago||
I've spent endless hours playing Sopwith! What a legend!
stephenhuey 10 hours ago||
Discovered this on an old Apple 2 in the 90s. Loved the basic physics of things like flying inverted or flying down low and then releasing a bomb while pulling up into a steep climb so the bomb would fly more laterally to a target.
waltbosz 10 hours ago||
I was just thinking of this game last night. I was wondering if AI could take the ASM and convert it into a browser game. Playable w/o DOSBOX.
NooneAtAll3 10 hours ago||
I fondly remember what essentially is a more modern clone of Sopwith - "Pe-2 diving bomber"

It is fun. Shoot-bomb-rearm/refuel in missions, upgrade your plane in between

jesse_dot_id 10 hours ago||
This is the first computer game I remember playing on my brother's Commodore Colt. I was very bad at it.
ChrisArchitect 9 hours ago||
More info on the SDL Sopwith port project https://fragglet.github.io/sdl-sopwith/
nikolay 8 hours ago|
That's an outstanding port! Kudos!
migueldeicaza 9 hours ago||
Did the site get slashdotted?
justinhj 11 hours ago|
This game was so fun. I think there's a lot of unexplored game design in this style of 2d aviation.

The multiplayer game Altitude was a good modern example.

sheiyei 10 hours ago||
We had an awesome split screen dogfighting game on a Win98 PC where everyone had a Spitfire-like plane and tried to take the others down. You could land at your base and heal etc. Super fun. I think it was called Iron Birds? Don't think I've found it since.
jauntywundrkind 10 hours ago|||
Lufteauser is a bigger space & higher motion, but has hit some good vibes for me, in this zone. Single player.

We were always begging the daycare to let us play this. Very solid.

teamonkey 10 hours ago||
Do you mean Luftrausers?
jauntywundrkind 7 hours ago||
Yes sorry thank you!
lstodd 10 hours ago||
Highfleet is nice.
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