Knights of the Sky
Simulation of aerial combat and gallantry in World War I. Flying north along the road from Lille to bust a German recon balloon, I wave to the foot boys in their muddy trenches. Poor devils. Oh, how they envy…
Knights of the Sky is a simulator developed by MicroProse Software, Inc., released 1 January 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Linux.
What Knights of the Sky is
Knights of the Sky is a simulator game developed by MicroProse Software, Inc. and released in 1990. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Simulation of aerial combat and gallantry in World War I. Flying north along the road from Lille to bust a German recon balloon, I wave to the foot boys in their muddy trenches. Poor devils. Oh, how they envy me! Off to the left! Can it be? The scoundrel in the red Fokker! My dear chum Bates signaled that his gun was jammed, but that greedy Hun downed him nonetheless. The Fokker is flying east. Homeward, low on petrol, no doubt. The balloon can wait. This won't take long.
How it plays
Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Knights of the Sky launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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