Aces Over Europe

Moby ID: 519

Released

1993 on DOS

Credits

76 people

Publishers

Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Developers

Dynamix, Inc.

Moby Score

7.8

#3,213 of 23.6K

Critics

84% (11)

Players

(24)

Ranking

#173 on DOS

Collected By

60 players

Genre: Simulation
Perspective: 1st-person
Vehicular: Flight / aviation
Vehicular combat
Setting: Historical events
World War II

USK Rating: 16

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 3.5" Floppy Disk, CD-ROM, Download
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard, Mouse, Thrustmaster (FCS and/or WCS)

Description official descriptions

Sequel to Aces of the Pacific, Aces over Europe takes place in the Western Theater of Operations during WW2. Fly fighters and fighter-bombers for either England, Germany, or the United States, escorting heavy bombers, attacking ground troops, or just taking control of the skies over Europe.

Aces over Europe features improved graphics over its predecessor, including smoother models and individual squadron markings on planes. Terrain graphics have also been slightly enhanced to aid in navigation. AOE features campaign modes for all three sides. Although not truly dynamic, the campaigns feature random missions based on your plane type and squadron, making each campaign different.

Player controlled planes include the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the North American P-51 Mustang (American side), the Supermarine Spitfire, the Hawker Tempest and the Hawker Typhoon (British side) and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger, and Messerschmitt Me 262.

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Credits (DOS version)

76 People (51 developers, 25 thanks) · View all

Director and Designer	Damon Slye
Lead Programming	Lincoln Hutton
Designer	Damon Slye
Art Director	Mark Peasley
Simulation Programmer	Ryan Hinke
Lead Shell Programmer	Christopher Reese
Simulation, AI Programmer	Paul Bowman
Shell Graphics Programmer	Dariusz Lukaszuk
Lead Art Production, Cockpits	Jarrett Jester
AI Programmer	Paul Bowman
Art Production	Tito Pagan
3D Graphic Artists	Damon Mitchell Vance Naegle
Texture Maps	Peter Lewis
Director of the 3D Department	Cyrus Kanga
Historical Research, Original Historical Concept	John Bruning Sr.
Design, Assistant Director	Christopher Shen
Quality Engineers	Tucker Hatfield Lloyd Madden
Music	Timothy Steven Clarke Christopher Stevens
Sound Effects	Christopher Stevens
Research	Josie Haley Reese
Mission Scripting	Chris Hunt
Photography	Dale Tendick
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 84% (based on 11 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 24 ratings with 1 reviews)

Varied air combat action in the skies over europe - fast, furious and fun

The Good
Wide range of missions are available - ground attack, search and destroy, dogfighting, intercept.... The graphics are quite good (even today, although in a retro sort of way). The choice of aircraft was quite good (German, British and US), and each was modelled quite nicely. The campaign consists of random missions, so you never know what is coming (although it is still based on historical dates, so the base you fly from etc are historically accurate). Overall, it is a great way to spend an afternoon.

The Bad
The flight model was fun, but was not 6DOF, so you'll have to learn to fly all over again. The sound was not that great either. Finally, being a survey sim, it is not really good at modelling any one particular plane, so they all feel a bit too similar

The Bottom Line
Arcade style flight WW2 sim. You can fly as a Luftwaffe, RAF or USAAC pilot, flying fighters and light bombers. Definately worth trying out if you are interested in flight sims, air combat or WW2 - and you won't have to spend a week learning all the switches and buttons.

DOS · by p-kun (214) · 2003

Trivia

Expansion set

In the interview printed in Secret Service 11 (03/1994) Damon Sly from Dynamix claimed that there were plans for upgrade to Aces over Europe. It was supposed to be named Russian Forces, however it was never released.