The Ancient Art of War in the Skies (DOS)

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Description

After naval combat, the second sequel to The Ancient Art of War is all about aircraft combat in World War I. It is a real-time strategy game in nature, and most of the time is spent on the overhead map. Here players plan their strategy and set the goals and routes for their aircraft. There are various statistics which are affected by the happenings on the battle field, e.g. destroying factories lengthen the time the enemy can get new aircraft. Overall the game features many real and fictional campaigns, as well as an editor to create more, with the winning condition to either destroy the enemy's flight force, his capital city or wearing him out.

When a flight battle or bombing occurs, the game switches to a side-scrolling combat screen. Here players actively participate in the combat; during dog fights the goal is to destroy the enemy and bombings are a matter of releasing the bomb at the right time while avoiding flak fire. Those sequences can be automatically calculated by the computer; then the pilot's skills affect his changes of success.

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Alternate Titles

• "The Ancient Art of War in the Skies: The Fun World War I Strategy & Action Game" -- Tag-lined title
• "The Ancient Art of War in the Skies: Strategie & Action des Ersten Weltkrieges in einem neuen Spiel" -- German tag-lined title

Part of the Following Groups

• Ancient Art of War series
• Games with manual lookup copy protection
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System

User Reviews

Strangely compelling game for its time.

David Bailey (14)

unrated

Critic Reviews

PC Joker	Dec, 1992	75 out of 100	75
Power Play	Jan, 1993	75 out of 100	75
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	1993	74 out of 100	74
PC Games (Germany)	Jan, 1993	72 out of 100	72
Play Time	Feb, 1993	66 out of 100	66
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1993	54 out of 100	54
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Sep, 1993		50
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 1993	Unscored	Unscored

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