Air Warrior III

Air Warrior III screenshot

Air Warrior III is a flight simulator with campaigns from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, and more than 450 missions.[1]

Air Warrior III had as one playing area a map of northern Europe, besides many small playing fields with some real-life features labeled. Berlin, the Kiel Canal, and Peenemünde were unmarked in the game. There was also a playing area map that included a hodgepodge of Pacific islands and the coast of Australia. The player could design custom missions on any of these playing fields. Fans of the online competition developed a tool that enabled the players to paint their own aircraft. Screenshots could be taken in combat, and even videos, which could be distributed over the Internet. Douglas C-47s could be used to carry paratroops to take enemy air bases.

There were many ships and a few buildings to attack, including V-2s at Peenemünde, a bridge near Westminster's Parliament House, and the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin. However, targets that were destroyed soon re-appeared. Besides aircraft, the player could control a Jeep, a tank, a truck, or a Flakpanzer. The player could also drive through the fence surrounding after destroying it with a tank. The aircraft carriers and other ships were fixed at their places.

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "As a flight simulation, Air Warrior III is great. The planes are historically accurate and behave as they should. However, not everyone enjoys a game in which you can stall out and crash on a moment's notice."[1]

• PC Zone #62 (1998 April)
• Computer Gaming World #166 (May 1998)
• Power Unlimited - Jun, 1998
• GameSpot - Feb 19, 1998
• GameStar - Feb, 1998
• PC Player (Germany) - Feb, 1998