What is the name of this arcade game?

March 6, 2017 10:39 AM

Hi. I can't remember the name of this classic 80s arcade game. It was a WWII-themed airplane game where you're trying to sink a battleship.

It was 1 or 2 player, with each player controlling a fighter plane. You controlled with one of those knob dealies, like they have on Arkanoid. Turning the knob turns your plane. We see the situation from the side, so if you spin the knob in a circle, the plane does a loop-de-loop.

You're flying above a battleship, and your goal is to sink it. There are other planes trying to shoot you down. If you shoot them down, their wrecks crash into the ship, eventually blowing holes in it. Maybe you can drop your own bombs too, I forget.

What is this game?

posted by Galaxor Nebulon to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: Two Tigers? I don't think it had a trackball though.
posted by Kabanos at 10:54 AM on March 6, 2017 [1 favorite]

If it isn't Two Tigers, check near the bottom of this page for horizontally scrolling wwii arcade games.
posted by o0dano0o at 10:58 AM on March 6, 2017

one of those knob dealies

Not a trackball, a potentiometer. Two Tigers came in a Tron conversion (apparently) that had those controls.
posted by The Bellman at 10:58 AM on March 6, 2017 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Yeah, that's the one! Thanks! I couldn't get out of my head that it was called "dogfight" no matter how many times I looked it up and found that it was not called that.
posted by Galaxor Nebulon at 11:00 AM on March 6, 2017