Blue Max: Aces of the Great War

Forget missiles—Blue Max: Aces of the Great War takes you back to when air combat meant leather helmets, canvas wings, and a healthy fear of gravity. Released in 1990 for DOS, it’s a flight sim that drops you into WWI’s dogfights with all the grace of a brick wearing goggles. You’ll shoot down Fokkers, dodge anti-air fire, and question the physics every time you bank left. The graphics? Choppy. The explosions? Delightful. The feeling of barely surviving a mission only to crash on landing? Classic. It’s frustrating, fun, and historically inaccurate in all the right ways.