Bomb Run

Bomb Run (1991, DOS) sounds like an action-packed thriller—and then you play it and realize you’re just trying to drop bombs in the right spots while flying what feels like a pixelated paper airplane. The game has that cold-war-paranoia-meets-math-homework feel to it. You plan your altitude, aim carefully, and hope your bomb hits something other than empty terrain. Miss, and you get a lovely view of absolutely nothing. Hit, and you still get a lovely view of… well, slightly scorched nothing. It’s methodical, oddly calming, and probably used in the ‘90s to train future accountants in trajectory. Weirdly satisfying, in a “quietly blow stuff up” kind of way.