Stunt Island

Stunt Island is part flight simulator, part movie-making playground, and part excuse to crash aircraft repeatedly in the name of entertainment. You take control of various planes and perform dangerous stunts while working on scenes for fictional movies. The clever twist is that success is not simply measured by surviving. You are also encouraged to create spectacular sequences, combining aircraft movements, camera angles, and timing to produce something worth putting on the imaginary big screen. It gives the game a playful personality that separates it from more serious flight simulators of the period. The controls take some getting used to, but once you start experimenting, the possibilities become surprisingly entertaining. There is a particular satisfaction in pulling off a ridiculous maneuver and then watching the result from a cinematic viewpoint. Hollywood probably has stunt coordinators for this sort of thing, but here you get to be pilot, director, and insurance nightmare.