Aces of the Air is a 2002

2002 in video gaming

The year 2002 in video gaming saw the release of many games to sixth-generation video game consoles, predominately, the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.-Events:...

 mission based Flight simulator

Flight simulator

A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...

 video game for the PlayStation. The game has literally no plot, but the setting is a vaguely alternate WWII judging by the alternate names of familiar airplanes and the presence of an airship

Airship

An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms...

 in the final level.

Gameplay

After choosing a plane (as well as a color scheme), the player then must complete a total of ten missions. Players had to complete every mission under thirty minutes and a visible timer was kept on the HUD. Player's planes could stall and if the plane took too much damage, the damage would appear on the plane as a pillar of smoke as opposed to having a health meter.

Planes

Many of the planes were unavailable to the player until certain missions were completed including the enemy planes.

• Drop Hunter

• Molder II (Modeled after a P-38 Lightning
  P-38 Lightning
  The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament...
  
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• Axel (Modeled after a P-40 Warhawk)

• Viper

• Camry (Modeled after a Kyūshū J7W
  Kyushu J7W
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Three: Fighters. London: Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1961 . ISBN 0-356-01447-9....
  
  Shinden)