Air Warrior
- Genres
- Shooter Simulator
- Platforms
- DOS · Mac · Amiga · 3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Atari ST/STE · FM Towns · Commodore CDTV
- Release
- Mac 1988 Month only Amiga 1990 Month only Atari ST/STE 1991 Month only FM Towns Mar 1992 Exact DOS Nov 1992 Exact Commodore CDTV 1992 Month only DOS 1992 Month only DOS 2001 Month only Mac 2001 Month only 3DO Interactive Multiplayer TBD No date yet
- Credits
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K
Kesmai
O
On-line
F
Fujitsu
- Board status
- —
About
Air Warrior was a multiplayer on-line air-combat simulator launched by Kesmai in 1988. It was hosted on GEnie and used that service as a server for client software running on a variety of personal computers available in that era. It underwent continual improvement through its decade-long lifetime with Kesmai, appearing on new platforms and host services. Electronic Arts purchased Air Warrior in 1999, and became provider of the game, but it was discontinued in 2001. Air Warrior was one of the first massive online games, hosting hundreds of users during busy periods. It inspired WarBirds, which in turn inspired Aces High. Today there are a number of similar games, like WarThunder, most of them based on a freemium model.
