Bomber is an air-war video game developed by Inline Design for the Macintosh. The player is in command of a B-17 crew during World War II, assigned various bombing missions over Europe. The player must avoid German fighter attacks, flak, and the rigors of oxygen or heat depletion at high altitudes, and successful missions garner advancements in rank and rating. The player starts the game by responding to the Base Commander's Headquarters, and is assigned a bombing run, and flies home after the mission. Personnel can be killed during a mission, and hazards include engine, heater, oxygen, and landing-gear hits; gun jams; cockpit fires; and a runaway prop. Upon successfully bombing 25 targets, the bomber returns home to the USA and receives a medal. The player controls the pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, and gunners for the plane. As the bombardier, the player uses the included Photo Recon booklet (which is also the game's copy protection) to aim the bombsight over the landscape to find the target identified in the photo, pressing the salvo button. When attacked by fighters, the player operates as a gunner, tracking enemy fighters through one of the B-17's six gun positions, and uses twin 50-caliber machine guns that carry 2,000 rounds each.

Bomber Crew

Platform
steam

Region
Worldwide