Veteran PC Recreation ‘Sopwith’ Celebrates fortieth Anniversary

Longtime Slashdot reader sfraggle writes: Biplane shoot-’em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years as we speak since its first launch again in 1984. The sport is without doubt one of the oldest PC video games nonetheless in lively improvement as we speak, originating as an MS-DOS recreation for the unique IBM PC. The fortieth anniversary web site has an in depth historical past of how the sport was written as a tech demo for the now-defunct Imaginet networking system. There’s additionally a video interview with its unique authors. “The sport includes piloting a Sopwith biplane, making an attempt to bomb enemy buildings whereas avoiding hearth from enemy planes and varied different obstacles,” reads the Wiki web page. “Sopwith makes use of four-color CGA graphics and music and sound results use the PC speaker. A sequel with the identical title, however also known as Sopwith 2, was launched in 1985.”

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