1987 – 1990retired
Apple Extended Keyboard
“Alps switches, ADB ports on both sides — it left the desk with dignity”
“Hundreds of pilots at a time, and every flight sim since owes it a wingtip salute.”
Air Warrior, launched by Kesmai in 1987 on GEnie, was one of the first massive online games — a multiplayer combat flight sim where hundreds of users shared the same skies during busy periods. It ran as client software on a variety of personal computers and spent its decade with Kesmai under continual improvement, hopping to new platforms and host services. For a generation of players, it was the first time the sky h
The end came after Electronic Arts purchased Air Warrior in 1999; by 2001 the provider had discontinued it, though sequels Air Warrior II and III had flown under Interactive Magic's banner in 1997. Its lineage endured: it inspired WarBirds, which inspired Aces High, while WarBirds team members went on to make World War II Online. Today's freemium descendants like WarThunder are, in spirit, its grandchildren.
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“Alps switches, ADB ports on both sides — it left the desk with dignity”
“The last Apple II — it did nothing new, but did everything it knew, one final time.”
“You pressed the buttons, but the show still went on without you.”