File:Bomber (cassette load) - (1978) - Apple II - gameplay HD

Bomber Bob Bishop © 1978 Distributed: Softape [Computer] Apple II Emulator: MAME 1.91

By Bob Bishop (one of my early Apple II heroes!) Somehow Bob coaxed more out of an Apple II initially than anybody else knew how to do. He was a real innovator. This is a good program to showcase his skill.

You're flying in a plane at the top of the screen, and hit the space bar to drop a bomb down on to the enemy tank. It's all a timed shooter game - much like Canyon Bomber by Atari... but it's also remarkable how smooth the animation is for the original Apple 2.

This is a tough game to get working... I had to load off a cassette after about the 1 minute mark, but finally loaded properly. I think it only works on original Apple II as well - as slight variations on future models seem to make the program stop right as the game gets going. In any case, I scored 8 tanks with 15 bombs - not as easy as it looks, but pretty fun!