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Richard J. Anderson βœ… πŸ₯” @sanspoint

So, any of you old-school types recall a combat flight sim called Corncob 3D? Was a weird one, with flat poly graphics, and a strange alternate universe plot where WWII never happened, and instead aliens attacked.

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@sanspoint @sanspoint yes, it was common in crappy (imo, i was spoiled by game consoles, hehe) shareware kiosks

i could never get anywhere but i was surprised to hear how strange it got (storywise) when reading about it recently:
rampantgames.com/blog/?p=4364

the dev is still online
pieintheskysoftware.com/menuit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_in_t

you can play in yr browser here:
archive.org/details/Corncob3d

@sanspoint Yes! Main thing I remember is being able to do something with a scarecrow to make the sun smile at you :)

@sanspoint Vaguely, aye. As others have mentioned, it was p. common to find on the shareware scene.

@TMWReviews Yeah, I probably had it on one of those crazy shareware CDs with a million crappy games, and two or three good ones.

@sanspoint Oh, yeah... I'd have never remembered the name of it, but I occasionally have this vague memory of playing it. It made an impression.