Over the Reich

• Title — Over the Reich • Developer — Big Time Software • Publisher — Avalon Hill • Composer — Charles Moylan • Artist — Stephen Holmes • Designer — Charles Moylan, J. D. Webster • Platforms — Microsoft Windows, Macintosh • Released — November 26, 1996 • Genre — Computer wargame • Modes — Single-player, Multiplayer

• Illustration — The player's squadron of fighter planes are taking on threats from land and from air in this World War II mission. Players can play as Nazi Germany, the United States of America, or Great Britain. This game combines turn-based dogfighting with strategic manoeuvers as the player must position airplanes to destroy enemies. Authentic clips from World War II help to improve the realism of this video game. A mostly classical music soundtrack (with some wartime radio music) provides ambiance for the aerial settings. Missions range from trying to liberate Nazi-occupied France by air power to attacking the German military power in the heart of Germany itself. The main menu resembles a vintage World War II hangar with difficulty levels ranging from Cadet (allowing new players to dive directly into the game) to Flight Commander (where incidentals like altitude, speed and attitude have to be manually controlled). Creating results that are worse than expected will result in somber music. However, achieving results that are better expected will result in swing music being played. Music played during combat is the "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner.

Over the Reich was designed by Charles Moylan of Big Time Software. It is an adaptation of the board wargame Over the Reich. Moylan had previously developed Flight Commander 2 for the publisher.