The player commands a B-17 crew to perform bombing missions over Europe during World War II, in which hazards include German fighter attacks, flak, and oxygen and heat becoming depleted, while victorious assignments provide rank and rating promotions.

[3] When he found out that a friend of his partner was finishing Bomber and intended to post it as sharewere, Peck says "I convinced him to let me publish it by saying that if we sold 5,000 copies we would have about $100,000 in return.

"[4] The game, titled Bomber 3, would be digitally rereleased by MicroProse for Windows 7 onwards on Steam in early 2020's.

[7] The Macintosh IIx (B&W) version of the game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #158 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.

[1] They stated that "Inline Design proves that HyperCard ... can be used as a software environment for commercially viable entertainment.

Macworld called the game "a fascinating HyperCard re-creation of air warfare in the European theater of World War II" that alternated "periods of relative calm [...] with white-knuckled terror".