Airline Tycoon - PC Games

You must also manage your personnel, plan flights, buy fuel, attend meetings in the airport manager's office and, if you have time, slip into Rick's café for a quick cup of coffee. There is lots to explore and many decisions to make. The graphics are bright and decidedly tongue in cheek: the tycoon Igor Tuppolevsky has a set of Russian dolls on his desk--and an open tin of caviar.

With a network, up to four people can play at once and the game status can be saved (as it can in single-player mode) for long battles of wit.

The game originated in Germany and the manual runs to charming turns of phrase such as the one describing the game as one that will "bring fun without much pondering". It's true, too. --Mark Whitehorn