Rising Sun

 

Rising Sun is an add-on to the game Wings Over Vietnam by Thirdwire. This is the engine we use to tell our stories of the war between Imperial Japan and the forces of the Western Allies in Asia and the Pacific.

Our stories are about pilots, not governments, generals or politics. You are to fly and fight, just like them. We brief the mission and put you there. It’s history read with a joystick.

Our episodes are about the actions of pilots. The stories come from them and are true

Mission Sets

Pearl Harbor to Rangoon

Rising Sun begins it's first episode on the morning of December 7th, 1941 on the deck of the aircraft carrier Kaga in the seat of a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. You're highly trained, war-tempered carrier pilot flying the best fighter in the world that morning.

Sink the Prince of Wales. Fight at Wake Island. Invade Thailand.

Phase One concludes over Rangoon where the RAF and the AVG, or Flying Tigers, are fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Burma.

  • Aircraft models: A62M, B5N2, D3A1, Hawk75N, Hurricane MkIIA, P-36A, P-40B, F4F-3, G3M2, G4M1, Ki-21, Ki-27, Ki-30, Ki-43, Ki-48
  • Ships Models: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Arizona, California, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, Freighters, Destroyers…
  • New Terrain: Oahu, Wake Island, Burma
  • New Weapons, New Pilots, New Props and Objects…
  • Realistic Clouds, Trees, Water

37 combat missions


Rising Sun runs on Windows XP or Windows 7. You must have Wings Over Vietnam patched to October 2008

We have not fully tested YAP products in Windows 10 and do not advise buying until we have.

Rising Sun Phase 1 Digital Download (APPROX. 800MB), Wings Over Vietnam Required (not included)

$29.95

Rising Sun Phase 1 + Wings Over Vietnam CD (included)

$38.95

 

Doolittle to Midway

Rising Sun Phase 2 begins on Febrauary 20, 1942 off the coast of Rabaul. A pilot named Butch O'Hare defends his carrier against an attack of land based torpedo bombers and now the Japanese know the American carriers are at sea.

A month later, you fly in Doolittle's Raid from the Hornet convincing the Japanese to expand their defensive perimeters and to engage and destroy the American carriers at all cost.

Fight the first carrier battle in warfare, in the Coral Sea. Phase 2 concludes north of Midway in the greatest sea battle in history.

  • Aircraft Models: A6M2, A6M2-N, E13A1, B5N2, D3A1, F4F-3, F4F-4, G4M1, PBY-5, SBD-3, TBD, TBF, B-25B
  • Ships Models: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Shoho, Ryuho, Tone, Oyodo, Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet, Freighters, Destroyers…
  • New Terrain: Solomons, Japan, Midway
  • New Weapons, New Pilots, New Props and Objects…
  • Realistic Clouds, Trees, Water

26 combat missions


Rising Sun runs on Windows XP or Windows 7. You must have Wings Over Vietnam patched to October 2008

We have not fully tested YAP products in Windows 10 and do not advise buying until we have.

Rising Sun Phase 2 Digital Download (approx. 800MB), Wings Over Vietnam Required (not included)

$29.95

Rising Sun Phase 2 + Wings Over Vietnam CD (included)

$38.95

China to the Solomons

Rising Sun Phase 3 begins in January of 1942 as the Japanese Imperial Army crosses from Thailand into Burma at Moulmein then go on to attack the Australian mainland again at Darwin. The Battle of Burma ends with the AVG being chased back to Kunming and the Japanese sealing off the Burma road.

Then we shift to the Solomons and Guadalcanal as well as New Guinea and begin an aerial war of attrition as both sides trade for time. Fly the Hump in a Curtiss Commando. Sink Carriers. Engage in giant dogfights. All as the US and its Allies slowly gain the upper hand. The Phase ends in Burma as the British make their stand.

  • Aircraft Models: A6M2, A6M2-N, A6M3, E13A1, B5N2, D3A1, D3A2, F4F-4, F6F-3, F4U1A, G4M1, PBY-5, SBD-3, TBF, B-24J, B-25C, B-25D, B-25J, B-26G, Ki-27, Ki-30, Ki-43-II, Ki-51, Ki-61, Ki-48, P-38G, P-38J, P-39D, P-40B, P-40E, P-47D
  • Ships Models: Shokaku, Zuikaku, Shoho, Ryuho, Ryujo, Tone, Chikuma, Mogami, Oyodo, Kagero, Atlanta Class, Baltimore, Saratoga, Wasp, Enterprise, Hornet, Ward, Essex CV, Independence CVL, Liberty Ship, LST, Freighters, Submarines…
  • New Terrain: Solomons, Darwin, Wake Island, New Guinea, Burma
  • New Weapons, New Pilots, New Props and Objects…
  • Realistic Clouds, Trees, Water

26 combat missions


 Rising Sun runs on Windows XP or Windows 7. You must have Wings Over Vietnam patched to October 2008

We have not fully tested YAP products in Windows 10 and do not advise buying until we have.

Rising Sun Phase 3 Digital Download (approx. 1.63 GB), Wings Over Vietnam Required (not included)

$36.95

Rising Sun Phase 3 + Wings Over Vietnam CD (included)

$45.95

India to the Homeland of Japan

Rising Sun Phase 4 begins in February of 1944 as the Japanese Imperial Army falls back from its defeat at Imphal and the recapture of Rangoon. Then we shift to mainland China where the USAAC and the IJAAF fight indecisively for air superiority. Then the largest sea battle in history begins with the landing at Leyte Gulf.

The end game is played out in the Marianas where the B-29 is brought to bear against Japan leading to her destruction and the war's end.

  • Aircraft Models: Spitfire VIII, A6M2, A6M3, A6M5, D4Y1, D4Y3, FM-2, F6F-3, F6F-5, F4U1A, F4U-1D, F4U-4, G4M2, B-24J, B-25C ,B-25H, Ki-43-II, Ki-51, Ki-61, Ki-48, P-38G, P-38J, P-47D, P-47-D25, P-47N, P51-B, P-51D, B-29, SB2C, Ki-44, Ki-84, N1K2, Ki61, TBM-3, SB2C
  • Ships Models: Nagato, Yamato, Mogami 43, Junyo, Taiyo, Hiyo, Fubuki, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Shoho, Ryuho, Ryujo, Tone, Chikuma, Mogami, Oyodo, Kagero, Atlanta Class, Baltimore, NorthHampton, Fletcher,Gleaves, Butler, North Carolina , Essex CV, Independence CVL, Casablanca CVE, LST, Musashi
  • New Terrain: Burma, China, Philippines, Japan
  • New Weapons, New Pilots, New Props and Objects…
  • Realistic Clouds, Trees, Water

61 combat missions

Mission List and Briefings

Rising Sun runs on Windows XP or Windows 7. You must have Wings Over Vietnam patched to October 2008

We have not fully tested YAP products in Windows 10 and do not advise buying until we have.

Rising Sun Phase 4 Digital Download (APPROX. 800MB), Wings Over Vietnam Required (not included)

$36.95