When MS Combat Flight Simulator first came out, a friend bought it, and one weekend brought his comp to our house. We played on a LAN for hours.Problem is that puts them going head to head each time because the Zero can turn to face the F14 easily. One lucky 20mm shell from the Zero would destroy a F14's engines and being able to see the Tomcats tracers the Zero could dodge. If the Zero is hit he is toast but head to head, so is the Tomcat. Speed and gee wiz toys are not always the answer. Heck many modern fighter pilots hate the thought of going up against a helicopter gunship for the same reasons.
He liked the modern jet fighters, and after getting shot down a lot (lol, it was his game after all), I loaded up with a WWI Sopwith Camel.
I'd hug the ground and he was flying so fast he could rarely find me, and when he did, his cannon would pierce the cloth covering of the biplane but wouldn't always kill it. I shot him down several times.
Drove him nuts.