Attack on Pearl Harbor is a combat flight simulation game where you play from a third-person perspective. In the game's single-player campaign, the player takes control of one of two fictional pilots: US Air Force pilot Douglas Knox or Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Zenji Yamada. Both pilots feature 2 single-player campaigns, each beginning during the attack on Pearl Harbor and chronologically covering key battles that followed, including the Battle of Wake Island, the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of the Coral Sea. . The game also features operations leading up to the Battle of the St. Croix Islands and the Battle of Okinawa for both pilots. The game's cut scenes are presented in a comic book style.