galagamo Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I guess in a few years when we have a neural interface at the base of our necks, we can look back and say, remember DCS? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] OS:WIN7 HP X64|MOBO:ASRock Z68|CPU:I52500k@4Ghz|RAM:12Gb 3x4Gb GSkill Ripjaws 9-9-9-24 @1600Mhz|GPU:ASUS GTX580|HDD:2x128Gb Crucial sataIII SSD raid0|PSU:Antek 1000watt|Case:Antek 1200|Peripherals: TMWH|Saitek ProFlight rudder pedals|TrackIr4
novonic Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) There was also a Mosquito-sim back in that days, one of my favorites, where you had to shoot V-1s and bomb a train. I'm pretty sure that was Ace of Aces, but it was a long time ago! I've just has a thought, does anyone remember megafortress? That was a good one for the live cockpit switches. Based on a book IIRC... Edited October 14, 2010 by novonic
polygonpusher Posted October 14, 2010 Author Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) Thanks for all of the awesome replies! I'm sorry to have missed out on more than a few great sims. Did anyone mention the mid 90's Janes F-15? I think my *first* true start was the sopwith camel dogfight mode in one of the early ms flightsims. Edited October 14, 2010 by polygonpusher
Pivot Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 All of that is great but the TRUE mother of all simulators is F-14 Tomcat for the C64. It featured training, pilot career, and carrier landings. YES! I have to go with Sinelnic, the F14 on the C64 was amazing in it's day. Up close and personal with each bandit and the carrier traps to boot.. I loved that game and it got me into this frantic mess I've been in ever since!!!! ;) Pivot i7-875, 8Gb Ram, Win7 x64 Pro, NVid GTX-460, A Boat-Load of Software... :pilotfly: Pivot :pilotfly:i7-875 x 2.93 GHz OC'd 3.63 GHz, 16Gb ram, MSI GeForce GTX-980Ti, Win 10 x64 Pro [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Bucic Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I have to go with Sinelnic, the F14 on the C64 was amazing in it's day. Up close and personal with each bandit and the carrier traps to boot.. I loved that game and it got me into this frantic mess I've been in ever since!!!! ;) Pivot i7-875, 8Gb Ram, Win7 x64 Pro, NVid GTX-460, A Boat-Load of Software... :pilotfly: I think I only had a memory grab. On C64 some extension cartridges could FREEZE MEMORY and save it to a file. Something like todays hibernation. And you could continue your game or anything if you were lucky. I think that was the case with my copy of F-14 unfortunately. F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
Blaze Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Jane's F/A-18 was my introduction. Just got better from there. :) i7 7700K | 32GB RAM | GTX 1080Ti | Rift CV1 | TM Warthog | Win 10 "There will always be people with a false sense of entitlement. You can want it, you can ask for it, but you don't automatically deserve it. "
Steel Jaw Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 JF18 was a classic. Spent alot of time with that. Some still play it but I cannto deal with barbaric grafix. http://tsh.war-fighters.net/ "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
Blaze Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Yep I still play it from time to time. :) i7 7700K | 32GB RAM | GTX 1080Ti | Rift CV1 | TM Warthog | Win 10 "There will always be people with a false sense of entitlement. You can want it, you can ask for it, but you don't automatically deserve it. "
dne48 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Don't remember my first but one of the best for its time was F-119 Stealth fighter. I had to remember when it came out and just looked that it was 1988. EF 2000 another of my favorites that was mentioned earlier also "To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home."-----anonymous
Ells228 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Blasphemy! Atari did not make the Amiga, Commodore did. Although the Atari ST was very similar. Speaking of Commodore, how about "Project : Stealth Fighter" by MicroProse on the C=64? It pre-dated F-19, and was more fun, IMHO... Commodore VIC20 - now that was a poweful machine, and my very first home computer lol But you can't beat the rubber keys on the ZX Spectrum Now I am showing my age :thumbup:
Conuk Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Commodore VIC20 - now that was a poweful machine, and my very first home computer lol But you can't beat the rubber keys on the ZX Spectrum Now I am showing my age :thumbup: with you on that Ellis... had rubber keyed spectrum upwards (chequered flag was ace... nearly as good as Iracing ;) )... then dodgy alan sugar killed the spectrum :( then onto the Amiga for me ----- hated the C64 for some reason. F/A 18 interceptor stood out for me from an early age - although could never sink the sub in one of the missions.... hit it - landed rearmed - hit sub .... never sunk! Then fighter bomber from Activision.... loved the animated sweeping wings..... also .... erm was it Wings for the slightly slower flight shooting balloons! oh the memories...... I think most people would agree Commodore Amiga - the good old days.
t-stoff Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) Yeah!! Got to love these threads ;D I feel the same like some of you about the EF 2000. It was european environment, and yes you felt you were part of something big.. I had to play it again to describe why, but it was infact incredible. I dont recall if it was because of the repercussion that your missions had on the campaign (you bombed a plane, was one less for the enemy), the tension on the first ones (where you didn't do anything besides patrolling), all the planes ligned on the runway, multiple missions around you.. dont know for sure.. Like most of you i come from Falcon 3.0 (MIG-29/F-18 ) and went all the way with LHX, Chuck Yeagers, Red Baron, Dogfight, F-14 Fleet Defender, 1942 Pacific Air War, Falcon 4.0, Flight Simulator Series, IL2 Series, LOMAC, BS etc.. ;D Bought most of them too ;D One of my biggest frustration (on this subject at that time) was that i never had the chance of playing Tornado............... kewl website btw http://index.migman.com/index.php i remember it had a easier layout.. Edited October 15, 2010 by t-stoff [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten"
vCUJOv Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 For me it started with Mig 29 fulcrum on Amiga 500. I believe it was year of 1990 when it first came out.
leafer Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) I feel the same like some of you about the EF 2000. It was european environment, and yes you felt you were part of something big.. I had to play it again to describe why, but it was infact incredible. I dont recall if it was because of the repercussion that your missions had on the campaign (you bombed a plane, was one less for the enemy), the tension on the first ones (where you didn't do anything besides patrolling), all the planes ligned on the runway, multiple missions around you.. dont know for sure.. It's the atmosphere. The combinations of in-cockpit sound and the melancholy-like weather. It's hard to describe it but no sims to date has such subtle yet brilliant atmosphere. Looking out the canopy I actually felt like it was freezing outside. Edited October 15, 2010 by leafer ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P
Oiten Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) My very first was Hellcats Over the Pacific on an old quadra 700 Mac. From there I went to the A-10 series and then finally got a windows PC with some Jane's F-15 Edit: I forgot to add Graphsim's wonderful F/A-18 series on the mac as well! Edited October 15, 2010 by Oiten
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