Something Special...

[polygonpusher]

Although my introduction into combat flightsims began with Falcon 3.0 , DID's EF-2000 seemed to have that special something that I remember fondly to this day.

 

The A-10c beta is definitely rekindling that feeling again...

 

This should be something special.

[TheMoose]

Welcome to the community, enjoy your stay :)

[Headspace]

Not sure if anyone here remember's Parsoft's A-10 attack and A-10 cuba, but they were revolutionary for their time (I'm pretty sure the first one was on the Mac only) in terms of flight model and other aspects. These games came out in the mid-1990s and were the hot thing in flight sims, at least on that platform. They were pioneers of the genre, featuring things like clickable cockpits and high fidelity flight dynamics (they passably simulated spins, slowflight, etc).

 

After 14 or so years there's finally a successor to those games.

[heliosjet]

Although my introduction into combat flightsims began with Falcon 3.0 , DID's EF-2000 seemed to have that special something that I remember fondly to this day.

 

The A-10c beta is definitely rekindling that feeling again...

 

This should be something special.

 

I think you forgot F/A-18 Interceptor :music_whistling:

Edited October 13, 2010 by heliosjet

[Pizzicato]

I think you forgot F18 interceptor :music_whistling:

 

Wow... you must be as old as me! :D

[Steel Jaw]

I'm thinking Hellcat Ace on the Atari Amiga.

[Spectre_USA]

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...

[SFJackBauer]

EF-2000 is on my memories too. Amazingly immersive sim, the persistent campaign, where your previous missions results persisted into the following ones, the radio comms, the ALARMs with parachutes...

 

To be honest I don't think there is another sim out there yet with this kind of feel, that you were part of something bigger. I'm still waiting...

[Poor mans sniper]

Battlefield series got me into sims believe it or not. First it was 1942, then Vietnam, and then Battlefield 2.

[Headspace]

Speaking of Commodore, how about "Project : Stealth Fighter" by MicroProse on the C=64?

Man. I had F-19 and the sequel (F-117, which got made after the F-117 was revealed). I also remember buying M-1 tank platoon around the time I got those. That was when you got this really thick manual having very little to do with the game.

[sinelnic]

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!

[Niehorst]

Anybody still knows this beauty? :megalol: F-15 Strike Eagle II

My first sim. Was on the AMIGA 500 (with 1 full MB RAM!!!)

[pringliano]

HAHHAHA!

 

I do remember that expression: "with the RAM expansion!!" hahahaha

Good times! But on the Amiga I had to share the computer so sims never was a choice.

 

My first sim was f-117 and years later DID's EF-2000. Really liked the manual of this one. The flight model was exceptional and it had the first virtual cockpit!

[Bucic]

This one owns all the titles mentioned so far :P Fighter Bomber by Activision, C64!

 

 

http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/thumbs/f/fighter_bomber.gif

 

http://genesis8.free.fr/images/frontend/F/Fighter%20Bomber%20(E)_2.png

 

And here's another C64 gem - F-14 Tomcat. Also from Activision. The only C64 sim I know that had ~15 FPS animation and BVR combat that remotely resembled a real BVR engagement.

 

 

Another one - F-16 combat pilot

 

Oh boy, I didn't recall those sims until you started dropping some vintage sims names :)

Edited October 14, 2010 by Bucic

[viethson]

YES !!!! That is one of the coolest games ever built!!

I remember flying along Mt Rushmore in the cool F-111 on my Amiga 500.

And it had that super cool Intro Musik (at least on the Amiga).

 

I also remember DIDs Tornado and iI wish there was a real cool Tornado sim now...

[Gary]

All,

 

Please - really.

 

How can you have a retro conversation without the mention of "Tornado", "Flight of the Intruder", "Gunship" or indeed "ATP" from sublogic.

 

I probably could go on given time to think back.

 

Im shocked - lol

 

Regards,

 

Gary

[Shake3000]

Wow, I think my very first sim was Secret weapons of the luftwaffe, although I remember little of it. Then Chuck Yeagers air combat, Eurofighter 2000 and Falcon 4. Good times.

[sungsam]

Does anyone remeber F16 Combat Pilot on ATARI ... ?

 

That was my first time with Sims. :cry:

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-f-16-combat-pilot_9276.html

Edited October 14, 2010 by sungsam

[novonic]

I know it barely counts as sim, but I think US Gold's Ace of Aces was my first foray into flight 'simulation' back in the mid eighties when I was about 10 year old!

[CrashEd]

I know it barely counts as sim, but I think US Gold's Ace of Aces was my first foray into flight 'simulation' back in the mid eighties when I was about 10 year old!

 

Spitfire 40 on the C64, then Ace of Aces for me!

 

Spent a lot of time flying F-16 combat pilot on the Amiga as well as Falcon 3.0 :D

[SNAFU]

My first flight sim was on a Commodore C4+. Can´t recall the name, but you had to shuttle an Airbus from Munich over the Alps to another airport. I once suceeded in landing there and that was it. Then you had to rewind the tape and start all over... ;)

 

I think Aces of Aces was the game where you had had a window, splitted yellow and green on the Commodore and had to shoot bars withendless rockets, some randomly where a little guided?

 

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.

 

Then followed F-16 Falcon (first of the series), F-19 Project Stealth Fighter (huh i was in heaven ;) ), Apache Gunship, Gunship 2000, FigherBomber, Tornado, Team Apache, Falcon 4.0, Red Baron, Aces of Pacific and all the games already mentioned. Great were "Blue Max" on a 286 with split screen, where you could play with a friend on one keyboard, but only one could fire, cause the fire key overruled the others firekey, yeah good old times... ;)

 

The last 8 years I stuck with IL2, tough i purchased LOMAC and then FC, but IL2 was my passion and for 1,5 years BS. Recently I got back to LOMAC and fast movers, while waiting for BoB:SoW.

 

I got the A-10C Beta on my HD, waiting for the weekend... ;)

[Bucic]

Does anyone remeber F16 Combat Pilot on ATARI ... ?

 

That was my first time with Sims. :cry:

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-f-16-combat-pilot_9276.html

 

See my previous post :)

[Ragtag]

My first sim was "Their Finest hour" :)

I think i owned almost every sim worth playing, land, sea and air, during my life but the sims i played the most are Janes F/A-18, Janes AH64D and IL2. I used to be in the 131st with F/A-18.

Really looking forward to Storm of War Battle of Brittain :)

[Sticky]

Falcon 1.0 was my first, but the first two I flew the most were A10 TankKiller and Fighter Bomber. Fighter bomber had flyable american planes, and russian, AND Tornado and Viggen!! So many good memories from those two.. They are all in my sig :D

[Scabbers]

f15 strike eagle III was the first real sim to me. though i played everything from flight sim on commadore and up.