flyinhawaiian Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 I was getting a bit nostalgic and decided to remember all the different flight sims I've played in the past:Descent Flight UnlimitedA-10! Attack Fly! II World War II Online: Battleground EuropeIts stunning to see the evolution from what I thought was "AMAZING" to sims which now skew what is real, and what is virtual...What's your history like? Quote
Pete_SMS Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Way too many to remember them all, but I of course remember the highlights:Flight SimulatorFlight Simulator IIChucky Yeager's Advanced Flight TrainerF-14 TomcatInterceptorF-16 Combat PilotFlight Simulator III - FSXF/A-18 Hornet KoreaFalcon 4.0IL-2X-Plane 9I is really stunning what simulators look like these day. Man, I was having fun as well when graphics looked like a bunch of lines on a black screen. ..but still too many Sims to remember them all. Quote
Goran_M Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Back in the days, when I had a Pentium 90 with a 1MB Diamond Stealth video card (worth about $700 back then) and 64MB of RAM running Windows 95, the first sim I bought was SU-27 Flanker V1.0. And it was HUGE back then among the fighter aircraft community. We had competitions over our 33.6kbps internet connections. And it was VERY realistic in terms of physics for the time.The memories....Since then, I've had Jetfighter IIIFlanker 1.5Flanker 2.5F22 LightningFalcon 4.0Janes F-22 (what a disappointment that was)then the MSFS series from FS98 Quote
Lukasz Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Solo Flight - Atari 65XEMig Alley AceWings Of FuryChuck Yeager's Air Combat - CommodoreChuck Yeager's Advanced Trainer - Amiga 500Gunship 2000F-15 Strike EagleBirds Of Prey (Amiga 500 old-school sim)various stuff from Novalogic (never really enjoyed them though) - first PC and currently I'm on third PCTeam Alligator (little known Ka-52 sim)Jane's Longbow 2Falcon 4.0 (and later upgraded to SP3, SP4 and Allied Force)Gunship! (the biggest disappointment ever!)BoB2: Wings Of VictoryEnemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc & Commanche/Hokum (later upgraded with community mods - flyable Hind included)Vietnam Med-EvacFlanker 2.0, then 2.5, then LockOn and then Dangerous Cliffs v.1Il2 Sturmovik (I've started at Pacific Fighters and them moved to 1946)MSFS 98 then 2002Pro and then 2004 (FSX - never moved past horribly low fps demo, instead purchased XP9)OrbiterDangerous Waters (flyable MH-60R Seahawk and P-3 Orion)DCS: Ka-50 Black SharkCondorX-Plane 9These were either flown for many hours or are rememberable for other things.Add to the list some other, that were "flown" the Julius Cesar way: "I've installed, I've launched and I've uninstalled." Fly!, Flight Unlimited, Sierra Pro Pilot, Combat Air Patrol, Rise Of Flight and few others, that I can't remember titles for right now.Does a scene from Modern Warfare count as AC-130 time? Quote
Simmo W Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Wow, fond memories! I flew microprose flight simulator for the Amiga back when it came in those snazzy shiny grey (?) boxes with huge documentation.Come to think of it, did majority of simming on the amiga 500, then only sporadically after, as pcs were so expensive, till 2004 when I got my first home pc. Even then it was too crap for my liking. Played F18 interceptor to death, watch this and laugh at how bad it was, looking back. But back then, it felt incredible. The zoom from the global view to the high res plane! Quote
Nova Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 My first one was "Hellcats" on a Mac II SE ( ) with keyboard.Then there was "X-Wing" ( ) with one of those Flightstick Pro things, we bought in the US.Followed by "F/A-18 Hornet Korea" with a Voodoo Card (w00t).And "Falcon 4.0", which i never really played, just flying around.And then there was "X-Plane" 6 to 9.Not that many, but i was Mac-User until 3 years ago, so there wasn't really much to get. Quote
Simmo W Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Just took me ages to find a reference to 'Acrojet' for the C64. Gawd, the 64. But I loved that game, really challenging. Look it up here:http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/list.php%3Ftype%3Dgenre%26name%3DSimulationThe real thing looks cool I'd buy an xplane version! Quote
Simmo W Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 X-wing was great wasn't it Nout! But ugh, I forgot how much it has aged. I remember loading it secretly to a work pc, one of the latest ones at the time. Would love to see some xplane 5 or earlier footage. Or would I?! Quote
woweezowee Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 all versions of Fly!, then completely switched to Mac and XP8, XP9. Quote
samen Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Well I started with my eldest brother flying the F22 Raptor Simulator (Game) when I was about 4 years old. A few years after that he introduced a X-plane v7 CD to me and that is how long I have been playing X-Plane Quote
Pete_SMS Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Simon, that's a cool page and it brought back some good memories.I also loved F-19 Project Stealth Fighter for the C64. Ace: Air Combat Emulator was on the list too.Not to forget Spitfire 40' with 1 FPS, or was it even one ;D Quote
Litjan Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Hehehe, if "Descent" makes the flight-simulator list, then I would definitely want to at "Fort Apocalypse" and "Blue Max" from the C64 days - oh, the flight model! Oh, the damage model! ;DJan Quote
uwespeed Posted April 19, 2011 Report Posted April 19, 2011 Played F18 interceptor to death, watch this and laugh at how bad it was, looking back. But back then, it felt incredible. The zoom from the global view to the high res plane!Ha! We had such incredible FPS until recently ... with FSX ;D. Ok, the graphics are slightly better in FSX ... Quote
ChrisVon Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 In no particular order...will probably have to add / edit this post later for the one's that I can't remember!Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 (for the IBM PCjr / CGA graphics), 3, 4, 5, 95, 98, 2000, 2002, 2004X-Plane 3 through 9.xx (soon to be 10.xx I hope!)Falcon 1 through 3Microprose F-15 Strike EagleSubLogic Flight Sim Pro (I THINK this was the name of it)ATF (ATF with the Expansion Pack)Microsoft Combat Flight sim 1 and 2GunshipLHXChuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 1 and 2Chuck Yeager's Air Combat Quote
Lukasz Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Heads up!Have a look at a gem, that I've found yesterday, while browsing youtube for videos of some old school sims, down the memory lane.Wings Of Fury 2: Return Of The Legendhttp://wingsoffury2.com/forum/You'll get hooked in no time, I guarantee! And the best part is, it's free, however I'm strongly considering small donation for this fantastic and refreshing project. Quote
UH-60 Blackhawk Posted April 22, 2011 Report Posted April 22, 2011 X-Plane 9+Battlefield 1942 (If you count taking one of the infantry guys into an aircraft on Iwo as a flight sim)All that I can remember Quote
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