Author Topic: Aces of the Pacific (Read 549 times)

Vulcan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 15, 2005, 10:47:37 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Whatever version of MSFS was out in 1986?

It was probably Sublogic FS1... (not MS).

or if it looked like this Sublogic FS2:

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 16, 2005, 12:46:14 AM »

No it looked nothing like that. And it was indeed Microsoft's Flight Simulator. We bought our PC at the end of 1986/early 1987, because I remember distinctly using it to type one of my first college papers in the fall of 87, and we had already been using the computer for several months.

I can even remember playing a simple version of a flight sim on the Apple II way back when that looked similar to what you posted above. I think the version of MSFS that I'm thinking of was Microsoft Flight Simulator II

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 16, 2005, 01:01:14 AM »

Here we go. This is the one because I remember the cover of the box with the "digital" landscape lines, the screen, and the person sitting in the chair. I dont know how many hundreds of hours I put on that Cessna. Never was much good with the Learjet though.

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1986
Third Generation: new releases by subLOGIC of FS II (or as I call it FS III) for the Amiga and Atari-ST with 320x240, 16-color display, new menu system and multiple windows and views (including spot view), an enhanced co-ordinate system and enhanced scenery (buildings, bridges) in 5 areas with 120 airports.
Autopilot and multiplayer option. Aircraft: Cessna 182RG and Learjet 25.

1986

Microsoft releases FS 1.0 for Apple Macintosh. Functionally the same as the third generation Amiga and Atari versions, but high res, monochrome. Without multiplayer option. Also comparable to FS 3.0 for the PC (1988).

1986

first add-on sceneries by subLOGIC, gradually covering the whole of the USA, compatible with both Microsoft and subLOGIC FS versions.

1987

first non-USA add-on scenery (Western European Tour, with special Paris, London and Munich scenery) by subLOGIC

FiLtH · « **Reply #18 on:** October 16, 2005, 01:03:46 AM »

The one i played was MSFS 5.0

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 16, 2005, 01:09:48 AM »

Well, that cover looked like mine, except it didnt have any "Torpedo Attack" on it, and it said in big letters "Microsoft Flight Simulator II" across the top. Apparently its considered "FS 3.0" though, and came out in 88? Maybe I'm off a year. I could swear it was 87. But these pics are undeniably the FS I remember.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 16, 2005, 01:13:20 AM »

5.0 was a great version. Real graphics (incredible at the time), and a much improved FM. The "dash" was a great improvement too. Plus it was the last DOS version. ::sigh::

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #21 on:** October 16, 2005, 03:15:11 AM »

My first from 1983, Hellcat Ace

Blue Max
Solo Flight
Arcticfox
Sublogic FS II
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
Stunt Island
Red Baron
Red Baron II
Aces Over Europe
Aces of the Pacific
MSCFS I
MSCFS II
Janes WWII Fighters
European Air War
USAF
Israeli Air Force
IL2 Series
Falcon 4.0
Falcon 4.0 AF
DoA
WB
AH

I know there's a lot more but can't remember em all.