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Offline toonces3

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« on: May 03, 2007, 07:05:00 PM »
this:


Mig Alley Ace!

I wonder how many of the players on here remember the 'real' old days when this was the only way to get head to head action.
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2007, 07:14:25 PM »
Trying really hard to ignore the gay overtone in "Head to head action". Trying really really hard and failing.

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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2007, 07:24:14 PM »
Well, actually AW started back in '85 as well and that was online...


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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2007, 08:53:16 PM »
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Well, actually AW started back in '85 as well and that was online...


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we had to wait for Al Gore to invent the internet
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Offline 999000

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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2007, 09:04:33 PM »
My first game was "aces" box game.. no online..but it got me hooked!
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Re: before aces high, there was...
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2007, 09:12:56 PM »
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Originally posted by toonces3
this:


Mig Alley Ace!

I wonder how many of the players on here remember the 'real' old days when this was the only way to get head to head action.


and before Mig Alley there was Spitfire Ace and Hellcat Ace.
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Offline fwembt

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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2007, 10:21:32 PM »
What about Aces Over Europe? I didn't have internet so I have no idea if it was online capable but it was a tremendous game.
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2007, 10:27:37 PM »
BLUE MAX!  1983 and on the Commodore 64.

http://c64s.com/game/406/blue_max/
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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2007, 10:40:08 PM »
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we had to wait for Al Gore to invent the internet


No you didn't, many online services like Genie hosted games, Air Warrior being one of them.  But I was incorrect on my dates, AW was in '87 not '85 as I previously stated.


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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2007, 10:43:55 PM »
Ace of Aces

A Mosquito "simulator" on the Commodore 64.  It even attempted clouds.
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Offline SKJohn

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« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2007, 10:43:58 PM »
I remember spending hours playing the original MS Flight Sim - "not equal" signs for the biplanes - they were always "HOing" you no matter what direction they were coming from.  The one line horizon . . . .  man we thought we had it good back then!  Then I was introduced to Red Baron, and Aces over the Pacific - I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!
What will it be like in another 20 - 30 years?????
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Offline thndregg

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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2007, 10:48:43 PM »
Used to play on the SubLogic version (before Microsoft) of Flight Simulator on the C64. Dad bought the tape cassette version of it before we finally got a disk drive. That was a looooong wait to load the damn thing.
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Offline toonces3

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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2007, 11:29:51 PM »
was there online or one v. one gaming before mig alley ace?  Mig Alley Ace was released in 1985 and I remember it being so innovative because you could fight against another human instead of the computer.  

Were there earlier multi-player flight sims prior to this?
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2007, 11:38:59 PM »
Sheesh...got my first air combat sim in 1980. Flying Tigers...a text only game. :)
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2007, 11:40:38 PM »
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Used to play on the SubLogic version (before Microsoft) of Flight Simulator on the C64. Dad bought the tape cassette version of it before we finally got a disk drive. That was a looooong wait to load the damn thing.



Ohhhh.  First computer was a Commodore Vic 20 with the cassette drive.  Had to use leaderless cassette tapes with it.  Upgraded to C64 with floppy drive later.  My watch has more computing power than that thing did.
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