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Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2008, 10:19:52 PM »
Remember wasting time playing
"Defender Of The Crown"?

Well you can play it online here  LOL

http://www.cinemaware.com/dotcremaster_main.asp?sel=screen
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Offline Sox62

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2008, 10:42:20 PM »
Quote from: Wobbly on May 21, 2008, 06:04:27 AM
Never did Janes but I did European Air War online on the Zone, 6 max in an arena on dialup

My first was Their Finest Hour on the Amiga (with half meg ram upgrade!), FPS of 5 was a luxury

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Their Finest Hour was my first ever PC flight sim.

I remember flying one mission over and over until my pilot had a high rating,then renaming the file over about ten times.I then used them as my wingmen.The Germans only made the coast once after that.
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Offline Maverick

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #32 on: May 24, 2008, 12:21:53 PM »
On the PC there wasn't much in the way of wingmen that I recall. I did have it down to the point where I could make a kill consistently using only 8 rounds. Setting up a scenario where you got successive waves of 8 enemy fighters was easy and so were they.
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Offline Saxman

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2008, 03:18:02 PM »
Quote from: Sox62 on May 23, 2008, 10:42:20 PM

I remember flying one mission over and over until my pilot had a high rating,then renaming the file over about ten times.I then used them as my wingmen.The Germans only made the coast once after that.

I did that in X-wing. I even backed up my pilot file so if I died or was captured I could restore without starting at the lowest rating. :D

The latter X-wing games were sort of disappointing in that regard. There was a real loss of atmosphere.
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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2008, 05:50:35 PM »
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Offline Saxman

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2008, 10:13:19 PM »
 :salute Moe.

Best WWII air-combat sim ever. Aces Over Europe just wasn't as good.
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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #36 on: May 26, 2008, 10:51:51 AM »
The original Red Baron.  Best game I EVER played. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5mDKmS_xk&feature=related

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Offline 442w30

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Re: a game from the past
« Reply #37 on: May 26, 2008, 11:11:15 AM »
Quote from: Lusche on May 20, 2008, 09:42:39 PM
I did.

But as this kind of hobby was almost non-existant in Germany, I almost always had to play solo :(

But even today I get "Achtung Spitfire!" and "Over the Reich" out of the shelf and play around a little bit. Quite amazing games, especially when compared to the rather flawed Air Force series ;)


I've got a copy of that Luftwaffe game.  In ways that was a great game.  Hard to play solo though. 
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