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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Doberman on March 07, 2004, 09:46:45 PM
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Cleaning up my shelves full of aero books I ran across this the other day. May, 1995 issue of CGW.
(http://homepage.interaccess.com/~dsh/01.jpg)
Here's a list of the planes that were planned to be included at the time. The bolded ones are what we've currently got (sorta).
A6M3 Zero-Sen
A-26B Invader
Barracuda
Brewster Buffalo
Bristol Beaufighter
B6N2 "Jill"
B5N1 "Kate"
B-17G Flying Fortress
B-25B Mitchell
B-24D Liberator
Dornier Do 335
DeHavilland Mosquito MK.IV
D3A1 "Val"
D4Y2 "Judy"
F4F-3 Wildcat
F6F-3 Hellcat
F4U Corsair
Fw 190
Fw 200c Condor
Grumman F8-F Bearcat
G4M3 "Betty"
G5N1 Liz
Henschel Hs 129
He 111H
He 219 Uhu
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Illyushin Il-10
J2M2 Jack
Ju 87G-2 Stuka
Ju 88
Ju 188
Ki-21 "Sally"
Ki-43 "Oscar" Hayabusa
Ki-44 "Tojo" Shoki
Ki-61 "Tony" Hien
Ki-84 "Frank" Hayate
Ki-100
LaGG-3
La-7
Lancaster III
Macchi C.202
Me 110
Me 109
Me 262 Schwalbe
MiG-3
N1K2-J "George" Shiden
P-38L Lightening
P-39 Aircobra
P-40 Warhawk
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51D Mustang
SB2C-3 Helldiver
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spiteful
Ta-152H1
Grumman TBF Avenger
Tempest
Tupolev Tu-2
Yakovlev Yak-1
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yakovlev Yak-9
We're doing allright on that list. Still a coupla bolds missing that I'd really like to see, but we've also got a handful that weren't orginally planned. As well as GV's (such as they are.)
HiTech! Where's my Dornier Do 335?
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Aces High dont have Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats or F4F-3 Wildcat and we only have F6F-5 Hellcats and F4F-4 Wildcat in AH now. Also, There are so many aircraft that we dont have it yet like F4U-1A Corsair, Bf-109K, and more.
BTW, I gotta say that Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat is post-war and it did not see action in WWII, too late.
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Did you mean what we have in AH?
If so, let me modify it a bit for current AH.
Let me add that this list is an odd assortment of specific aircraft (e.g F6F-3 and A6M3) and general types (e.g. Spitfire and Ju88). I bolded the specific models only if we have that exact model in AH. Model differences are sometimes VERY significant, e.g. the Mosquito Mk IV is an unarmed bomber, the Mosquito Mk VI we have in AH is a very well gunned fighter-bomber. If a general type was mentioned and AH had any version of it I bolded it.
A6M3 Zero-Sen
A-26B Invader
Barracuda
Brewster Buffalo
Bristol Beaufighter
B6N2 "Jill"
B5N1 "Kate"
B-17G Flying Fortress
B-25B Mitchell
B-24D Liberator
Dornier Do 335
DeHavilland Mosquito MK.IV
D3A1 "Val"
D4Y2 "Judy"
F4F-3 Wildcat
F6F-3 Hellcat
F4U Corsair
Fw 190
Fw 200c Condor
Grumman F8-F Bearcat
G4M3 "Betty"
G5N1 Liz
Henschel Hs 129
He 111H
He 219 Uhu
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Illyushin Il-10
J2M2 Jack
Ju 87G-2 Stuka
Ju 88
Ju 188
Ki-21 "Sally"
Ki-43 "Oscar" Hayabusa
Ki-44 "Tojo" Shoki
Ki-61 "Tony" Hien
Ki-84 "Frank" Hayate
Ki-100
LaGG-3
La-7
Lancaster III
Macchi C.202
Me 110
Me 109
Me 262 Schwalbe
MiG-3
N1K2-J "George" Shiden
P-38L Lightening
P-39 Aircobra
P-40 Warhawk
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51D Mustang
SB2C-3 Helldiver
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spiteful
Ta-152H1
Grumman TBF Avenger
Tempest
Tupolev Tu-2
Yakovlev Yak-1
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yakovlev Yak-9
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I saved that same mag as well
that story really opened my eyes to the possibilities for the genre. Granted a lot of what was promised in that article is still theory. But CK still changed the community when it took a lot of the talented guys away from AW. Anyone remember how you could strafe the planes parked at the airfields?
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FWIW I put the "(sorta)" at the end of my statement as a disclaimer, knowing that some of them aren't the EXACT same models planned by HT & the boys back in the beginning. Close enough.
Who all here actually flew CK? I did not. I came into it just days after it became WB.
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Do either of you want to sell that issue?
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See the other featured games? Tie Fighter, X-COM and Wing Commander III? Classics.
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Hi all
Here is the list from Warbirds bolded with the same rules as above.
A6M3 Zero-Sen
A-26B Invader
Barracuda
Brewster Buffalo
Bristol Beaufighter
B6N2 "Jill"
B5N1 "Kate
B-17G Flying Fortress
B-25B Mitchell
B-24D Liberator
Dornier Do 335
DeHavilland Mosquito MK.IV
D3A1 "Val"
D4Y2 "Judy"
F4F-3 Wildcat
F6F-3 Hellcat[/B}
F4U Corsair
Fw 190
Fw 200c Condor
Grumman F8-F Bearcat
G4M3 "Betty"
G5N1 Liz
Henschel Hs 129
He 111H
He 219 Uhu
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Illyushin Il-10
J2M2 Jack
Ju 87G-2 Stuka
Ju 88
Ju 188
Ki-21 "Sally"[
Ki-43 "Oscar" Hayabusa
Ki-44 "Tojo" Shoki
Ki-61 "Tony" Hien
Ki-84 "Frank" Hayate
Ki-100
LaGG-3
La-7
Lancaster III
Macchi C.202
Me 110
Me 109
Me 262 Schwalbe
MiG-3
N1K2-J "George" Shiden
P-38L Lightening
P-39 Aircobra
P-40 Warhawk
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51D Mustang
SB2C-3 Helldiver
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spiteful
Ta-152H1
Grumman TBF Avenger
Tempest
Tupolev Tu-2
Yakovlev Yak-1
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yakovlev Yak-9
regards
save
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What is a "Supermarine Spiteful"?
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A spitful is a later war plane that was more advanced than the spitfire, Not sure it even flew combat in WW2.
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Originally posted by gofaster
What is a "Supermarine Spiteful"?
An overseas Jarhead on steroids that just found out his girl friend is dating his best friend while he is away. :D
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Originally posted by gofaster
What is a "Supermarine Spiteful"?
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2918.htm (http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2918.htm)
No. 2918. SUPERMARINE SPITFUL Mk.XIV Type 371 (RAF RB515)
(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2918L.jpg)
No. 2949. SUPERMARINE SEA FANG (Royal Navy RB520)
(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2949L.jpg)
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Originally posted by Toad
Do either of you want to sell that issue?
Nope. Woulnd't have saved it this long if I didn't wanna keep it. :)
Though .... what are you willing to pay? $1,000? $10,000 ;) I might consider that. "Game of the year, 1995" issue. This was back when they had a dozen pages of Sim specific game coverage & articles. Interestingly, in the Sim section is an ad for the "Girlfriend interactive virtual woman." Ahhh, if only.
I would be willing to post a PDF of the entire article if anyone would lke to read it. It's a fairly typical fluff preview type article, not really an in-depth review. Doesn't even really mention GunJam, HiTech, or anyone by name. (There are some screen shots, one of which shows "Hitech" vs. "Alan" onscreen.)
"To play at the higest resolution ... a Diamond Stealth 64 video card with 2MB of RAM or equivalent [is recommended]."
"Because they are using a heavy-duty Sun Microsystems server with a minimum connection rate of 9600 baud, warping will rarely be a problem."
"The frame rate of the sim on a 486/33 local bus, the minimum recommended system, will never drop below 15 frames a second."
Does anyone have an archive copy of CK squirreled away on a backup somewhere? I have some very early WB versions, but I don't have any Confirmed Kill.
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"To play at the higest resolution ... a Diamond Stealth 64 video card with 2MB of RAM or equivalent [is recommended]."
Ive still got one of those laying around :aok
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I used to have that Issue!!!
I might still have it though, packed away maybe??
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Originally posted by Doberman
Though .... what are you willing to pay? $1,000? $10,000 ;)
Ah...... no. They didn't pay anywhere near that much for the article.
:D
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Bingo same article and magazine here packed up with a good portion of my old Sgt. Rock, Star Wars, Daredevil, Nth Man, GI Joe and Superman comic books.
I even played the game for a bit before it transitioned over to WB.
Also does anyone here remember the game called Desert Fighters that Sierra had going that actually made open beta before getting canned. If so and any of you have it I would like a copy of it. The game was to feature German, British and American aircraft in the North Africa/Mediterranean theater. I had it for a while and it played good in the initial open beta too bad Sierra canned the design team and killed the game.
Here is the only article I have been able to find that tells anything about it.
Desert Fighters by Dynamix (http://pc.ign.com/articles/067/067872p1.html?fromint=1)
(http://atfw.intelligamer.com/features/e399/e303.jpg)
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Originally posted by Rafe35
There are so many aircraft that we dont have it yet like F4U-1A Corsair, Bf-109K, and more.
why want more of models that we have now? isn't 4 F4u's enough? or 5 109's?
get some new planes we dont have first, before re-hashing something we can use already.
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why do you goobs keep missing the kate that we have?
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I didn't.
We have the B5N2, that article's is the B5N1. Different aircraft, thus I didn't bold it.
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0WN3D.
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Sierra, what a bunch of losers. Im sure Donkey Kong IV will be a big hit or whatever crap they are working on.
I had the CGW mag before I got into online sims, I remember thinking "wow, that would be so cool to fight online vs real players...".
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Originally posted by JB73
why want more of models that we have now? isn't 4 F4u's enough? or 5 109's?
get some new planes we dont have first, before re-hashing something we can use already.
Well, Sure! There's are alot country fighter/bomber aircraft that we don't have it yet in Aces High and hoping to see couple "new" fighter/bomber in Aces High II soon.
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dont hold your breath about new aeroplanes for coming AH2 .
Graphics dept. will have a handful making the current planeset until new planes will be released.
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Originally posted by Squire
I had the CGW mag before I got into online sims, I remember thinking "wow, that would be so cool to fight online vs real players...".
I got that CGW mag after I got into online flight sims. I remember thinking "wow, this thing is going to be way cooler than Air Warrior".
And then Air Warrior was canned.
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Oh, and Sierra isn't so bad. They're the group that published "Silent Hunter" and Papyrus' "NASCAR Racing" series.
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Kinda reminds me of Aces of the Pacific and Aces over Europe.They were a blast to play.