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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Blagard on February 15, 2007, 02:10:57 PM

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: Blagard on February 15, 2007, 02:10:57 PM

After seeing a few comments about old software it reminded me of the DOS based AV8B (Harrier Assault)game battling out missions on an Island?. This was a terrific stand alone game but so fussy about memory you had to have a Boot disk just to play it with the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files tweaked to suit!

I thought the flight model was great with the inertia of the aircraft being a great aspect when in the hover.

Since Windows95 arrived I was never able to play it anymore. It would of course be a great game if HiTech would do it and so perhaps I should post in the wishlist. However, I wanted to find out if there is somewhere a modern version at least as good as the flight model of the old DOS one that runs on Windows XP.

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: Dux on February 15, 2007, 02:31:59 PM

Something like that would be high on my wishlist, too. :aok

I used to have a game on my Amiga (or was it C64?) called High Rollers, which was an AV-8A Harrier game.... pretty arcadish, but fun.

I've yet to see a Harrier game that was really done well... I would be in Heaven if one were someday. :)

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: Eagler on February 15, 2007, 03:05:41 PM

is this it? (http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/simulations/games_a/av8b_harrier_assault.html)

edit:

oops sorry thought you were looking for the original until I reread your post .. :)

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: republic on February 16, 2007, 08:53:20 AM

I miss that game too.  :(  Was a good one.

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: scottydawg on February 16, 2007, 09:37:48 AM

I've found that old video games, unlike John Landis movies, don't seem to stand the test of time well...

Title: Any Modern AV8B Sofware about?
Post by: Ghosth on February 17, 2007, 07:24:10 AM

I loved that old harrier game with the task force.

Played it all the way through 3 times. Sure wish I could get the equivilent with upgraded graphics that would play on a modern computer!