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Title: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 03, 2011, 04:54:00 PM
I know many of you know Airwarrior as that is where manyof us came from. I also know there are many who never played Airwarrior And may have wondered what these old farts have been talking about.
Well, here it is. Try it out for yourself
 
Just downloaded it and it works. Forgot how to set up joystick views and to get the trigger to fire but "F" is the firing command + an - the throttle.
Its a Demo I just now stumbled across. Last updated in 2009. And to my amazement it works And best of all. its free.

Now you too can relive your past glories Or see just what the hell this badarse game was we keep talking about In all its glory complete with 3-D Graphics Beautifully rendered cockpits and aircraft with ultra realistic terrain.

Ladies and germs
Dun dun da daa
I prsent to you. Fully compatable with XP

Airwarrior III !!!!
http://games.softpedia.com/get/Games-Demo/Air-Warrior-III-Demo.shtml

Almost like a visit form an old friend. I still have the complete game in the box with manual.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: outbreak on March 03, 2011, 05:49:55 PM
Works on Win 7 Ultimate, And I must say, Ammo with a fuel looking guage =] not bad but think i will stick with aces high for sure =]
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: kvuo75 on March 03, 2011, 06:07:24 PM
pfft aw3 started it all? what about aw for dos?  :)


Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 03, 2011, 06:36:22 PM
pfft aw3 started it all? what about aw for dos?  :)




I meant airwarrior in general
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DarkHawk on March 03, 2011, 09:44:24 PM
I have a cd copy of AWII, brings back old memories, it still load and runs okay
DHawk
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Krusty on March 03, 2011, 10:43:44 PM
Thanks for the blast from the past. While I was aware of it at the time from various press (magazine articles here or there) I never did play AW. I was into other games at the time.

I think I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: TequilaChaser on March 03, 2011, 11:06:08 PM
Works on Win 7 Ultimate, And I must say, Ammo with a fuel looking guage =] not bad but think i will stick with aces high for sure =]

how did you install it on Windows 7 Ult. ( and is this win 7 ult 64bit? )

how did you go about making the game start & play??? ... IE- did you use any compatibility mode settings to play it?

am interested, could possibly dig up some old films and use fraps or something to convert them to avi/wmv or whatever
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: lulu on March 04, 2011, 06:52:29 AM
has it some good AI for fighting?




 :salute
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Nypsy on March 04, 2011, 06:59:39 AM
Won't install on my 64bit Win7.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Drano on March 04, 2011, 07:37:17 AM
I saved all my AW stuff on CDs. Got the different versions, all my films and K-AWSM (the Kraits Air Warrior Sound Manager). Never thought about running it on this machine.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: colmbo on March 04, 2011, 07:58:36 AM
Login thru Genie .... $6/hour.....those were the days!!  :D
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: flatiron1 on March 04, 2011, 08:16:06 AM
that's really bad LOL
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: katanaso on March 04, 2011, 08:28:22 AM
I have all of my films from back then too, as well as all of the Gamestorm CDs once those started coming out.

I might have a PC at my folks' house with Windows 95 and AW4W still on it -- no idea if they kept that machine.

Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: grizz441 on March 04, 2011, 08:31:37 AM
Hitech should ban you for attempting to draw customers away to another flight sim as ubertastic as air warrior 3.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: angels10 on March 04, 2011, 09:42:14 AM
 Finally a flight sim i can run at MAX video setting! No more 1500.00 computer my E-machine is good for something  :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

 Off to E-bay gone shopping!

 Angels10 :angel:
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: hlbly on March 04, 2011, 01:34:30 PM
You guys that use FFB try this .
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: guncrasher on March 04, 2011, 01:39:20 PM
i rememer using a heloc check to pay for my phone bill and another to pay for aol chargers  :rofl :rofl.   when i first set up aw i switched from local aol number to their 800 pay by the minute thiking that that's how they would cover the .10 per minute   :furious.  so I got doubled charged  :bhead :bhead.

semp
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: outbreak on March 04, 2011, 02:29:05 PM
Installed with no compatibility settings on Win 7 Ult x86(32bit).

Ran with no compatibility settings, It started just fine however it did crash when I Alt-Tab'ed it lol
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: ROX on March 04, 2011, 02:50:21 PM
Same here.  Saved the original game CDs.

I go back and play the "missions"...basically rudimentary AI where it's you against hoards of AI.

Pretty fun, but the horse-excrement graphics compared to today makes it look arcade now.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Shuffler on March 04, 2011, 02:54:34 PM
Pong pwnd
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: katanaso on March 04, 2011, 03:52:05 PM
Pretty fun, but the horse-excrement graphics compared to today makes it look arcade now.

I haven't played since 1999, so it allows my memories of the game and graphics to be much better than what they were in reality. :)

Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: hitech on March 04, 2011, 03:57:30 PM
Is there anyway to download it with out the speed....... thing?

HiTech
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 04, 2011, 05:20:59 PM
Hitech should ban you for attempting to draw customers away to another flight sim as ubertastic as air warrior 3.

LMAO yea I know right. LOL
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 04, 2011, 05:21:46 PM
what speed thing?
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Brooke on March 04, 2011, 06:43:34 PM
Login thru Genie .... $6/hour.....those were the days!!  :D

 :aok
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: SunBat on March 04, 2011, 06:51:59 PM
Are the gods flying about in there?
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: pervert on March 04, 2011, 10:44:54 PM
how did you install it on Windows 7 Ult. ( and is this win 7 ult 64bit? )

how did you go about making the game start & play??? ... IE- did you use any compatibility mode settings to play it?

am interested, could possibly dig up some old films and use fraps or something to convert them to avi/wmv or whatever

Works fine on windows 7 32 bit pretty amazing for 1997  :)
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: hitech on March 05, 2011, 11:31:53 AM
what speed thing?

When I click on the download link it wants to download a "speed downloader" to then download AW.

i.e. I cant find a direct link to AW.


Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: pervert on March 05, 2011, 11:33:38 AM
When I click on the download link it wants to download a "speed downloader" to then download AW.

i.e. I cant find a direct link to AW.




http://games.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=45788&t=4&i=1 (http://games.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=45788&t=4&i=1)
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Tigger29 on March 05, 2011, 11:52:19 AM
When I click on the download link it wants to download a "speed downloader" to then download AW.

i.e. I cant find a direct link to AW.

Check your PMs, HiTech!!

 :joystick:
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: hitech on March 05, 2011, 12:20:22 PM
http://games.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=45788&t=4&i=1 (http://games.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=45788&t=4&i=1)
Thanks.

HiTech
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 05, 2011, 04:09:09 PM
When I click on the download link it wants to download a "speed downloader" to then download AW.

i.e. I cant find a direct link to AW.




Really? Doesnt do that for me. But then again I run firefox with the  noscript addon. Maybe that has something to do with it.

If you would like, I'll mail you the file.
Title: Re: Where it ALL started. If you want to see AND try first hand
Post by: Warty on March 06, 2011, 10:29:26 AM
Now we're talking! Here's how it looked when I played it...
(http://hol.abime.net/pic_full/dbs/3201-3300/3218_dbs1.png)

You can still download the original Amiga and Atari ST versions, probably the original Mac version too, but that would be in B/W (I think, I never played the mac version). You'll need an Amiga or ST emulator, but that would be a sure way to run version 1 on Win7.