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Title: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: CptTrips on June 16, 2019, 08:33:45 PM: Yes, yes. Some chest-thumper will come in here and harumph that this was already posted in 2003 and 2005.

However, I just accidentally ran across it today and enjoyed re-reading it. So for those who have not read this yet:

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/articles/simhistory/ (http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/articles/simhistory/)

So who is going to play Hitech in the History Channel mini-series? :D

I'm thinking the guy from Under Siege II:

(http://movie.info/large-actor/Eric_Bogosian_0.jpg)
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: CptTrips on June 16, 2019, 08:40:06 PM: Sadly, we've lost the best Wild Bill.
:noid

(https://brightcove04pmdo-a.akamaihd.net/77374810001/77374810001_719504889001_ari-origin29-arc-193-1292972678431.jpg?pubId=77374810001&videoId=663148156001)
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: Blakes7 on June 27, 2019, 09:24:22 AM: Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe and Red Baron 3D were my first sims. Much better than what followed like F-22 and FA-18. Red Baron 3D especially had great sound and realism for its day.
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: Ramesis on June 27, 2019, 02:50:54 PM: I may be revealing my age but.... I began playing flight
sims in the mid to late '70s with wire frame sims on a perkin-elmer 7/32
mini frame... and YES... the same Perkin-Elmer that screwed up the
Hubble mirror
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: Arlo on June 27, 2019, 06:21:39 PM: Mig Alley Ace

(https://archive.org/serve/a8b_MIG_Alley_Ace_1983_MicroProse_US_cr_Byte_Breaker/MIG_Alley_Ace_1983_MicroProse_US_cr_Byte_Breaker_screenshot.gif)
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: Meatwad on June 27, 2019, 06:41:18 PM: (https://hyperspin-fe.com/siteuploads/downloads/screenshots/monthly_05_2015/7035fb1202e4103b3e6665ea970f6222-capture.jpg)
Title: Re: Online Flight Simulator History
Post by: Shuffler on June 28, 2019, 11:43:47 AM: I thought COMBAT was what we used for communications before switching to pigeons........... :O