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Offline Killjoy2

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« on: February 28, 2002, 09:16:33 AM »
What's the flight sim that got you hooked?  For me it was Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.  After mastering the AI I started thinking, "wouldn't this be great against real people?"  

Then I started reading about Confirmed Kill, but did not have the computing where-with-all to jump in until Warbirds.

I call for a SWOTL Arena.

Found a picture of the cover


Just pattern it after the original with flight plans and objectives only with real people.  (heheh - he said "real people")

« Last Edit: February 28, 2002, 09:13:19 PM by Killjoy2 »
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2002, 09:30:50 AM »
Microprose MiG Alley Ace, Commodore 64 - 1984.

Microprose F-19 Stealth Fighter, Commodore 64 - 1988
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Offline MadBirdCZ

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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2002, 09:47:48 AM »
Loong Time Agooo:

ZX Spectrum - TOMAHAWK
ZX Spectrum - Dambusters
AMIGA - CAP (vector graphics extremely fast!!)
AMIGA - Birds Of Prey (tons of airplanes to fly, multiplayer support!)
AMIGA - Fighter Bomber (few fighterbombers, nice terrain + Inflight refueling!)
AMIGA - Flight Of The Intruder (Vietnam, cooperative multiplayer F-4 and A-6)
AMIGA - Knights Of The Sky (WW1, multiplayer over serial)
AMIGA - Turbo RAKETTI (god I miss this game...)
AMIGA - Armageddon (im not sure about the name but it was multiplatfor sim, with multiplayer support, it was in the future and player had huge research and development teams at hand, underground factories you copuld fly helicopters, fighters, bombers, drive hovercrafts, tanks... agains AI enemy.... it was pretty fast, excellent graphics and stuff...)
AMIGA - Gunship 2000


Prolly all... :)
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Offline K West

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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2002, 09:53:31 AM »
"F15" circa 86, then a few years off till 92 or so when someone showed me Red Baron and then the Dynamix Aces series arrived.

 Never had a PC at home to fly AW online then (too much $$$ to boot) nor Confiremd Kill turned WB's - even though I'd had each of them on my work PC back then. But my sentiment was about the same;  the AI sucked and I wanted to fly against my friends and coworkers :)

 Westy
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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2002, 09:55:30 AM »
BoB the lucasarts one
soon to be followed by
Red Baron
AOP
Falcon3

online..

FLyin circus +)


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Offline popeye

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2002, 09:58:02 AM »
SubLogic Flight Simulator....on a TRS-80 Model I -- with 16K of RAM.
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Offline VWE001

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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2002, 10:12:40 AM »
I have an almost new copy of SWOTL on my desk at home... 3.5 floppies, manual, shipping box. I'll bring it with me to the Con this year...
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Offline Charon

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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2002, 10:17:08 AM »
F-15 on an apple in the mid 1980s, Falcon1 and Their Finest Hour on a PC took it a step farther and then Red Baron Set a standard that was not surpassed until I got into AW around 1993/94.

The game that got me full-fledged into computer gaming has to be Empire, the forerunner of the Civilization style strategy game. I can still remember my first 18-hour gaming day: "Wow, I'm getting a bit tired, it must be midnight. WHAT! 4:30 in the MORNING!"


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Offline Sikboy

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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2002, 10:23:16 AM »
I got Aces of the Pacific and the SVGA Airwarrior Box on the same day. (The day after I got my first desktop) in 1993. I'd dinked around with a horrible Line-graphic titled "Top-Gun" but it was the AOP/Airwarrior combo that sold me forever. Stupid GEnie bills, thank god I was in the Navy, or I would have spent my rent money on that damn game.

-Sikboy
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Offline WBHoncho

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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2002, 10:31:11 AM »
LHX back in 1990.  You can still DL the demo believe it or not.  I like flying the Osprey Tilt Rotor.

Was also the first game I think where A pilot could get wounded and die.

Also of course Wing COmmander
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Offline pimpjoe

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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2002, 10:32:26 AM »
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Offline air_guard

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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2002, 10:39:25 AM »
First flight sim :
Microprose F-19 Stealth Fighter (Commodore 64)  1988
F16-FIGHTER PILOT (amiga) 1989-90
Tornado 1993 (ibm-pc)
I also played SWOTL about that time.
EF2000/Falcon
and then not until 1998 I flied online in CFS1, moved to Fighter ace and 2 years ago i started here and have stayed here :)

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Offline batdog

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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2002, 10:44:31 AM »
CHUCKY YEAGERS AIR COMBAT!!!!!!! Loved being a M-15 killing flights of 262's...lol Oh and I rem the scenerio where your facing a Mig Ace somewhere...

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Of course, I only see what he posts here and what he does in the MA.  I know virtually nothing about the man.  I think its important for people to realize that we don't really know squat about each other.... definately not enough to use words like "hate".

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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2002, 10:48:02 AM »
was a thread like this awhile ago, some HTC crew even chimed in, anybody know how far back BBS search goes?

kid

aha found it

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17680

& the thread before it

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17677
« Last Edit: February 28, 2002, 10:58:00 AM by kidcol »
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Offline Furious

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2002, 11:57:43 AM »
I miss my Amiga.

sniff, sniff  :(



F.
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