Warbirds.

[Blue Mako]

Originally posted by Arlo:
Ahhh ... Inigo Montoya is indeed my favorite character from that movie ... but alas, the die is cast and I am stuck in the role of Vizzini.

You should never take on the role of a short bald guy who ends up dead halfway through the movie.  I just hope you don't look like him... <shudders>

"Who are you?"
"No-one of consequence."
"Please, I must know"
"Get used to dissapointment."
"Okay"

[Arlo]

Ya worry me bud. Try datechat ... I'm not here for that.  

 

Originally posted by Blue Mako:


You should never take on the role of a short bald guy who ends up dead halfway through the movie.  I just hope you don't look like him... <shudders>

"Who are you?"
"No-one of consequence."
"Please, I must know"
"Get used to dissapointment."
"Okay"

and Arlo says, "Hiyas, Rotor!" LOL

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: Arlo ]

[texter]

Originally posted by hblair:
But back to the subject....

People from Warbirds = good

People from Air Warrior = bad

Got it?

I flew in the WB beta. Does that make me good?  

Tex

[texter]

Originally posted by Animal:
I am with hblair on this one.

warbirds.

you are not a true online-simmer unless you crapped your pants when you saw those $100+ bills in Warbirds 1.11 (to have a bigger bell the next month)

LONG LIVE THE REDS!!!
DEAth TO THE FROGS.


Animal
(one of the pioneer volcano divers)

Lord, I wish my AW bill averaged 100$ Not sure the average is down that low yet even after years of $9.95.

Tex
btw-most of those scenario types on WB came from DOS AW  

[Fatty]

I think HBlair looks pretty in a dress, but he always goes for those sleazy miniskirts.

[TheTick]

Okay, time to show my age again.

Let's see...

1993 -- Joined Air Warrior at the then amazing rate of $9.95/month for 4 hours, and $3.00/hour thereafter.  Flew a whopping 4 hours per month to keep my bill down.

1995 -- Joined the Confirmed Kill open Beta as Tick, and ended up a member of the VF-1 ... somethingorothers.  Loved CK because I was an avid Flight Simulator Toolkit developer and CK used that engine at first.  Alas, I didn't like the move to the new engine when Domark got assinine, and I left WB at that time.

1996 -- Did two months back with AW, but found it dull.

2000 -- Found this game called Aces High, and have been hooked since.

Slightly OT...I was dissapointed to hear how bad WW2OL was when released.  I always thought a true combined-arms sim would be awesome.  Alas, it looks to be a goal for another time.  I get my fix by playing Operation Flashpoint these days.  But one day I can see our squad dropping troops from a goon into a town, with members of our squad actually taking the roles of the troops.  That would kick total prettythang...

Okay...I'm done babbling...  

[Wlfgng]

what HB said .

WB used to be the game of choice.

AH is all that exists now  

[Grendel]

Hm. Many have experience VERY old sims.

Guys, would you tell about those gigaold "sims"? :-) Or even experiences from Air Warrior's old days. I smell something that I could use in an article ;-)

[funkedup]

Grendel check this site: http://www.migman.com/museum.htm

I first learned flying in this one:   http://www.migman.com/ref/simhis/FSI/FSI.htm

Learned ACM, gunnery, navigation, and instrument flying on this one: http://www.migman.com/ref/simhis/FSII/FSII.htm

...Chasing around little stick figure biplanes.    

Here is my first true combat sim: http://www.migman.com/ref/simhis/F15_1/F15_1.htm

Die Libyans!!!  

Apple II forever!!!    

[ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: funkedup ]

[Grendel]

Originally posted by funkedup:

Here is my first true combat sim: http://www.migman.com/ref/simhis/F15_1/F15_1.htm

Die Libyans!!!  

[ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: funkedup ]

Funked, me too ;-) Screaming around in those hostile skies with my F-15 - my flight simming began there! The model planes were first of course, but F-15 was the first truly good simulation for me.

[StSanta]

I'm an old EAW'er  

[Tumor]

Originally posted by Blue Mako:


You should never take on the role of a short bald guy who ends up dead halfway through the movie.  I just hope you don't look like him... <shudders>

"Who are you?"
"No-one of consequence."
"Please, I must know"
"Get used to dissapointment."
"Okay"

....he does, almost EXACTLY!!  

[zarkov]

Originally posted by Grendel:


Funked, me too ;-) Screaming around in those hostile skies with my F-15 - my flight simming began there! The model planes were first of course, but F-15 was the first truly good simulation for me.

Almost ashamed to admit it but I played F-15 on my Apple IIe whilst listening to "Highway to the Danger Zone" on the tape player, pretending I was Maverick.

[Serapis]

Yeah, F-15 on the Apple ii was cool, and Falcon 1 on a 286 (monochrome amber monitor)was cool, but Red Baron on the 286/386 was about like the Doom of flight sims. I can remember hiding in and around the clouds long before I had the opportunity to do so elsewhere. What about being allied when bloody April came around with all those Albatross(sp?)D3s   What a blast. Chuck Yeager's Air Combat was fun as well.

Charon

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I started with Falcon in CGA, Milkrun, Dragon's Jaw, Dragon's tail, triangular mountains, eni planes who turn around you always pointing nose to you. Man, I was a fighter pilot!

And F19 retaliator was the best for the time. Those undetected missions in Iran ... You could have medals, your career progressed ... Wohoo!

I also played "topgun" on whatever game console from the time. You could dogfight 1 Vs the over one in Split screen. The screen was all dark except the the horizon line who was a white line, and the other plane, a 3D wire F14 (made with aboout 6 wires), but looked great for my imagination at the time.