Airwarrior.....

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I only did the Mac AirWarrior beta in the late 90s... "HOSS"(Kesmai guy?) made everyone go FR for that one. I think it was on Gamestorm for a bit before it went to AOL for a while before the shutdown. That free beta Mac AirWarrior used to cost me the equivalent of 15 US cents a minute dialup (today's prices or thereabouts) from Ireland (the Irish Telco did not give out a flat rate for Internet access back then). I would not have missed it for any dollar in hindsight... I loved that A-26.

Check out me old AAR on the "BOG III" that was run back then (web site is still hosted by that ISP near twenty years later). The small "film" GIFs or icons on the page are the links to the AARs:

http://homepage.eircom.net/~frontacs/AWB25/BoGIII.html

Good days!

cheers!

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[Brooke]

Check out me old AAR on the "BOG III"

Awesome, Front!

Can I get you to play in the February Scenario "Nuisance Raids"?
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario

[Flossy]

When they shut it down I vowed to never buy a game from them ever, which still holds true to this day.

Same here Rebel28!

[hazmatt]

Holy cow. I dug this up from 1999 and it has a link to AWDOS that looks like it still works!
Anybody remember if we could setup multiplayer in AWDOS?
That we could have dueling for all the GOATs there

[Animl-AW]

Holy cow. I dug this up from 1999 and it has a link to AWDOS that looks like it still works!
Anybody remember if we could setup multiplayer in AWDOS?
That we could have dueling for all the GOATs there

There are some game sites that you can still DL later versions. But I doubt it can be run MP. I still have install exes for a few versions. Including the last version.

[xanax]

Damn it! I mean Damned it!
This thread makes me want to get a PC and stick in order to get shot down 240 to 270 times in row. Damn you people!
Can you still play this game with just a stick and pedals? Or do you need all the Buck Rogers VR/nerdware stuff to thrive. Xmas is coming and my wife thinks that I want a home weather station or a new set of metric tools. I might have to trick her into rethinking those ideas.

[hazmatt]

The VR helps me with my poor gunnery and lacking SA. You can get a VR and a card that will run it for prob 300 total.

Check out Rift S or Quest 2 on Ebay looks to be around 150.

For a video card I've done well with a 1070 looks to be under 100.

I used a I7 4770 for a long time too which you can get for a complete system:
Dell Optiplex 9020 Mini Tower Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4770-3.4 GHz, 32GB Ram, 1TB (1000GB) SSD Drive, WiFi, DVD-RW, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) $197

So I'm guessing you could get all the eye candy for around 500 if that helps.

[Dadtallica]

Damn it! I mean Damned it!
This thread makes me want to get a PC and stick in order to get shot down 240 to 270 times in row. Damn you people!
Can you still play this game with just a stick and pedals? Or do you need all the Buck Rogers VR/nerdware stuff to thrive. Xmas is coming and my wife thinks that I want a home weather station or a new set of metric tools. I might have to trick her into rethinking those ideas.

It’s all good just that. Some people still use just mouse and keys.

I haven’t taken the vr plunge myself but I use a 55” 4K TV as my monitor.

[xanax]

The VR helps me with my poor gunnery and lacking SA. You can get a VR and a card that will run it for prob 300 total.

Check out Rift S or Quest 2 on Ebay looks to be around 150.

For a video card I've done well with a 1070 looks to be under 100.

I used a I7 4770 for a long time too which you can get for a complete system:
Dell Optiplex 9020 Mini Tower Desktop PC, Intel Core i7-4770-3.4 GHz, 32GB Ram, 1TB (1000GB) SSD Drive, WiFi, DVD-RW, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) $197

So I'm guessing you could get all the eye candy for around 500 if that helps.

This does help, Hazmatt. Thanks so much!
Frankly, I'm shocked I don't need 3K like I did back in 94 or whenever to get up in the air, $500 is great. $1 97 for Windows seems absurd-can't I just throw my Win98 CD in and upgrade that? I think I'll wait on the VR as my gunnery and SA did little for me with my "pray and spray" technique. Give me a Zeke and a furball and I'll hit something sometimes.

Of course I kid about the win98 CD....I have a Windows 7 CD around here somewhere.....

[xanax]

It’s all good just that. Some people still use just mouse and keys.

I haven’t taken the vr plunge myself but I use a 55” 4K TV as my monitor.

Oh man! 4K TV's are getting cheap. Thanks for that.

[Dadtallica]

Oh man! 4K TV's are getting cheap. Thanks for that.

It has helped my gunnery somewhat now that stuff is much bigger. I shoot like Mr. Magoo anyway still. I guess only downside is I have to cap it at 50 FPS with the best resolution. I can use lower resolutions and get up in the 120’s but the image quality is reduced on the lower ones.

[hazmatt]

This does help, Hazmatt. Thanks so much!
Frankly, I'm shocked I don't need 3K like I did back in 94 or whenever to get up in the air, $500 is great. $1 97 for Windows seems absurd-can't I just throw my Win98 CD in and upgrade that? I think I'll wait on the VR as my gunnery and SA did little for me with my "pray and spray" technique. Give me a Zeke and a furball and I'll hit something sometimes.

Of course I kid about the win98 CD....I have a Windows 7 CD around here somewhere.....

Uh it's a complete system with 32g  of RAM and a 1TB SSD. It comes with Windows 10 pro installed for $197

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-Desktop-i7-4770-3-4-Windows/dp/B082QMTGW8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=NPD0DNBM059Y&keywords=i7%2B4770&qid=1701649833&sprefix=i7%2B4770%2Caps%2C231&sr=8-3&th=1

[xanax]

Uh it's a complete system with 32g  of RAM and a 1TB SSD. It comes with Windows 10 pro installed for $197

And you thought my SA was bad. Take a gander at my reading comprehension, pure crap!

Was just over at Dell.com taking notes to slip into my wife's calendar. I think I might be a moving target soon.

[hazmatt]

I've bought some amazon refurburbs and had good luck with it. Think there's also a 90 day return policy. I don't see a reason to spend a bunch if you're just looking to get back in the air. That system is more then enough on CPU, RAM and storage and comes with windows installed.

Heck you might be able to play it with the onboard video card but there's no reason to if you can get a 1070 or something comparable for less then 100.

You could tell you wife you need a tv for the bathroom and then steal it and use it for a monitor

[Animl-AW]

Damn it! I mean Damned it!
This thread makes me want to get a PC and stick in order to get shot down 240 to 270 times in row. Damn you people!
Can you still play this game with just a stick and pedals? Or do you need all the Buck Rogers VR/nerdware stuff to thrive. Xmas is coming and my wife thinks that I want a home weather station or a new set of metric tools. I might have to trick her into rethinking those ideas.

I'm just stick and throttle. Having a good time. After watching some vids with VR,.. that's a gotta have thing for me.....eventually.