Airwarrior.....

[hazmatt]

I need to find my Kesmai DOS manual so I can remember how to get off the ground. I saw it the last time I moved and almost chucked it in the trash but now I see why I saved it!

Can you do multiplayer on that AW DOS? I remember there was some sort of head to head thing.

[Oldman731]

Can you do multiplayer on that AW DOS? I remember there was some sort of head to head thing.

There was.  If memory serves, all it did was blank out everyone in the arena but the two of you.  Seems to me you could still hear the duelists, and vice versa.

- oldman

[The Fugitive]

There was.  If memory serves, all it did was blank out everyone in the arena but the two of you.  Seems to me you could still hear the duelists, and vice versa.

- oldman

No, you could set up your own Head to Head server. I use to do it with my Dad years ago on our dial up connections.

[Tilt]

My biggest phone bill was £350.00...…. that would be 29 months AH  subs now.......and my wife complained about only seeing the back of my head.

[DaddyAce]

I need to find my Kesmai DOS manual so I can remember how to get off the ground. I saw it the last time I moved and almost chucked it in the trash but now I see why I saved it!

Can you do multiplayer on that AW DOS? I remember there was some sort of head to head thing.

.....I used to play H2H WarBirds across the room with one of my sons on a cable connection strung across the ceiling, and H2H with a friend by connecting via  our phone modems.  But I don't know if the War Birds software is still available.

[Brooke]

My biggest phone bill was £350.00...…. that would be 29 months AH  subs now.......and my wife complained about only seeing the back of my head.

Tilt is still around!  Awesome! 

Tilt, you up for some scenario action this year?

[wrench]

Good thing I didn't join AW until A-O-hell times where it was flat rate, maybe around 1996.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior

[TequilaChaser]

There was.  If memory serves, all it did was blank out everyone in the arena but the two of you.  Seems to me you could still hear the duelists, and vice versa.

- oldman

Oldma

You're thinking of the online RR & FR arena's "Dueling Mode"

Good thing I didn't join AW until A-O-hell times where it was flat rate, maybe around 1996.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior

When it came out of beta on AOL and went prime time, it cost something like $2 an hour (or 2.99) + whatever your phonebill & monthly AOL subscription was..... Then for a little bit, AW went flat rate on AOL, then it went back to the small hourly rate....not sure what happened after that because I was over on Kesmai's new Gamestorm beta testing AW II, which never really went live, that I recall, Gamestorm opened up with free open beta of AW III BigWeek Pacific and I never really returned to AOL...

iirc, Gamestorm cost something like $7 a month or close.... I don't remember, heck at that time, I had 6 free accounts among other things, heh

That Wikipedia Air Warrior page could use some editing and correcting

[caldera]

My biggest phone bill was £350.00...…. that would be 29 months AH  subs now.......and my wife complained about only seeing the back of my head.

All would have been forgiven, had you shown her the top of your head more often.   

[Flossy]

I started Air Warrior when it was on Gamestorm, after watching my husband (Zeb/Zebedee) playing on and off for a few years before.  In the early days I was more concerned about the phone bills but by then getting my own account was more manageable.  At first I only ever used GVs or went as a gunner in a bomber, but I was soon persuaded to give actual flying a go.  I was never very successful at flying fighters, more often than not getting into a spin and crashing - but eventually tried bombers and loved flying B17s, and never looked back (apart from to check my 6!  LOL)

A lot has happened since then, but I'll never forget how it all started in AW. 

[DaddyAce]

Flossy I recall briefly gunning for your B-17 in AW Big Week.  Was under a different handle at the time, and don't recall which one, maybe yormt or da....which is just as well as I was not a good gunner, and didn't keep you from getting shot down......   

[Flossy]

Flossy I recall briefly gunning for your B-17 in AW Big Week.  Was under a different handle at the time, and don't recall which one, maybe yormt or da....which is just as well as I was not a good gunner, and didn't keep you from getting shot down......   

I think Big Week was slightly before my time so possibly wasn't me or a different scenario?  Anyway, I'm sure you did fine, even the best gunners can't always prevent the bomber being shot down. 

[Shuffler]

It was probably Bossy.... my ex-wife. 

[DaddyAce]

I think Big Week was slightly before my time so possibly wasn't me or a different scenario?......,

.......or at this stage of life my memories of Air Warrior and early Aces High experience are sort of blending together, and not as clear as I'd like to think they are......   

[Mongoose]

.....I used to play H2H WarBirds across the room with one of my sons on a cable connection strung across the ceiling, and H2H with a friend by connecting via  our phone modems.  But I don't know if the War Birds software is still available.

I did that a couple of times with my brother at my house.  Now days you can do the same thing using a custom arena.