Korea/Vietnam sims

Nyarlathotep · 11-26-10, 04:12 AM

Not aware of any relatively modern flight sims covering either the Korean or Vietnam wars.. Really interested in all those early jets & was wondering if anyone could recommend good titles along those lines. FWIW I am more interested in realism & historical accuracy than graphics (but I like those too!).

Thanks.

Schroeder · 11-26-10, 05:10 AM

Only Wings over Vietnam comes to mind here. But it's not really a realistic simulation so I guess you wouldn't have much fun with it.

Raptor1 · 11-26-10, 05:12 AM

The only one I know about Korea is MiG Alley, which is not quite (at all) modern, but still a good game. There's supposed to be one being made on the SoW engine, but who knows when we'll hear anything about that.

Castout · 11-26-10, 04:50 PM

Free Falcon. It's set in Korea. It's realistic too. Yes it's free.

Thread here for download link

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177256

Objective accomplished

Edit: Just realized that you mean first Korean War. Well I don't know any but if second Korean war erupted Free Falcon would be it :-)
Until then it may not be historically accurate but nonetheless a realistic flying sim and fun too and I must add good looking.

And I'd like to second Wings over Vietnam. It's a lot of fun especially when heavily modded.
If the purpose is to get the feel of Korean era planes such as Mig-15/17/19 then I'd also suggest Wings over Israel. Heavily modded too will give a lot of fun and it's also a gorgeous game to look at well maybe except the terrain.

ShadowWolf Kell · 11-26-10, 09:20 PM

Flight of the Intruder, by Spectrum Holobyte is the only realistic flight sim I can think of in the Vietnam era.

It was a combination job between SH and Rowan iirc. They also made Battle of Britain (WW2) and Mig Alley (Korean War.)

True, Falcon includes Korea but it's far more modernized. Still, dropping GBUs on Pongyang has it's benefits.

Nyarlathotep · 12-03-10, 09:07 PM

Thanks for the recommendations. I will look into Wings over Vietnam - having played a lot of SH3/GWX I know how much mods can add to a game. The Wings over Israel also sounds interesting. It's surprising to me that there doesn't seem to be an F4 sim? Or better yet, a Vietnam-era sim with multiple flyable aircraft, considering how many different ones were active at the time and all the different missions they could have..

[edit] Ah, it looks like that's kind of what W/Vietnam is.. The article mentions a "vastly enhanced and rewritten version for the Vista platform called Strike Fighters 2:Vietnam" released last year. I'm going to look for some reviews on that, anyone familiar with it? The fact that it wasn't mentioned makes me suspect it's lacking.

11-26-10, 04:12 AM	#1
Nyarlathotep Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Korea/Vietnam sims Not aware of any relatively modern flight sims covering either the Korean or Vietnam wars.. Really interested in all those early jets & was wondering if anyone could recommend good titles along those lines. FWIW I am more interested in realism & historical accuracy than graphics (but I like those too!). Thanks.

11-26-10, 05:10 AM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Only Wings over Vietnam comes to mind here. But it's not really a realistic simulation so I guess you wouldn't have much fun with it. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

11-26-10, 05:12 AM	#3
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	The only one I know about Korea is MiG Alley, which is not quite (at all) modern, but still a good game. There's supposed to be one being made on the SoW engine, but who knows when we'll hear anything about that. __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

11-26-10, 04:50 PM	#4
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Free Falcon. It's set in Korea. It's realistic too. Yes it's free. Thread here for download link http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177256 Objective accomplished Edit: Just realized that you mean first Korean War. Well I don't know any but if second Korean war erupted Free Falcon would be it :-) Until then it may not be historically accurate but nonetheless a realistic flying sim and fun too and I must add good looking. And I'd like to second Wings over Vietnam. It's a lot of fun especially when heavily modded. If the purpose is to get the feel of Korean era planes such as Mig-15/17/19 then I'd also suggest Wings over Israel. Heavily modded too will give a lot of fun and it's also a gorgeous game to look at well maybe except the terrain. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 11-26-10 at 08:04 PM.

11-26-10, 09:20 PM	#5
ShadowWolf Kell Medic Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 163 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	Flight of the Intruder, by Spectrum Holobyte is the only realistic flight sim I can think of in the Vietnam era. It was a combination job between SH and Rowan iirc. They also made Battle of Britain (WW2) and Mig Alley (Korean War.) True, Falcon includes Korea but it's far more modernized. Still, dropping GBUs on Pongyang has it's benefits.

12-03-10, 09:07 PM	#6
Nyarlathotep Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the recommendations. I will look into Wings over Vietnam - having played a lot of SH3/GWX I know how much mods can add to a game. The Wings over Israel also sounds interesting. It's surprising to me that there doesn't seem to be an F4 sim? Or better yet, a Vietnam-era sim with multiple flyable aircraft, considering how many different ones were active at the time and all the different missions they could have.. [edit] Ah, it looks like that's kind of what W/Vietnam is.. The article mentions a "vastly enhanced and rewritten version for the Vista platform called Strike Fighters 2:Vietnam" released last year. I'm going to look for some reviews on that, anyone familiar with it? The fact that it wasn't mentioned makes me suspect it's lacking.