What was your first flight simulator?

[Lionclaw]

I did a search and did not find any previous thread on this subject, maybe I missed it.


Anyway, what was your first flight simulator/game or helicopter simulator/game?


From what I can remember "Blue Max" on the Commodore 64 was my first, which I spent many hours playing when I was a kid.

Graphics have com a long way since then! :O:

Blue Max
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5EtR79G99Y&feature=related


As for helicopter simulators "Gunship 2000" for the Commodore Amiga was my favourite.
There were several helicopters to choose from but you had to rise in rank to gain access to some helicopters. The Apache Longbow and the Comanche to name few. Later on you had command over a small group of helicopters.

Gunship 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMXL6rCltzY

[Spike88]

I actually dont know their names. One was an Apache simulator and the other might of been one of the Falcon games. I stopped playing Flight simulators up until about a year ago when I played FSX.

[danlisa]

Red Baron
(1990) Sierra Entertainment

[HunterICX]

''Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe''
Lucasfilm games - 1991

HunterICX

[TheBrauerHour]

''Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe''
Lucasfilm games - 1991

HunterICX


Mine as well

[Dowly]

The first ever would propably be something on Commodore 64, can only remember one game we had... not it's name tho. IIRC it you flew the SR-71 Blackbird in it.

Anywho, I was pretty young back then, so I'd have to go with SWOTL & B17 as the first flightsims I played and actually knew what the hell I was doing. :yep:

[ajrimmer42]

Air Combat for PSX, still got it too :rock:

[Schroeder]

Blue Max, Dam Buster and my favourite Ace of Aces. All on the C64. I don't recall which was the first one I played.
On the PC I went on with Microprose Dogfights, the original CFS and then Il2 with which I've stuck till this day.

[Captain Birdseye]

CFS2

[Mikhayl]

Flight Path 737 on my cousin's Amstrad CPC, also another game where you were flying a BAE Hawk, can't remember the title.
On PC my first was SWOTL as well, ah and Wings of Fury but that's not really a sim.

[FIREWALL]

My first ? Aces Hi II on Win2000 :oops:

[Lionclaw]

Blue Max, Dam Buster and my favourite Ace of Aces. All on the C64. I don't recall which was the first one I played.
On the PC I went on with Microprose Dogfights, the original CFS and then Il2 with which I've stuck till this day.

Oh man, how could I forget Ace of Aces. :oops:


The C64 and Amiga were great machines, great music and sound effects for it's time! :rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWdr-yQlw4


I also forgot to mention Wings, the WW1 combat flight sim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEIARv4zpCk&feature=PlayList&p=C23F7507711BF759&index=0&playnext=1

[Schroeder]

@ Ace video

My god what a lousy pilot.:O:
Too bad he didn't show the other features of Ace of Aces like bombing or that you could look left and right and do some engine management (yes, you could over rev the engines...if you were completely stupid...:D).

[Lionclaw]

@ Ace video

My god what a lousy pilot.:O:
Too bad he didn't show the other features of Ace of Aces like bombing or that you could look left and right and do some engine management (yes, you could over rev the engines...if you were completely stupid...:D).

Haha, I used to do that when I got bored. Ooo burning engines aaahhhhh!! CRASH :O:

[SgtPotato]

Secret Weapons over Normandy was my first flight game on Xbox. I'm not sure that it counted.

Also, Ace Combat series are my favorite. :DL

[Task Force]

oah... god... that was along time ago... maby FS 98... I think... maby earlyer...

[Skybird]

"Flight Simulator II" by SubLogic, for Commodore Amiga.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8214/fsiiforamigasd7washingt.gif (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/fsiiforamigasd7washingt.gif/)



I actually dont know their names. One was an Apache simulator
Probably "Gunship" by MicroProse.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9363/bild007.gif (http://img147.imageshack.us/i/bild007.gif/)


Other flightsims I played back then were


Interceptor by Electronic Arts

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8567/240full.png (http://img186.imageshack.us/i/240full.png/)


Gunship 2000 by MicroProse

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9317/magnifier.png (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/magnifier.png/)


Falcon by Spectrum Holobyte

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6435/falconc.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/falconc.png/)


and Combat Pilot by Digital Integration

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2897/f16combatpilot03.png (http://img179.imageshack.us/i/f16combatpilot03.png/)


Those were the times with my Amiga.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7595/amiga500.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/amiga500.jpg/)


Back then, all the stuff was new, had magic, was a promise of imagination becoming true.

Today, the most amazing games and visually and functionally stunning things - are just routine that you consume like a cup of mediocre coffee.

[Seeadler]

Jetfighter 1 on my Amiga 2000

[Skybird]

On the matter: http://www.listal.com/list/evolution-combat-flight-simulators

[Schroeder]

Oh, I forgot Tornado by Digital Integration.
I spent hours flying this thing (not really realistic physics but still much more of a simulation than most stuff of that time.):DL
http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/simulations/games_t_z/tornado.html

[Arclight]

Oh god, good question... probably the original MS flight simulator, but there were flight games I played before that though. Spend a lot of time on Jane's Longbow too... and Pilot Wings, now there's a quality flight-sim. :D

[Lieste]

First flight 'game' was ACE/ACE2 (IIRC this was Air Combat Emulator?) on the ZX48K, there was an approach 'simulator' in the Psion 'pack' that came with it, but it didn't get too much use - loading time was about twice the flying time, so it paled quickly.

Deliberate purchases included (small sample, there were other more forgettable ones too)...

Tomahawk
Gunship
F-16 Combat Pilot
Lightning Simulator - This one was very good - had a very tough mission with 2 Backfires raiding your area, and 2 Mig23 providing cover - I once managed to down all four, but only got one bomber before it reached it's target, and ran out of fuel before I could rtb (and IIRC there wasn't tanker support on the combat mission). It had time of day, analogue controls via the keyboard, angle of attack limit and stalls, strength limit and over-g particularly with ferry tanks, automatic trigger/FCS and gun-camera, and extensive (although samey/identical) navaids and runways throughout the entire world... You could in theory fly from a UK base to Saudi for example with in flight refuelling - although this was not very rewarding without any terrain detail ;) - even better it was released at the staggeringly affordable £1.99 - this was almost 'pocket change' even then...
Elite (ok not a flight-sim, but a sort-of flying around game ;))

The next machine was an Atari ST, and the first title we got (apart from the naff-shooter stuff that came in the box), was Falcon ST. Most of the rest were more-or-less forgettable - had a go at F19, and got Gunship for the newer and more convenient platform as well, but it didn't really improve much on the Speccy version.

First title on a PC (386/387) was Falcon 3, with MiG29 and OFT.
Tornado and Hind were both very good in their day, and I still run the latter from time to time - Tornado is just too picky about memory and I haven't had it running since the demise of EISA and Dos6. The last time I ran it, the poor physics and low res graphics were noticeable, but still not much comes close to the rush of a well coordinated strike on a defended complex. And the mission planner is still unmatched.

Lots of newer stuff, but I'd have to actually take a look-see at what the highlights are - much of it blends into an OGL/DX slightly dull but nice lens-flare...

[Lieste]

Oh boy... I got Tornado running under DosBox... Ok, it needs some more tweaking, and I'll need to hunt out my keycard, but it runs.

I probably won't get back 'into' it as there is no real 'flight' feeling compared to some of the other stuff I have, but I'll certainly do some low level night stuff just for old time's sake :D

There is a tantalising reference that I found to an ordnance editor - allowing changes to drag and weight - so if I can find it (linky no worky), then I can slow down the fully-bombed aircraft a bit... always bothered me that it was still M1+ capable with 8x1000lb plus ext tanks, countermeasures and Aim9L or Alarm.

[conus00]

F-19 by Microprose

[Ubergeek87]

A-10 Tank Killer

[Buddahaid]

Red Baron

Buddahaid

[Damo]

I've always been a flight sim nut so I've had many. As far as I can remember, though probably not in true chronological order:

Flight Sim 1 & 2
F19-Stealth Fighter (though mine was called 'Project-Stealth Fighter')
Birds of Prey (excellent, loads of different planes to fly from jets to C130's)
F29 Retaliator
F/A 18 Interceptor
Advanced Tactical Fighter & ATF 2
F16 Combat Pilot
Falcon (the first one)
B-17 Flying Fortress (not sure if name is right)
Combat Air Patrol (choice of F18 or F14)
Their Finest Hour
Gunship & GS 2000
F15 Eagle
Falcon 3
Fly!
SuperHornet by DI (Carrier ops, ooooohh)
MSFS 2000 Pro
IL2 (the first one)
MSFS 2004 COF
CFS 3 (sold after IL2 gained the upper hand)
Apache vs Havoc Enemy Engaged
Falcon 4 (doing the dance, SP3/4/e-Falcon, BMS, FreeFalcon, Openfalcon)
IL2 FB/PF/AEP/1946
LOMAC
Falcon AF.

Phew, I know I've missed a couple of the older ones too but I was a regular flight sim Chuck Yeager. Sometimes I rarely played 'other games'.

[FIREWALL]

Doe's Atari count ? :haha:

[-=Spy=-]

Janes WW2 Fighters. Even though you could only fly the BF-109, FW-190, P-51, P-37, P-38 and I think the Spitfire, it rocked. Good range of missions and targets too.


EDIT: And the Me-262.

[U2222]

Strike Commander by Chris Roberts / Origin - early 90's

[Oberon]

The first ever would propably be something on Commodore 64, can only remember one game we had... not it's name tho. IIRC it you flew the SR-71 Blackbird in it.

Anywho, I was pretty young back then, so I'd have to go with SWOTL & B17 as the first flightsims I played and actually knew what the hell I was doing. :yep:

Chuck Yeagers Advanced Flight Simulator?

If so, I think that was my first Flight Sim too, unless you count Wings of Fury :salute:

[L0neStarRaider]

My first flight sim was JF2..ah, the days of Dos

[Stealth Hunter]

Red Baron.

[Shaffer4]

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe was the first one that I knew what I was doing in... remember Chuck Yeager's and Falcon 2.0...

Strike Commander came out in '92...

I still have most of SWoTL, just opened the box and found Wolfpack in there as well! though I can't find the Decoder Disc for SWoTL

[MK2]

F-15 Eagle Commodore 64 (1985)

[OneToughHerring]

Fighter Bomber on C64. Really liked that F-111. Then on PC it was B-17 Flying Fortress. Well, I did play Wing Commander before B-17 but that's not really a 'proper' flight simulator.

[Tim D]

Flying Corps Gold and then European Air War

[goldorak]

My first flight simulator was also the first pc game I bought.
Microsprose's F-19 Stealth Fighter in 1988.
Played it for several years in full CGA glory. :D

http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/3750/F-19%20Stealth%20Fighter_2.png

http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/3750/F-19%20Stealth%20Fighter_3.png

http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/3750/F-19%20Stealth%20Fighter_5.png

Great game !!!