What was your first ever flight sim? - Page 2

PeriscopeDepth · 08-12-07, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

My first ever fight simulation experience was F19 Stealth Fighter by Microprose way back in 1989 on my Commodore Amiga computer. I came across this site today which brought back some of those old memories from the sim:http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/F19/F19.htm

As it turned out F19 wasn't entirely accurate because little was known of what was the F117 Nighthawk.

Anyway, I loved this sim and it had a great manual and maps.

Check out these gorgeous MFD's.

So what was your first ever flight sim? Come on, bring those memories flooding back.

Me too! Got into sims quite by accident. Came installed on a used PC my dad bought and just couldn't stop fiddling around with it until I figured out the keys.

PD

STEED · 08-12-07, 04:11 PM

G-Lock and YF-22 on the Sega Mega Drive, my first one on PC goes to Combat Flight Simulator One.

Oberon · 08-12-07, 06:32 PM

Remember playing this on my cousins PC, we spent about half an hour flying before we found our first bogie, we couldn't figure out what it was at first, this strange black dot in the distance moving left to right...then all of a sudden it shoots straight past us and knocks out half our systems with gunfire! Chaos ensued.

My first ever fighter game was probably this on the NES:

Stealth Hunter · 08-16-07, 01:15 PM

Dynamix's RED BARON (1984 version). I've still got the disks and the game. First great simulator for flight IN HISTORY.

Sailor Steve · 08-16-07, 04:59 PM

Maybe the first great computer flight sim, but I've been playing this one since 1977:

STEED · 08-16-07, 05:09 PM

They don't make them like that any more Steve.

FIREWALL · 08-17-07, 12:56 AM

I bought this on ebay a couple years ago on a lark cause it was only $.99 and $2.50 shipping. I was highest bidder at $1.00.

Micro Prose 1942 The Pacific Air War.

6 floppies still sealed in original thin cellophane package.

2 manuals 84 page pilots manual

95 page game players guide

And large key reference card

All in mint condition Origanal box a little worn on edges.

I have never played it cause I don't want to open the factory cello containing the floppies. I don't think it's ever been played .

Iron Budokan · 08-18-07, 08:19 PM

The first flight sim I ever played was Knights of the Sky by Microprose. It was definitely the game that led me to the "hard" stuff, like a gateway recreational drug leads you to harder mainlining stuff. Knights of the Sky led me to Silent Service II which led me to Red Baron and Aces Over Europe and others.

Now I'm a die-hard SH3 junkie with a VIIC monkey on my back playing at 100% realism and 1x TC. I really need help....intervention, anyone?

silentrunner · 08-23-07, 01:06 PM

Aces High for me that is still my favorite

Safe-Keeper · 08-23-07, 02:17 PM

My first sim was the original Microsoft Flight Simulator, on my family's 386 computer. Played it for hours on end. Then I moved on to Thunderhawk, the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe demo, and TIE Fighter.

I have great memories of Pilotwings for SNES, too. Think I got it before I got TIE Fighter. Played it, too, for hours upon hours, until I got to the very last airport (after that it was just a gunship mission and then I'd have completed the game).

Biggles · 08-23-07, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Now I'm a die-hard SH3 junkie with a VIIC monkey on my back playing at 100% realism and 1x TC. I really need help....intervention, anyone?

Get your hands on IL-2 1946 and fly this, should work as cryptonite against anything that has to do with realism....

silentrunner · 08-23-07, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Maybe the first great computer flight sim, but I've been playing this one since 1977:

What the heck is that?

HunterICX · 08-24-07, 03:31 AM

A flight sim ofcourse, which in case if your young the parents will aprove to play it for hours

Syxx_Killer · 08-27-07, 09:02 AM

I don't remember which was my first one. I do know it was either Velocity's Jet Fighter or Microprose's F-117A Stealth Fighter. Both were quite fun to play back in the day. The thing that kind of bugged me about Jet Fighter was every enemy aircraft was based on the A-4. See a MiG-29? Yep, it looked like an A-4. The missions were fun, though. F-117A took a while to learn. It came on the computer we had back then. There were no instructions. I managed to figure out what each plane was when it asked you every time you start the game. If you got it wrong, I thing you could only fly training missions or something. I also figured out what every control was, too. That took awhile, but once I did the game was awesome. I still have both on disk. I haven't tried to get either to work.

Here's some info on the games.

F-117A Stealth Figher

http://www.migman.com/ref/1990_combat/F117/F117.htm

Jet Fighter

http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/JF1/JF1.htm

NeonSamurai · 08-28-07, 10:44 AM

My first ""3d"" sims was Dambusters, the original Falcon game (the 1985 one), and ms flightsim 1, i guess i could also throw in the old atari dogfighting "sims" and Sopwith

08-12-07, 04:11 PM	#17
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	G-Lock and YF-22 on the Sega Mega Drive, my first one on PC goes to Combat Flight Simulator One. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-16-07, 04:59 PM	#20
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Maybe the first great computer flight sim, but I've been playing this one since 1977: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-16-07, 05:09 PM	#21
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	They don't make them like that any more Steve. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-17-07, 12:56 AM	#22
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I bought this on ebay a couple years ago on a lark cause it was only $.99 and $2.50 shipping. I was highest bidder at $1.00. Micro Prose 1942 The Pacific Air War. 6 floppies still sealed in original thin cellophane package. 2 manuals 84 page pilots manual 95 page game players guide And large key reference card All in mint condition Origanal box a little worn on edges. I have never played it cause I don't want to open the factory cello containing the floppies. I don't think it's ever been played . __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-18-07, 08:19 PM	#23
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	The first flight sim I ever played was Knights of the Sky by Microprose. It was definitely the game that led me to the "hard" stuff, like a gateway recreational drug leads you to harder mainlining stuff. Knights of the Sky led me to Silent Service II which led me to Red Baron and Aces Over Europe and others. Now I'm a die-hard SH3 junkie with a VIIC monkey on my back playing at 100% realism and 1x TC. I really need help....intervention, anyone? __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

08-12-07, 06:32 PM	#18
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Remember playing this on my cousins PC, we spent about half an hour flying before we found our first bogie, we couldn't figure out what it was at first, this strange black dot in the distance moving left to right...then all of a sudden it shoots straight past us and knocks out half our systems with gunfire! Chaos ensued. My first ever fighter game was probably this on the NES:

08-16-07, 01:15 PM	#19
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Dynamix's *RED BARON* (1984 version). I've still got the disks and the game. First great simulator for flight IN HISTORY.

08-23-07, 01:06 PM	#24
silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Aces High for me that is still my favorite __________________

08-23-07, 02:17 PM	#25
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	My first sim was the original Microsoft Flight Simulator, on my family's 386 computer. Played it for hours on end. Then I moved on to Thunderhawk, the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe demo, and TIE Fighter. I have great memories of Pilotwings for SNES, too. Think I got it before I got TIE Fighter. Played it, too, for hours upon hours, until I got to the very last airport (after that it was just a gunship mission and then I'd have completed the game). __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

08-24-07, 03:31 AM	#28
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	A flight sim ofcourse, which in case if your young the parents will aprove to play it for hours __________________

08-27-07, 09:02 AM	#29
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I don't remember which was my first one. I do know it was either Velocity's Jet Fighter or Microprose's F-117A Stealth Fighter. Both were quite fun to play back in the day. The thing that kind of bugged me about Jet Fighter was every enemy aircraft was based on the A-4. See a MiG-29? Yep, it looked like an A-4. The missions were fun, though. F-117A took a while to learn. It came on the computer we had back then. There were no instructions. I managed to figure out what each plane was when it asked you every time you start the game. If you got it wrong, I thing you could only fly training missions or something. I also figured out what every control was, too. That took awhile, but once I did the game was awesome. I still have both on disk. I haven't tried to get either to work. Here's some info on the games. F-117A Stealth Figher http://www.migman.com/ref/1990_combat/F117/F117.htm Jet Fighter http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/JF1/JF1.htm

08-28-07, 10:44 AM	#30
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	My first ""3d"" sims was Dambusters, the original Falcon game (the 1985 one), and ms flightsim 1, i guess i could also throw in the old atari dogfighting "sims" and Sopwith __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff Last edited by NeonSamurai; 08-28-07 at 10:58 AM.