What was your first ever flight sim?

Konovalov · 08-10-07, 10:40 AM

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.

Dowly · 08-10-07, 11:50 AM

First 2 flightsims:
Dogfight
European Air War (Still one of the best flightsim I've played

)

CCIP · 08-10-07, 12:47 PM

I'm pretty sure mine was EF2000, when I was about 12 years old.

I got pretty good at shooting and flying under bridges. Never managed to land though - let's just say I had no idea about flight dynamics and thought flying into a runway at 300kt and a nose-down angle with your gear down was the right way. I was irritated

The first sim that I really mastered was Total Air War.

Camaero · 08-10-07, 01:56 PM

Janes WWII Fighters!

Kratos · 08-10-07, 02:23 PM

First one I tried was First Eagles The great war 1914-1918
http://www.first-eagles.com/

and i quickly moved on to Il2

fatty · 08-10-07, 02:26 PM

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 circa 1982

HunterICX · 08-10-07, 03:28 PM

Pffff...
I was so young so I cant remember the names

but the first ones I played
one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers

then there was a WW1 flight sim,
Wings of Glory if I am correct.

and then there was some modern jet fighter game.

then came CFS1&2 which I completly turned inside out
after that I got the very first IL2 game...damn those days...just awesome

and now IL2 1946, and CFS3

SUBMAN1 · 09-21-07, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatty

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 circa 1982

I think I still have those floppies if you want to pick it up again! :p You may need to slow down your CPU to 4.77 Mhz first though!

Hmm, maybe I am dating myself again by knowing all this stuff??? I better keep quiet.

-S

goldorak · 08-11-07, 12:37 AM

Quote:

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.

Wow that was my first flight sim also, but for the glorious pc.
I bought it maybe in 1988-1989.
And I played it in a gorgeous cga mode (4 colors :rotfl: ).
I still play it today from time to time, those libian and iranian missions are so much fun.

PeriscopeDepth · 08-12-07, 01:14 PM

Quote:

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:

Radtgaeb · 03-24-08, 11:40 PM

Disney's: Stunt Island back in '94...it came out two years prior...but I was only 2 at the time.

http://www.answers.com/stunt+island?...ainment&gwp=13

08-10-07, 10:40 AM	#1
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	What was your first ever flight sim? 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. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

08-10-07, 11:50 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	First 2 flightsims: Dogfight European Air War (Still one of the best flightsim I've played)

08-10-07, 12:47 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I'm pretty sure mine was EF2000, when I was about 12 years old. I got pretty good at shooting and flying under bridges. Never managed to land though - let's just say I had no idea about flight dynamics and thought flying into a runway at 300kt and a nose-down angle with your gear down was the right way. I was irritated The first sim that I really mastered was Total Air War. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-10-07, 01:56 PM	#4
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Janes WWII Fighters! __________________

08-10-07, 02:23 PM	#5
Kratos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,267 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First one I tried was First Eagles The great war 1914-1918 http://www.first-eagles.com/ and i quickly moved on to Il2 __________________

08-10-07, 02:26 PM	#6
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 circa 1982

08-10-07, 03:28 PM	#7
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Pffff... I was so young so I cant remember the names but the first ones I played one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers then there was a WW1 flight sim, Wings of Glory if I am correct. and then there was some modern jet fighter game. then came CFS1&2 which I completly turned inside out after that I got the very first IL2 game...damn those days...just awesome and now IL2 1946, and CFS3 __________________

08-12-07, 04:11 PM	#11
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!

08-12-07, 06:32 PM	#12
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	#13
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.

08-16-07, 04:59 PM	#14
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

03-24-08, 11:40 PM	#15
Radtgaeb Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 300 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Disney's: Stunt Island back in '94...it came out two years prior...but I was only 2 at the time. http://www.answers.com/stunt+island?...ainment&gwp=13 __________________