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Now I look on Gamerankings.com to find the best Combat Military Jet Simulator they have rated was made in 1999 or earlier. The one I want - Janes FA/18 which got the most praise is pretty much impossible to find even on ebay. I've ordered Enemy Engaged which sounds pretty good.
What happened to the PC Gamers love affair with the ridiculously complicated simulator? Have our attention spans been reduced to that of dumb beasts, have we the memory of gold fish, have we the memory of gold fish, have our attention spans been reduced to that of dumb beasts, have we the memory of gold fish?
Anyone remember X-Wing or Tie-Fighter? They were bloody amazing. How about a remake now that we have PC's that could create something really special. Frontier Elite 4 anyone?
I'd settle for a ripping submarine or tank sim with a 4000 page operations manual. Microprose, come back, all is forgiven.
Oh and don't suggest Flight Sim 2002 or Train Simulator, that's venturing into the realm of uber-geek. I remember a 'game' on the Spectrum called Lawn Mower Simulator. *shudders*
[S]I had a 200hp rotary
> Oh, and the FA22 Raptor flew into space with the Hulk clinging on to
> it, so it must be better. :D
YF-23 was faster and had diamond shaped wings. It was more of a political decision I think to go with the Raptor, because I don't know how you can base a decision worth billions of dollars on bomb release catches that stick a bit. I mean come on, surely they could have used proper ones on production models, or sprayed lots of WD40 on them or something.
What pitiful excuses.
> Brilliant games, although I don't see how they can be classed as
> simulators. Considering the actual things are small models, perhaps
> trying to squeeze yourself into a 3inch x 3inch plastic box would be
> closer to the experience. ;P
What they are perfect simulations i saw some dude in a x-wing on tv and the game looked just like it. :D
> I feel it's a travesty that this game was clearly overlooked by so
> many, and of course there was the predecessor X-Wing, the sequel
> X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance.
>
> Definitely some of the best simulators ever made, although they look
> a bit dated now, and won't work on XP dammit.
Brilliant games, although I don't see how they can be classed as simulators. Considering the actual things are small models, perhaps trying to squeeze yourself into a 3inch x 3inch plastic box would be closer to the experience. ;P
[URL]http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html[/URL]
A frightningly complex space travel simulator. May not be what you're looking for, but might be worth a look.
> A recent successor was also release, Pacific Fighters.
I had a look and i am getting it today :D
Thanks for the info.
> [URL]http://www.pacific-fighters.com/en/home.php?skin=S2[/URL]
I saw that actually, but was after a modern combat jet sim. Still, may give it a look as doesn't look too bad.
Definitely some of the best simulators ever made, although they look a bit dated now, and won't work on XP dammit.
amazing,
and so is he who knows this game,
even more so he who has played it,
and he who speaks of the glory of TIE fighter,
is to be forever regarded as a guardian of the ancient secrets of the dawn of the PC as a gaming machine.
That would be Borat and myself then...
Anyone remember Magic Carpet? <-- Sort of flight simulatory
Or Syndicate wars? <- Thats the nostalgia taking over
This is one of the more populat flight sims about, it's on budget as well and has a huge community that adds loads of new content.
A recent successor was also release, Pacific Fighters, so there is still some life left in flight sims, just not as much as there has been.
I had a couple of goes and got into it, as far as I loved to Kamikaze into things, take off almost vertically and just generally mess around and pretend to fly.
Those games definitely had their place on the pc.
I tried it once, I was flying alone (after he took off for me) and decided I would turn right. I push right on the joys**tick and what happened? The plane carried on flying forwards, whils**t rotating clockwise. Try as I might it would never turn, only rotate.
Then I s**tabbed myself in the hand with a compass and vowed never to 'play' this sh*t again.