Top 10 Combat Flight sim?

"John Slade" <hhitman86.RemoveThis@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:OAURj.5492$LQ4.2549@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net:

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> "Amstiir" <none.RemoveThis@000.com> wrote in message
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>> Can someone send me the Top-10 Combat Flight Simulators, Doesn't
>> matter Modern Jets or WW's Combats, I just need the Top-10 CFS.
>
> I don't think I can name ten but I've been playing flight sims since
> F-15 Strike Eagle in 1985. I can say that the games I will go back and
> play are few and far between.
>
> 10. Janes USAF- Nice graphics and multiple aircraft simulated. Has some
> bugs and you have to run it on an older system. Won't work with Windows
> XP AFAIK.
>
> 9. Jet by SubLogic-This came out in 1984 and was the first 3D sim I
> played. It had external views and stuff that now comes standard on
> modern flight sims. It was the one that got me hooked. Truly spent way
> too much time with this game.
>
> 8. Interceptor- The Amiga version is the one I played and it had great
> graphics for the time and great gameplay. Very cool missions.
>
> 7. F-15 Strike Eagle- Was a 2D game and it was fun. The first sim I ever
> played on my Commodore 64.
>
> 6. Gunship- The first heli sim I liked. It had very good playability and
> good missions.
>
> 5. Gunship 2000- You had the choice of different helicopters and could
> lead a team into battle.
>
> 4. Falcon- The 1987 Amiga version was great. Great visuals. One of the
> most complete sims of it's time. This game ushered in the really
> detailed flight sim.
>
> 3. F19-Stealth Fighter-This game had you thinking most of the time
> rather than shooting. You had to avoid radar and do a lot of recon
> missions.
>
> 2. Birds of Prey-This is an old Amiga game that simulated lots of
> different aircraft and weapons well. This game is worth a look if you
> can get it to run with an Amiga emulator.
>
> 1. Janes Fighters Anthology-I know it's old and it doesn't have the best
> flight model but the game has a very wide variety of aircraft. You can
> even fly mondern bombers and that's something that isn't simulated much
> at all. This is a great game to play over the Internet if you can find
> someone to play with.


1a. - Red Baron.

1b. - SWOTL

1c. - CFS 2
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On 2008-05-29, John Slade <hhitman86.TakeThisOut@pacbell.net> wrote:
> You can play the Amiga version of it using the Universal Amiga
> Emulator. I never played it using the emulator. Guess I'll give it a go.

I think I may even have the original Amiga disks in storage somewhere
(along with my old A500).

I'm currently in a bit of a retro phase as I'm seeing what sort of
games will play well on an eeePC. I'm currently installing earlier
win95 games like superEF2k; Combat Flight Sim1; DI's Longbow, Hind,
and F16; Longbow Anthology; Flanker; Red Baron 2; Tank Platoon2;
Gunship!

So far the only failure I've had is EAW, it just didn't start. I've
also had no luck with glide emulators and RB3D or the DI titles
(haven't tried it with Janes AH64D yet). This is likely due to
the intel graphics chipset on the eeePC.

I've even installed Operation Flashpoint but it runs like a bit of a
dog during action which is a pity. I'll probably just use it for
scenarios rather than playing the campaign.

One modern game that suprised me is Wings over Europe - from my brief
testing it looks great and seems to run okay. Maybe I'll try out that
trackir emulation program using the eeePC's webcam as WOE supports TIR.

Using a logitech dual axis gamepad makes flying any of the sims a challenge
but it's fun re-living them.

--
Scatter
Virtual Australian Airforce
www.vaaf.net
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