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Name of Old Flight Simulator on PC?

  • 20-04-2011 06:37PM
    #1
    Worztron
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    Hi.

    I remember playing this old flight simulator game on my friends PC in the early 1990s. I was amazed by it. I guess it was a DOS game. It had polygon graphics. I remember it had game saves and you started off on a aircraft carrier and had dog fights.

    I'd love to play that game again, maybe it is now abandonware. Does anyone know the name of it?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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  • #2
    CiDeRmAn
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    Try looking at microprose titles from the era, typically named after the headline fighter, a carrier launched one so it might me f/a 18 hornet something or other, f 14 Tomcat that sort of thing.
    Digital Integrations made a lot of sims then as well.


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
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    Microsoft Flight Simulator? I think you can grab it on Abandonia or one of those at this stage.

    microsoft-flight-simulator-4-pc-game-dosbox-1.JPG


  • #4
    CiDeRmAn
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    Looked up one and it was called Falcon 3.0

    falcon3_007.png


  • #5
    ondafly
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    wouldn't happen to be carrier command by any chance ? or F117a Stealth fighter ?


  • #6
    tmcw
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    Flight of the Intruder perhaps?

    Abandonware sites have loads of these sims listed, might be better off browsing there.


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  • #7
    Jimmy Bottlehead
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    A-10 Cuba?


  • #8
    Worztron
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    Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »
    A-10 Cuba?

    No, that was from 1996. The game I refer to was 1993 or earlier.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #9
    jhegarty
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    F29 Retaliator ?


    f-29_retaliator1.jpg


  • #10
    Worztron
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    jhegarty wrote: »
    F29 Retaliator ?

    The game I am thinking of had graphics that were more polygon like graphics. The part with the take off from the aircraft carrier is what I remember the most as I kept overshooting and crashing into the sea. :o

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #11
    Pyongyang
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    F16 Combat Pilot?


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  • #12
    Worztron
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    Pyongyang wrote: »
    F16 Combat Pilot?

    No.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #13
    BlueDrax
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    Also remember playing this in the early 90's...

    Jetfighter II?


  • #14
    Worztron
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    BlueDrax wrote: »
    Also remember playing this in the early 90's...

    Jetfighter II?

    I don't think that is the one. This is gonna be touch to find that particular game that I'm thinking of.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #15
    Steve X2
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    Is it any of the games on this list?

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

    Might be one of them from 1991-1994, maybe "TFX: Tactical Fighter Experiment" as that was very much a polygon game.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrp-up2kmU


    .


  • #16
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,959 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Is it any of the games on this list? http://www.listal.com/list/evolution-combat-flight-simulators.

    F/A-18 Interceptor - Amiga 500 looks like a good bet (maybe it was on an Amiga?).

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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