What's your current flight sim library?

[gn728]

Hey all - first off, I'm just curious - I have no agenda, not part of any camp,etc. I'm just wondering if, in general, you guys have a sizable collection of titles you keep (even if your only flying one or two favorites  ) . The reason I'm asking is I'm trying to get a sense of how "niche" the whole thing really is. Ever since I saw these guys http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/ come up with 7 million and a 100,000 paying customers for a game that's over a year away and a sim genre that was supposedly as dead as a doornail I've been wonderig if the market may be bigger than percieved. Anyways...on the HD

 

IL2 46 - 3 copies, one stock and 2 modded

COD

ROF

OFF

Wings Over VN

CFS 3 - for OFF

MSFS X  

[DD_bongodriver]

IL2 1946 several modded versions

DCS world A-10, P-51

DCS black shark

LOMAC FC3/FC2/FC

BMS Falcon

SF2 wings over europe/israel/vietnam/north atlantic

FSX

ROF

Aerofly FS

ClOD

7-G demo

 

oh and BoB II wings of victory

CFS3

Silent Wings

 

Oh and to include stuff still laying around somwhere

 

Falcon 4 AF

Falcon 4

Janes WWII fighters

Janes F/A-18

That ED flanker game forgotten it's name

CFS 1/2

rowans battle of britain

rowans WWI sim forgot it's name

Mig Alley

B-17 mighty eigth

European air war

Edited December 17, 2012 by bongodriver

[SlipBall]

Very impressive guys

[Force10]

Oh my....let's see here:

 

 

COD

ROF

IL-2 1946

DCS- A10

LOCMAC FC2

Red Baron 3D + WFP

Strike Fighters 2 Europe/Vietnam

First Eagles 2

CFS 3 + OFF

B-17 2

Janes F-15

Janes F-18

Falcon 4 BMS (amazing what they have done)

Janes WWII fighters

EECH

 

 

  I feel like I'm forgetting something...lol.  Even though these are installed on my HD doesn't mean I fly them all regularly. It's probably why I suck as a sim pilot....I jump around a lot instead of just sticking with one and mastering it.

 

[TX-EcoDragon]

FS9 and FSX  

X-Plane 

Prepare3D

DCS A-10, P-51, Black Shark 2

IL-2: All versions 

Condor Competition Soaring 

Rise of Flight

Aerofly FS

LOMAC FC2/FC

Janes F-15

Janes F-18

Janes Longbow

Falcon

RealFlight G5.5

Aerofly pro Deluxe

Phoenix

Extreme AirRacing

I own CFS1&2 but need not ever go back there.

 

 

lots of older things...oh and WarThunder beta...heh

Edited December 17, 2012 by TX-EcoDragon

[smink1701]

 

Current:

IL2 46

CLOD

ROF

MSFS X  

 

Past:

CFS, 1, 2, 3

IL2, Forgotten Battles, Pacific Fighters

Jane's WWII Fighters

European Air War

 

[dburne]

IL2 1946

CLoD

DCS - A-10C

DCS - BlackShark 2

FSX

MS Flight

BOB2 Wings of Victory

( I will be grabbing ROF very shortly)

 

These are all on the HD ready to fly at a moments notice, have several that have since been relegated to the shelves...

[Cunctator]

Installed on main PC:

 

DCS World: A-10C, P-51, Combined Arms, Flamming Cliffs 3

Flamming Cliffs 2

Strike Fighters 2, almost everything except most DLC

FSX with a ton of add ons

Rise of Flight

 

MS Flight and Il2 CloD, but don't use both of them.

 

IL2 46 and FS98 on my laptop

 

Shelfed:

TFX, SEF-2000, Eurofighter Typhoon, TAW, European Air war, CFS2, Janes F18, Commanche 3, Enemy Engaged series,  B-17 II, Lock On, all older il2 titles, Red Baron 3D

Edited December 17, 2012 by Cunctator

[Mitch]

IL2 1946

ROF
COD

Condor

OFF

 

with fond memories of RB3D

[APIKalimba]

Do you remember:

 

" Nations" 

 

"B-17 Mighty eight"

 

" Fighter Squadron: Scremin' Demons over Europe"

 

SAlute !

[Force10]

 

 have several that have since been relegated to the shelves...

 

Tell me about it! Awhile ago I pulled down my old software looking for my B-17 2 keycard....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  ...and there is more scattered about the garage and house!

 

 

 

 

[APIKalimba]

Haha Force 10 !

Same thing here ! 

My kids went thru my game drawers and I then realized how many games I got in 20 years...wow...

 

Only the Janes Manual are a piece of anthology...I think you could learn to fly the real thing with those....

 

Salute !

[Force10]

Haha Force 10 !

Same thing here ! 

My kids went thru my game drawers and I then realized how many games I got in 20 years...wow...

 

Only the Janes Manual are a piece of anthology...I think you could learn to fly the real thing with those....

 

Salute !

 

 

  Definitely! Certainly one of the things I miss dearly...a nice sim manual that I could flip through while my wife dragged me somewhere I didn't want to be...lol

[=BKHZ=Furbs]

Current...

 

ROF

CLOD

 

 

Past...

 

Tomahawk  (Spectrum 48k)

F19

F15

Wings

Their finest hour

SWOL

Falcon

Aces of the Pacific

Battlehawks 1942

Flying Corps?

Red Baron

EAW

IL2

 

Edit...forgot about

 

B17

Gunship

WW2 fighters

Fighter Ace? (wire frame online DF not sure ive got the name right)

 

Another WW2 sim around the time of WW2 fighters, but not sure i can remember the title ...something squadron??

 

Also a Mosquito sim on the Amiga i think?

Edited December 17, 2012 by Furbs

[DD_bongodriver]

Flying Corps?

 

 is that the Rowan one?

[APIKalimba]

 is that the Rowan one?

I have Rowan' s Battle of Britain...But don't know about that one !

 

Salute !

[Skoshi_Tiger]

Heres a few of them

 

 

Need to add the DCS series as well.

 

Also some early ones like Cuck Yeager Air combat, SWOTLW, Elite, Pacific Air War and a few others.

 

And to think I used to know how to set up the .bat  files on my boot disks to get the mouse and CD drivers  to get the early games to load! Use it or loose it as the saying goes!

Edited December 17, 2012 by Skoshi Tiger

[DD_bongodriver]

Ah yes, from skoshi's pic I see flying corps gold, it is the rowan one I had

[Force10]

Rowan made some great sims....Mig Alley being my favorite. Machine gun dogfighting in jets...oh yeah! Excellent dynamic campaign as well....longing for a proper Korean war sim again. My first Rowan sim was Flight of the Intruder for the SNES in 91? Yeah I know...a flight sim on the SNES...lol

[=BKHZ=Furbs]

If that counts Force then im having "Combat" on the Atari!

[DD_fruitbat]

Well, i'm counting Battle of Britain by lucasarts on the atari ST as well then, what a game, wish i still had the manual for that, it was fantastic.

 

games at the moment,

 

il2 1946 HSFX6

Clod

RoF

DCS A10 and P51

Edited December 17, 2012 by fruitbat

[Bearcat]

Currently IL2 46 HSFX 6.0

WoP

RoF

CoD

WT

DCS P-51

FSX

 

In the past

IL2*

IL2FB*

IL2AEP*

IL2PF*

IL2Pe-2*

FS2K

FS2004

CFS1

CFS2

CFS3

B-17 Mighty Eight

F-22 Raptor

F-117 NightHawk

BoBII WoV

DCSBS

LOMAC

 

I guess technically you could say I still have the first five of the past sims still since they are included in 46.. but I bought each one when it was a standalone as well.

[=BKHZ=Furbs]

Well, i'm counting Battle of Britain by lucasarts on the atari ST as well then, what a game, wish i still had the manual for that, it was fantastic.

 

games at the moment,

 

il2 1946 HSFX6

Clod

RoF

DCS A10 and P51

Not Battle of Britain! it was called "Their Finest Hour"

 

 

And found a vid of Tomahawk on my Spectrum...

 

[Tone71]

Currently:

 

DCS: A10-C, P-51D, Black Shark 2 and Flaming Cliffs 3

Rise of Flight

Cliffs of Dover (gets hardly any air time tbh)

 

Previously:

 

IL-2 1946 (as well as copies of IL-2, Pacific Fighters and another version, the name of which escapes me...)

[Edit: Forgotten Battles (oh the irony) and Aces Expansion Pack. Thanks Bearcat!]

F16 Falcon

Flight Simulator 2004

 

I'm sure I'm missing some out!

 

Plenty more from my old Atari ST days, including Knights of the Sky, F19 Stealth Fighter, Fighter Bomber, Flight of the Intruder, F29 Retaliator... can I include SkyChase as being as sim?

Edited December 17, 2012 by Tone71

[GOAT-ACEOFACES]

Here is what I can remember off the top of my head.. I know I probally missed a few in 20+ years of flight simming

Aces High
Aces of the Pacific
Aces of the Pacific 1946
Aces over Europe
Aerofly FS
Air Warrior (AWSVGA)
Air Warrior II (AWII)
Air Warrior III (AWIII)
B-17 Mighty eight
B-17 Mighty eight II
BOB2 Wings of Victory
Battle hawks 1942
CFS 1
CFS 2
CFS 3
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (CYAC)
CoD
Comanche 3
Confirmed Kill (aka beta Warbirds)
DCS A-10C
DCS Black Shark
DCS Flaming Cliffs
DCS Flaming Cliffs 2
DCS Lock-On
DCS P-51
Eurofighter Typhoon
European Air War (EAW)
F-19
Falcon
Falcon 3.0 (and all the addons)
Falcon 4
Fighter Squadron: Screaming' Demons over Europe
Gunship
IL-2: All versions
Janes F-15
Janes F-18
Janes F-18
Janes Longbow
Janes WWII fighters
MS Flight
Pacific Air War 1942 (PAW)
Red Baron
Red Baron 3D
Rise of Flight
Rowans Battle of Britain
Rowans MiG Alley
SEF-2000
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (SWOTL)
Strike Fighters
Strike Fighters Europe
Strike Fighters Vietnam
TFX
Their finest hour
Warbirds

Edited December 18, 2012 by ACEOFACES

[AdlerAngriff]

I am currently active in ROF and well I would like to say CLOD but I am waiting to buy some new hardware for this mofo

 

But my past includes

 

Air Warrior 2

Microsoft flight sim from I think 95 to X

CFS 2

Jane's ww2 fighters

Apache vs Havoc

Falcon 4.0

Falcon 4.0 Allied Assault

Il2

Il2 FB

Il2 946

Flaming cliffs 2

Israeli Air Force

U.S. Navy fighters (soooooo much flight hours)

Top Gun

[=IRFC=Jorri]

Lets see, the flightsims I played....

 

I was never a big flightsimmer in my teens but subconciously I always loved them and I played a lot!

 

Started with one of the very early MS flightsims that my brother played and I watched..all in English so I couldnt understand a word, and it was only lines on a black screen.

 

Then, the first one I seriously played....Micropose's 1942.......what great software!

Then, Dawn Patrol, Red Baron II and I think 3D, European Air War

Finally IL2, played a lot of that offline. also bought pacific, and then of course 1946. All offline.

 

Recently, my first online sim. I didnt play it for long, but really enjoyed it: Aces High 2.

 

After that, rise of Flight. Never been so much in love with a piece of software.

 

Also have OFF CloD. Didnt play much ofmthose although they both have lots of merit..just too bus with RoF..and they are perhaps not enough user friendly for me.

 

I think I played some more but those I remember best.

Edited December 18, 2012 by hq_Jorri

[gn728]

OK..well there ya go...lol - I thought maybe I was a little overboard with like seven titles, and that these days people were playing maybe one or two tops   Allright, that much dedication to product, over a lot of years, and I've looked at forum membership totals (where they're posted) and they seem pretty sizable. Yet flight sims are rare - so I get it - dedicated niche market.

[gavagai]

Currently installed on HD:

 

1946 with HSFX 6

Rise of Flight

Falcon 4 BMS

Cliffs of Dover

[ATAG_Slipstream]

In no particular order:

 

RoF (play  regularly)

CoD (play regularly)

Every il2 (stole 10 years of my life)

BoB II (hardly played at all)

EAW (loved it)

Flying Corps Gold (Absolutely loved it)

Lomac (have it, not installed it)

OFF 2 (played around with it, never really got into it)

DCS world (not sure I have the time!)

[fly_zo]

IL2 - 1946 :

 

4.09 fully custom modded (90% playing time)

 

HSFX 6.17 custom modded - waiting for  Asura's  modded Dgen to give it a full spin

 

4.11 vanilla (just as future mod installations starter)

 

4.10 - DBW 1916 - curious what vpmedia and co. can make of this ( so far looks promising )

 

 

Wings of Prey - pure  fun

 

Cliffs of Dover

 

European Air War  fully modded - still the best offline playing experience (IMHO) ... too bad it's lost Nvidia drivers support

 

 

 

dust magnets:

 

CFS

CFS2

CFS3

 

reg

Z

Edited December 18, 2012 by fly_zo

[gn728]

Hey - I fogot to ask - you can't play Mig Alley on any current system can you?

[skarden]

Geez guys thats some crazy lists there, for me

 

IL-46 - I have this "down to" 3 installs, stock 4.11.1 , DBW, and HSFX 6 and I love em all

 

CLOD - still play it, still love it, runs great on my rig

 

FSX - with about a bagillion mods, very beautiful and enjoyable for me, kinda my "relaxing" flying time, although with the VRS Tacpak out some soon it might get a little more intense me thinks

 

ROF -  haven't really played it much as WWI isn't really my thing but I do enjoy it when I do crank it up and when I get back from holidays I'm really going to start getting more into it.

 

DCS  - black shark, A-10, P-51 FC3, I love this platform with the A-10 being my favorite, completing a full mission from start up to shut down in the hog is one the most satisfying things I've ever done in any sim and now that it's been opened up to 3rd party development I'm super excited to see where it goes, bloody top stuff

 

BMS -  I'll only just gotten into this and its quiet daunting to be honest but it's really quiet fun leaning all the systems and applying them to do the mission ( yep I'm one of those guys ) great dynamic campaign too

 

Aces high - I used to play this quiet a bit but not so much now, some of the massive air battles with 200+ aircraft though were something behold and be involved in I gotta say, very fun at the time.

 

 

 

like a lot of guys here I've got other ones "on the shelf" but they're all uninstalled, my time is a bit tighter these days so the above ones are the ones that I have installed and enjoy.

[SYN_Ricky]

Installed:

 

- ROF

- COD

 

Shelved

 

Il-2 (complete series), Lock-On/Flaming Cliffs, Rowan's BoB (original version), Mig Alley, EAW, RBII, Flying Corps, and nearly every combat flight sim that came out on the Amiga

Edited December 18, 2012 by SYN_Ricky

[Fjordmonkey]

List will be far too long if I list everything, but here goes

 

Current:

 

Cliffs of Dover

Rise of Flight

DCS: Black Shark 2.0

 

Past:

Take on Helicopters with Hind-addon

IL2: 1946, modded/unmodded

Flaming Cliffs 1.0/2.0

Flanker 2.0/2.5

Lock On

Microsoft Flight

FSX + Accelleration and hordes of addons

FS2004 + addons

CFS 2/CFS3

European Air War

Falcon 3/4

Jane's series (damn near all of them)

Apache Longbow

Enemy Engaged-series

Various Microprose-sims (F15 Strike Eagle, Apache-series, F19 Stealth Fighter etc)

Damn near every flightsim that came out on the Amiga (F/A18 Interceptor, Their Finest Hour, Knights of the Sky etc)

DID's F22 and MiG29

 

Generally, a lot of the standalone games under this list: http://www.index.migman.com/index.php/sw/air-combat

Edited December 18, 2012 by Fjordmonkey

[DB605]

Awesome collections here!

Mine,

 

current:

 

COD

ROF

DCS P51

 

past:

 

BOB

BOB2 WOV

B-17 Mighty eight II

EAW

Il-2, Pacific fighters, Forgotten battles, 1946 + some expansion packs

CFS 1,2 & 3

Lock On

Strike Fighters gold

Jane's WW2 Fighters

FSX

Wings of War

 

+probably some others that i have forget, there's limited space in my shelf

Edited December 18, 2012 by DB605

[DD_fruitbat]

Not Battle of Britain! it was called "Their Finest Hour"

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh, yes, quite correct, my mistake, was a long time ago!

[II./JG27_Rich]

Current:

IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 with HSFX mod

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs Of Dover

IL-2 Sturmovik 2001 I'll still install it now and then.

War Thunder demo

Rise Of Flight.

 

Past: Started 1997

Warbirds

Aces High

Janes WWII Fighters

IL-2 2001

CFS2

CFS3 Took it back in an hour.

IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack - Pacific Fighters - Peshka.

Falcon 4 Not a Jet Sim guy.

 

Accept for Warbirds witch took up the first three years all of the other sims have just been little side flings to the IL-2 searies

Edited December 18, 2012 by Richie

[BlitzPig_EL]

Current:

 

IL2/46

 

IL2/46 with HSFX

 

CloD

 

RoF

 

Past:

 

CSF2

 

Strikefighters

 

Lock On

 

P.S.   I never got on well with the jet sims.  BVR is boring IMHO.  They didn't last long on my hard drive.

Edited December 18, 2012 by ElAurens

[archer11]

current:

CoD

EEAH/CH

Il2-Sturmovik 46 (seldom)

ROF (demo, tried it, thinking about ordering iron cross)

MSFS 2004 (on rare occasions)

 

previous?

long list...

Jane's F-15,Rowan's Battle of Britain or Red Baron (I and then 3d) come to my mind and lots of other stuff

Edited December 18, 2012 by archer11