SShrike 39 Posted February 20 (edited) Where did it all start for you? This was my first exposure to a combat flight game! L Edited February 20 by SShrike 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedKestrel 827 Posted February 20 Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. I flew the hurricane and the Jug a lot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
II./JG77_motoadve 620 Posted February 20 Red Baron 1997 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon200 253 Posted February 20 Jane's WWII Fighters where I first fell in love with the Fw190. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gn728 70 Posted February 20 Bought the 486 - paid $400 xtra to go from a 14" monitor to a 17". Installed Chuck Yeager's AC, Aces of The Pacific, and B17 Flying Fortress all at the same time. Boot Disk?! WTF is that....🤔... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stryker07 13 Posted February 20 Technically Falcon AT was my first, but the first one I really got into and played extensively was Aces over Europe and Aces of the Pacific. Been waiting for a proper successor to the second one still to this day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feathered_IV 4995 Posted February 20 Secret weapons of the luftwaffe was where I got hooked. My sisters boyfriend introduced me to it one day when I went to visit them. It was a revelation. In the weeks that followed I found every excuse under the sun to drop in so I could give it another go. When they broke up I was devastated... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oilman 9 Posted February 20 I think Janes. Followed by MCFS then into Sturmavik. The latter I still fly a lot (the original) and every now and then the older ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voidhunger 418 Posted February 20 (edited) For me it was ACE and ACE2 on Commodore +4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_(video_game) and Their finest hour: Battle of Britain on my first pc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Finest_Hour_(video_game) Edited February 20 by Voidhunger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROTER_BART 16 Posted February 20 Jet by subLOGIC for MS-DOS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_(video_game) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voidhunger 418 Posted February 20 Ahh memories... EMS,XMS,MSDOS,VGA monitor, first soundblaster ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BP_Lizard 114 Posted February 20 MS Combat Flight Sim I in 1998. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoltann 48 Posted February 20 (edited) F/A 18 Interceptor for Amiga, 1988... I got the Amiga from my grandparents in the day as a gift to help typing and printing my scrips at the Dutch Royal Militairy Academy, instead of handwriting or typing, as was required by an "innovative" professor... Then found some more use of the machine 🤪 Landing on the carrier with full burner on was great fun, so were the missions: 3.11. Visual Confirmation Mission 3.22. Emergency Defense Operation 3.33. Intercept Stolen Aircraft 3.44. Search and Rescue Operation 3.55. Intercept Incoming Cruise Missile 3.66. Carrier Sub Mission The game was absolutely awesome and powerful in the day! Ah... the memories... Edited February 20 by Zoltann Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6./ZG26_Custard 1071 Posted February 20 Aviator by acornsoft, 1983. Created by Geoff Crammond . He was responsible for such classics as stunt car racer and the Grand Prix series. It was a spitfire simulator where you have to shoot down aliens. Ah those heady early days. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ehret 430 Posted February 20 There was also Fighter Pilot but I liked this more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBn8d-_C2Mc Sci-Fi but so what? Graphics and game-play were well beyond what would be expected from 8bit machine; excellent (for the era) frame-rates too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbZ-chrOgGg Sci-Fi and 3rd perspective but fast and dynamic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jccDxFCwc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanu 87 Posted February 20 Project Stealth Fighter on Commodore 64. It was almost the first game I ever bought, but the retailer was out of stock, so I had to buy Red Storm Rising instead. (Which was great also). Of course there was Gunship also, but it was not air combat so much. Honorable mention goes to Battlehawks 1942, which forced me (read: my parents) to buy Amiga 500. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OG_Rosco 19 Posted February 20 Gunship! by Microprose on my trusty "Bread-bin" C64. I spent more hours on it than any other game back in the day. I don't know what I loved more, the simulator or the manual. Next one was F-19 Stealth Fighter, on PC. Third one was the original Red Baron by Dynamix, also on PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herne 750 Posted February 20 I can't honestly remember, think i might have early onset "oldtimers" lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoots 132 Posted February 20 36 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Custard said: Aviator by acornsoft, 1983. Created by Geoff Crammond . He was responsible for such classics as stunt car racer and the Grand Prix series. It was a spitfire simulator where you have to shoot down aliens. Ah those heady early days. Yep, I’m with custard here, this was my first too. God I feel old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyDuck 390 Posted February 20 (edited) Chuck Yeager's Air Combat! Had quite a span - 6 flyables from WW2 (P-51 and Fw 190) over Korea (F-86, MiG-15) to Vietnam (MiG-21, F-4). Nailing a 190 in a Mustang: Edited February 20 by CrazyDuck 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EAF_Ribbon 423 Posted February 20 Red Baron first, original il2 second! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blooddawn1942 459 Posted February 20 Ace of Aces on the C-64 followed by all the good stuff from Microprose on the Amiga. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarderIV 27 Posted February 20 Red Baron 3D. Too young to understand what was going on. But young enough to understand that a rocket to a Handley Page was heavenly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZachariasX 1297 Posted February 20 2 hours ago, ROTER_BART said: Jet by subLOGIC for MS-DOS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_(video_game) Also Jet for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big_Al_the_Allo 211 Posted February 20 I think the first thing was Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 1 and later 2 😄 After that the old Il-2 Series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E69_Chipi 53 Posted February 20 (edited) And after that many more... C64, Amiga and PC. You name it, I've probably played it Edited February 20 by E69_Chipi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
II./JG1_EmerlistDavjack 77 Posted February 20 (edited) Aces of the Pacific by Dynamix, 1992. My true love was Red Baron 3d. Last time I played that was ~2011. All the Dynamix stuff was solid gold IMO. Edited February 20 by II./JG1_EmerlistDavjack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
senseispcc 209 Posted February 20 Lucasfilm, 1942 Battlehawks 1988 on a Amstrad 286 20mb hdd 1mb memory. vga display. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Semor76 329 Posted February 20 Loooong time ago...."Fighter Bomber" 1989 by Vector Grafix. For Amiga 500. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACG_Woop 106 Posted February 20 (edited) Red Baron 2 was my first flight game! What a game that was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxLnZJ30JAc Edited February 20 by ACG_Woop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[N.O.G.F]Leon_Portier 151 Posted February 20 This but the DVD version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diggun 509 Posted February 20 (edited) Flying Corps Gold Or X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter.... Of course, the first flight game was the old DOS classsic Sopwith... Edited February 20 by Diggun 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=-THERION 526 Posted February 20 7 hours ago, SShrike said: Where did it all start for you? This was my first exposure to a combat flight game! This was my very first one too! Bought it with a Gravis joystick: God, are we spoiled nowadays! And does anybody remember the fiddling time to free up some high memory? Himem.sys etc. just to load the drivers in the correct order to avoid wasting some precious upper memory? We are talking about KB here! Additional RAM was nearly unaffordable then back in time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dogbert1953 159 Posted February 20 Il-2 Sturmovil1946 & Cliffs Of Dover. Both bought on the same day February 2017. Mike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
56RAF_Roblex 752 Posted February 20 (edited) 7 hours ago, Vig said: Same if we are talking Online Combat Flight Sims. Wire frame graphics over a slow modem 🙂 The first flight sim in a combat aircraft was either Harrier or Spitfire on a BBC Micro. I also have fond memories of A10 Tank Killer and the repeating music is still stuck in my brain 30 years later 🙂 The first career based historical re-enactment style game was 1942: Pacific Air War. I liked that one. The progression to IL2-GB was a few years in Dawn Of Aces/ Warbirds, a few years in Aces High, a few years in IL2 1946, a few years in Cliffs Of Dover, six months in DCS then a couple of years so far in IL2-GB Edited February 20 by 56RAF_Roblex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlitzPig_EL 1794 Posted February 20 CFS2. Played it for a couple weeks then binned it as it was complete rubbish. Online was overrun with cheats and hax0rs. It was awful. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
56RAF_Roblex 752 Posted February 20 3 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said: CFS2. Played it for a couple weeks then binned it as it was complete rubbish. Online was overrun with cheats and hax0rs. It was awful. Same here. I found it full of people flying 800mph P51s with Tank armour and 88mm cannons 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
=VARP=Tvrdi 276 Posted February 20 (edited) LHX Attack chopper on pentium 286 back in the early 90s....and the first with planes was I think Red Baron.. Gosh, we are old farts... Edited February 20 by blackram Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
