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| All the MiG sims |
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19-Apr-2002 |
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| My first MiG sim |
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19-Apr-2002 |
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| MiG goes to Paris |
The first time the west good a good look at the MiG-29 Soviet "Superfighter" was at the Paris Airshow in 1989. |
19-Apr-2002 |
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| Flight Sim Toolkit in Computer Pilot |
"Yes, the source code is available and I'm looking for developers able to bring this into the 21st century including porting it to other platforms. " - Adrian Brown |
19-Apr-2002 |
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| Origins of the Falcon Dynasty |
Mark Hermonat reported : "Deep in the bowels of the Falcon 2.2 - the Mac version manual I found this and was quite intrigued.. " In 1984, Gilman Louie and Les Watts wrote F-16: The Real Dogfight Simulator for the MSX, a Japanese computer. From the outset, Gilman wanted players to be able to compete against each other in aerial combat.." - READ ON |
26-Apr-2002 |
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| Graphics Innovations: Texture Mapping |
Texture Mapping is taken for granted in the 21st century, but in the 1990's it was a revolutionary step, and activating it placed huge demands on the graphics hardware of the day. |
26-Apr-2002 |
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| Artistic enthusiasts |
When he's not fighting in the virtual skies, Francisco J. Campos pilots some of his artistic abilities toward painting leather and miniatures. Check out this replica of a Flying Tigers blood chit and these detailed WW2 miniatures. |
26-Apr-2002 |
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| Solo Flight on the AMIGA |
One of the earliest sims, SoloFlight hails from the days when the Commodore Amiga reigned king of the graphics world! |
26-Apr-2002 |
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| Sabre Ace - 3DFX pioneer |
Back in 1997 3D FX cards were hitting the market. The quantum leap in graphics capabiliies this provided to the average gamer can't be underestimated. But 5 years on it is difficult to remember those first steps. |
26-Apr-2002 |
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| Definitions section created |
26 new pages of common terms used in Air Combat simulations, from AOA to Zulu Time! |
03-May-2002 |
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| Rowan software in profile |
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03-May-2002 |
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| Rowan Software - eject! |
The work of this company has given me hundreds of hours of pleasure over the past 10 years - multiply that by their numerous fans and you have a whole lotta' fun ! Here is Rowan in the Flight Sim Museum: Dawn Patrol, Falcon port, Flight of the Intruder port, Operation Overlord, Reach for the Skies, MiG Alley, Battle of Britain. |
03-May-2002 |
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| Italian Starfighter |
Giorgio flew the F-104 in the Italian Air Force starting in 1966 and accumulating almost 2000 hrs on the G and S models. Exemplifying high - tech 1950's design, this sleek machine, the epitome of the manned missile is still in service half a century later. Here are some images from his personal collection. |
10-May-2002 |
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| F-104 crash in the Netherlands |
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10-May-2002 |
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| Bridges in the Janes Fighters series |
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10-May-2002 |
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| Early 1990's DOS graphics |
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10-May-2002 |
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| Objects in 1990s DOS sims |
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10-May-2002 |
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| Spanish edition of Megafortress: Box art |
Added the Box art to the Spanish edition of Megafortress, the B-52 sim based on the book - "Flight of the Old Dog" by Dale Brown. Well, it's not a regular B-52 sim. Dale's Megafortress was a heavily modified super - penetration - strike variant! |
10-May-2002 |
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| AH-64 cockpit details |
In the sim 'Enemy Engaged: Apache vs. Havoc'. |
17-May-2002 |
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| Mi-28N Havoc cockpit detail |
In the sim 'Enemy Engaged: Apache vs. Havoc': instruments, MFD, night lighting, Primary Instruments, Warning lamps, HUD |
17-May-2002 |
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| "The most complex civilian flight sim I flew on the Amiga" |
Rob "Bomber" Henderson remembers. |
17-May-2002 |
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| Box art to the Spanish edition of Air Warrior II |
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17-May-2002 |
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| Sabre versus MiG in the Museum |
Adds the MiG-15, F-86 Sabre jet and F-51 Mustang to a Korean War campaign in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2. |
24-May-2002 |
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| First look at the beta version of Strike Fighters Project 1 |
The sim will focus on the "classic" jets of the 1950's and '60's. |
24-May-2002 |
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| Falcon 4.0 SuperPAK 3 released |
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31-May-2002 |
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| Tomahawk Spectrum screen |
Francisco J. Campos sent in a screen from this 1980's helicopter sim. |
31-May-2002 |
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| Harrier in the Falklands: Terrain and Aircraft |
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31-May-2002 |
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| Evasive Software |
There were 4 arenas for the dogfights: 1917 - the Great War, 1942 - during the 2nd World War, The Air Dominance Era, 2064 - Space Combat. |
08-Jun-2002 |
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| RAF (Royal Air Force) campaign in Harrier Jump Jet 2002 |
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08-Jun-2002 |
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| Spanish edition of F/A-18 Korea: Artwork |
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14-Jun-2002 |
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| Microsoft Combat Flight Sim: Box contents |
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14-Jun-2002 |
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| Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space: Box contents |
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14-Jun-2002 |
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| Race into Space: Liftoff! |
I couldn't get the sim running under Windows, However there is now good news for those who want to refly the Cold War Space Race. |
14-Jun-2002 |
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| Argentine Air Force campaign: Falkland Islands 1982 |
Harrier Jump Jet 2002 contains a version of the Argentinean Air Force campaign in the Falkland Islands 1982. I flew all the missions and wrote after-action reports here. |
14-Jun-2002 |
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| Race into Space: Mission Abort |
. I couldn't get the sim running under Windows.. .. .. Read on |
14-Jun-2002 |
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| FGA.1 Kestrel at RAF Cottesmore in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Box art to the Spanish edition of Flying Corps Gold |
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23-Jun-2002 |
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| Conquer the Skies: Box contents |
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23-Jun-2002 |
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| Four great DOS sims in one box |
This collection was published by Microprose in 1997. It contains four of the best ever DOS flight sims. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| T.52 or T.4 Harrier at Sydney Opera House in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| GR.5 RAF Harrier at RNAS Yeovilton in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| FRS.51 Sea Harrier, Indian Navy, flying past the Sydney Opera House in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Aviano Airbase, Italy in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Westland Sea King at Sydney Opera House in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| USMC Tarawa in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| RNAS Yeovilton in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Bangkok International in MSFS 2002 |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Mt. Pleasant and Port Stanley |
Harrier Jump Jet Scenery. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Scenery in Harrier Jump Jet |
Extra airbases included in the package - RAF Cottesmore, RNAS Yeovilton etc. and other scenery which the package installed in Microsoft Flight Sim 2002. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Flight Testing Harrier Jump Jet |
In this last installment on Harrier Jump Jet 2002 I look at all the flyable aircraft in the usual detail. |
23-Jun-2002 |
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| Tornado or Phantom sim? |
Francisco J. Campos sent in some shots from this 1990 Spectrum sim. Yes, it was a Tornado sim of sorts even one of the splash screens shows an F-4 Phantom ! |
05-Jul-2002 |
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| Longbow Box Contents |
Now that's what you call a manual! |
05-Jul-2002 |
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| Longbow 2's immersive virtual world |
Longbow 2 was the sequel to Longbow. |
05-Jul-2002 |
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| 1998 combat helicopter squadron |
In 1998 both Longbow and Longbow 2 were released along with the Flash Point Korea - Mission Pack in Longbow Anthology. |
05-Jul-2002 |
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| The Soaring Simulator: Version 4 added |
SFS4 is a highly realistic soaring flight simulator. Take off, landing, thermals and ridge soaring are possible. |
05-Jul-2002 |
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| Microsoft Flight Simulator Aircraft and Scenery Designer: Spanish edition |
The Spanish edition of this popular add-on featured F-15 Eagles on the cover! It's quite unusual for the MS sims to feature military jets.... probably the Spanish division just having some fun I'd say. When you look at the enlarged picture you can see the F-15's are superimposed over an image of a real military airbase with what look like rows of F-16's lined up on the tarmac. |
14-Jul-2002 |
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| Keith Ainsworth publishes RETROGAMER |
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14-Jul-2002 |
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| RETROGAMER |
RETROGAMER, a printed fanzine published in Liverpool, UK which is dedicated to classic video games. |
14-Jul-2002 |
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| Bob Roberts on Back to Baghdad |
In June 1994 George T. Keverian and Bob Carter founded Military Simulations Inc. or MSI, their goal was to make the most realistic F16C simulation for the desk-bound PC Pilot. |
14-Jul-2002 |
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| Two good multiplayer sims |
Two of the best ever multiplayer sims were released in the early days of 3DFX - way back in 1998! |
14-Jul-2002 |
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| Take total control of EF2000 |
An add-on to Digital Image Design’s EF2000 version 2. It allows you to take total control of all the strategic and tactical aspects of an EF2000 campaign. |
25-Jul-2002 |
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| Flying Muffin's Strategic Command for EF2000 |
Add-on to Digital Image Design’s EF2000 version 2. It allows you to take total control of all the strategic and tactical aspects of an EF2000 campaign. |
25-Jul-2002 |
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| A aggressive magazine advert for F-19 by Microprose. |
Back in the 1980's flight sims were marketed aggressively! |
25-Jul-2002 |
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| Miles McCorsion's Guide to F-117A Stealth Fighter |
F-117A Stealth Fighter by Microprose is often referred to as the 'mother of all sims' because it got so many design elements right. |
25-Jul-2002 |
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| Desert Storm Spanish manual scan |
Francisco J. Campos sent in a scan of the Desert Storm manual 1990's sim. |
25-Jul-2002 |
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| Australia signs up for Joint Strike Fighters. |
Australia has just signed up for 8 billion dollars worth of Joint Strike Fighters. The RAAF would probably prefer the F-22 Lightning.. but hey.. that's a really expensive aircraft! |
02-Aug-2002 |
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| F-22 roundup |
A survey of F-22 simulations in the Flight Sim Museum. |
02-Aug-2002 |
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| F-16 goes from DOS to Windows then 3DFX |
From the makers of Tornado came an F-16 sim with many of the features fans loved about that previous classic. It was released in DOS, then a windows version, then upgraded for 3DFX, and in 1998 an Afghanistan Campaign was released. |
13-Aug-2002 |
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| Land was green, Water was blue. |
You can tell you were in Paris since you see the Eiffel Tower from the cockpit. |
13-Aug-2002 |
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| Japanese Stealth on NEC PC |
In 1989 a Japanese team converted Microprose's classic stealth sim to the NEC 9801 series of computers. |
13-Aug-2002 |
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| All the Stealth |
A list of the sims in the Museum which currently feature Stealth aircraft |
13-Aug-2002 |
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| Detail from the Iraq map in F-15 Strike Eagle II |
A scan of detail from the Iraq map in the Desert Storm add-on. Although scant on detail the maps in this sim served to introduce me to political and geographic locations I might otherwise have neglected. |
24-Aug-2002 |
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| Commodore 64 Shuttle box art |
Scan of the box art from Space Shuttle. This is the Commodore 64 Space Shuttle as opposed to the later Shuttle by Virgin for the PC. |
24-Aug-2002 |
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| Box scans for Flight Unlimited III |
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24-Aug-2002 |
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| Dogfighting Sabre versus MiG |
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24-Aug-2002 |
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| Sabre campaign Mission 1 |
I took the Sabre into mission 1 of the USAF campaign - full report here. |
24-Aug-2002 |
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| Israeli Air Force in sim-action |
The Rhino in action, A sporting chance - Read on. |
01-Sep-2002 |
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| New engine powers Flight Sim Toolkit |
The Openfly team at www.openfly.org.uk are writing a new engine to replace the current FST Engine and asking for individuals to help with the tool development. |
01-Sep-2002 |
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| Red Baron Roundup |
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15-Sep-2002 |
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| Damon Slye on what makes a good sim |
"I think the most compelling aspect of a simulation is to recreate those factors that dictated the experience of the pilot.. .. " |
15-Sep-2002 |
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| Looked amazing but was never released |
Planetside used a technique of scrolling pre-rendered landscapes which were originally created using fractal equations. |
15-Sep-2002 |
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| Aircraft silhouette ID screens |
Devices such as this were designed to combat pirating of the software. They are not dissimilar to aircraft ID training cards used in pilot training. |
15-Sep-2002 |
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| Interview with Microsoft producer Scott Lee |
It was a typical Sydney Spring morning - blue skies and fresh - not too warm - as I made my way to the Westin Hotel in Sydney's central business district to meet Scott Lee from Microsoft and check out Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3. |
19-Sep-2002 |
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| The Eurofighter Typhoon in profile |
There are not too many aircraft that can pull a loop in dry power from level flight... add the HOTAS, Direct Voice Input and a Helmet Mounted Symbology System and you have one of the most formidable high-tech fighters of the 21st century. |
27-Sep-2002 |
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| Eurofighter Typhoon: Operation Icebreaker |
Eurofighter Typhoon - Operation Icebreaker adds new weather effects, HUD and radar improvements and carrier ops to a campaign which is a sequel to the original Eurofighter Typhoon. It's tough! It is difficult! After a faltering start I decided to retrace my steps and have another go at the original campaign. I was aided by the excellent strategy guide included with the sim, and hindered by the weather - snow and lots of rain... lots of rain. |
27-Sep-2002 |
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| Better tactics in Eurofighter |
More this week on Eurofighter Typhoon - Operation Icebreaker. I'm still replaying the original campaign - with much more success this time around due to the brilliant strategy guide included with the sim. |
03-Oct-2002 |
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| Disappointing Campaign in Icebreaker |
The Eurofighter Typhoon - Operation Icebreaker CAMPAIGN has the feel of a hastily thrown together set of scripted missions. As scripted missions go they aren't too bad. The disappointment is that the original release - Eurofighter Typhoon - boasted a dynamic campaign with some scripted events base on an unfolding plotline delivered by video clips and news flashes. You had some latitude in mission planning and felt you were part of an interactive environment in which your actions had consequences. My recommendation - get this release and play the original campaign which is included. |
12-Oct-2002 |
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| Abandonware In A Nutshell: Why Nobody Wins |
Jim Leonard of www.mobygames.com wrote a very interesting article entitled - "Abandonware In A Nutshell: Why Nobody Wins". Abandonware refers to old games no longer supported by the publisher. OK - that's the simple definition - for more detail go to Jim's article. |
18-Oct-2002 |
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| Gloster Javelin over London |
I take a Gloster Javelin for a spin over London. Nothing complicated, just a straightforward checklist for lazy pilots like me who want to jump straight into the air and see the sights. |
18-Oct-2002 |
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| Aces High: High fidelity multiplayer air combat |
Based in Texas USA, HiTech was founded in 1999 and has a simple and focussed philosophy: "to create one game, but one that is better than any other like it." |
18-Oct-2002 |
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| Spitfires to Star Wars |
George Lucas was a kid who grew up reading comic books and watching old movies about the Battle of Britain. |
18-Oct-2002 |
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| Matt Wietlpach's F/A-18 cockpit |
Matt Wietlpach's F/A-18 cockpit is pretty well kitted out and uses Project Magenta software to drive the instrument displays. |
25-Oct-2002 |
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| Great sim-moments in Birds of Prey |
"The weapons were destructive to any object, no matter what the device or target. I have witnessed a Forger get hit AFTER launching from a carrier by a Mk83 slick released by a B-1B Lancer." Read on. |
25-Oct-2002 |
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| F-16 Aggressor |
F-16 Aggressor was said to have a flight model so close to the real thing that the 'Men in Black' paid the developers a visit and asked them to tone it down a bit. |
03-Nov-2002 |
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| All the add on products for Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 |
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10-Nov-2002 |
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| AMD Athlon XP2200+ takes on Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 |
Inspired by my new AMD Athlon XP2200+ I revisited this sim and was able to max out all the graphics settings and get a frame rate that varied from 20 to 70 frames per second. Read on. |
10-Nov-2002 |
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| F/A-18 Precision Strike Fighter |
F/A-18 Precision Strike Fighter enters the Museum. Released in 2001 by Xicat Interactive , this product is an enhanced version of F/A-18 Korea which was developed by Graphsim and released by Xicat Interactive. |
20-Nov-2002 |
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| RAAF in in Action 1996: F/A-18 landing |
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20-Nov-2002 |
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| Campaign mode in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3 |
I tackle the campaign mode. |
20-Nov-2002 |
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