Simviation Forum - ...and now for something completely different...!

Jun 18^th, 2003 at 3:20pm

Fozzer Offline
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..and now for something completely different...!
...A Blast from the Past... Grin

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"Looking Glass Studios. Leading The World In Electric Amusement"
"...Yee-Haa..."...!
(All those lucky owners will recognise that)...!

Here are some nice, nostalgic pics of Flight Unlimited II, just to show how good the old game was... Wink

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(I've had to reduce all the pics to 640 X 480 'cos Mr. SimV said "Fozzer, you have exceeded your upload limit, and I have deleted all your pictures...").
Buggar... Cry

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LOL...LOL...LOL...!

I still play it regularly as a change from FS 2002.
The scenery from the air is amazing, even by todays standards. All the cities, free-ways and fly-overs are accurately depicted, and the mountains show all the paths and roads traversing them.

San Francisco International from the air.

Towards 'Frisco Town.

Highway 101...

'Frisco dockland.

Golden Gate Bridge.

Bay Bridge.

The good old Beaver panel.

Marin County and the surrounding hills.

If you find a copy of Flight Unlimited II in your local game shop, snap it up...!
You will not be dissapionted. It works fine on a "low end" machine, and even better on a "high end" machine"... 8)...!

(I actually prefer this version to Flight Unlimited III which covers the Seattle area).
Pro Pilot 2 is also a very good game for practising ATC, (although the scenery is rather plain).

Cheers all... Grin

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Have fun...!
Paul.
(England).

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Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2003 at 4:03pm

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Hi Fozzer. My, that brings back some memories. FU II was actually my first flight sim. I always thought it was far ahead of the M$ products. It was around at the same time as FS98. The flight model is far more accurate (you can even do a proper spin) & they had decent panels. They issued a patch to fix one of the aircraft & you could get a bonus Fokker Triplane. I should still have the files somewhere. The only drawback as I remember was the lack of addons & scenery restricted to the San Francisco area. That's fine for you as, from what I understand, you rarely fly anywhere else. Tongue

I also have the original Flight Unlimited. I suppose you could call it FUI. LOL
It was first available in DOS only but they later released a proper Windows version. It's a tad gimmicky but just the job if you're interested in aerobatics. You get to fly the Decathlon, Pitts Special, Extra & Sukhoi 26. It even has a glider with an aero-tow feature. This was back in 1995. M$ still hasn't come up with anything like that. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2003 at 4:33pm

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Hi Fozzer. My, that brings back some memories. FU II was actually my first flight sim. I always thought it was far ahead of the M$ products. It was around at the same time as FS98. The flight model is far more accurate (you can even do a proper spin) & they had decent panels. They issued a patch to fix one of the aircraft & you could get a bonus Fokker Triplane. I should still have the files somewhere. The only drawback as I remember was the lack of addons & scenery restricted to the San Francisco area. That's fine for you as, from what I understand, you rarely fly anywhere else. Tongue

I also have the original Flight Unlimited. I suppose you could call it FUI. LOL
It was first available in DOS only but they later released a proper Windows version. It's a tad gimmicky but just the job if you're interested in aerobatics. You get to fly the Decathlon, Pitts Special, Extra & Sukhoi 26. It even has a glider with an aero-tow feature. This was back in 1995. M$ still hasn't come up with anything like that. Roll Eyes

Hi Doug...!
I'm glad you like it, fantastic crew of enthusiastic programmers put it together, shame the're not around anymore... Cry

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I also have Flight Unlimited I, (the original aerobatic one), ...'trubble is...it will only run on my old DOS, 3DFX OpenGL/ Glide, cards....It wont work on my latest Windows nVidia cards...buggar...!
LOL..LOL..LOL..!
(The Pitts Special was something else...!..)

Cheers mate... Grin

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Paul.....3DFX enthusiast, even now...LOL...!
(England)

P.S. I see you still have the 3DFX 5 5500..?
...the last in the line...!

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Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2003 at 4:38pm

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I also have the original Flight Unlimited. I suppose you could call it FUI. LOL
It was first available in DOS only but they later released a proper Windows version. It's a tad gimmicky but just the job if you're interested in aerobatics. You get to fly the Decathlon, Pitts Special, Extra & Sukhoi 26. It even has a glider with an aero-tow feature. This was back in 1995. M$ still hasn't come up with anything like that. Roll Eyes

My first flight sim! well, not whole fs, It was a demo version i got off a cover disc, but i couldn't stop playing around with it, even with my step-brother playing the Spice Girls album in the same room! Lips Sealed

use Miracle mode to get up to .... some stupid altitude ( Roll Eyes

), then destory the plane and watch the debris fall to earth. Entries in the log book. "Started the flight... Wrecked the plane" Over and over again! Grin

Aahh, memories!
Should dig it out and play around with it again.

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Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2003 at 4:41pm

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P.S. I see you still have the 3DFX 5 5500..?
...the last in the line...!

Yep, still going strong & beautiful graphics quality. I've hung on as long as possible although sadly I think its days are numbered. Embarrassed

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Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2003 at 6:15pm

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My first flightsim was, Chuck Yeagers Flight Simulator!!!! Grin

Thought it was cool 13 years ago Grin

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Reply #6 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 8:12am

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Flight Unlimited 1 was a very good game,i played it very often on my first computer. Pro Pilot was very good ,too,but i hated that there was no "worldwide" edition,just an "europe" or "USA" one.

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Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 9:44am

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Chuck Yeager made a simulator?

And as for FU, lets say only USA, what happens if you try to leave the border?

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Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 12:30pm

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Always nice to see a blast from the past. Still looks good, even today.

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Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 1:18pm

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Chuck Yeager made a simulator?

And as for FU, lets say only USA, what happens if you try to leave the border?

Hi Astro... Grin

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FU I, and FUII (San Francisco Bay area)...
The flyable area is shown on the map, (It's large enough).. Wink

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Leaving the area in any direction just results in repeated, mirrored textures...not worth wandering away...LOL...!

Cheers... Grin

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Reply #10 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 1:24pm

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I got this a while back, pity about the limited range of flying, but the quality is undeniably excellent Grin

Nice shots too Fozzer Wink

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Reply #11 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 1:37pm

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I got this a while back, pity about the limited range of flying, but the quality is undeniably excellent Grin

Nice shots too Fozzer Wink

Hi Ozzy.... Grin

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..now you can see where I get my addictive enthusiasm for the Californian sea-board coast..!
I spent so many years chuffin aroud the area in Flight Unlimited II that I soon got to recognise enery square inch of the area...
...VFR flights...no problem...no fear of getting lost if my instruments fail...LOL...!

Cheers mate... Grin

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Paul.
(England)...an outpost of California... Wink

...LOL...!

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