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Aug 15^th, 2003 at 9:29am

Paz Offline
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As I was flying around in FS2004, I started thinking about how far flight sims have come, I know this has probably been brought up in the past, but what was your first sim flying experience and on what system?

Mine was the original Gunship by Microprose on the Commodore 64.

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Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 10:04am

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It was FS98. I have no idea what system I was running. It was a long time ago and I got rid of it. But for some reason I remember my first flight. It was in Chicago, at Miegs. I flew a C-172 around the city for a while using the keybroad. Keybroad! How primitive! But since then I've bought all three of the CFS series, FS2000, and FS2002.

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Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 10:08am

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ACE - Air Combat Emulator on the Commodore 16

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Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 10:47am

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Something fishy on the C-64 which went broke very fast... had to do with IFR

after that:
Retalliator (286)
F-15 strike eagle 2(286) and 3(P60)
JET (funny program)
F-117 (P-600)

Microprose F-15 strike eagle 3 still is the best one of that series, i had the CD version which had a cool animated intro

Microsoft stuff in chronological order
FS5.1 (Pentium 60, first serious FS for me)
FS98 (Pentium 233/Voodoo 2, got that to a 100+FPS on mt Pentium 600 later on)
FS2000 (Pentiun 600/TNT2, whacky, slow and crashing too often)
FS2002 (AMD 1800XP/GF4Ti200, autogen and shine galore)

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #4 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 11:00am

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my first go with a simulator was on a full sized army lynx simulator at middle wallop, my dad was in charge of putting the thing together and testing it, and since i spent most of my summer holiday helping with it i got to have a go.

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Reply #5 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 11:01am

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The year was 1987. It was either FS1 or FS2 from what I've been able to figure out.

The system was on my school's AppleII.

I recently saw a screen of that game...I had no idea it was so bad! lol

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Reply #6 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 11:37am

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1960, Fort Bliss, Texas
B-52 sim, Black and white
film, A real thrill at the time!
I was 14!!

Brad

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Reply #7 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 12:25pm

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I Like Flight Simulation!

Flight Simulator II for Commodore 64. Early 80's.

I have it now for my emulator and it still takes 3 minutes to load.

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Reply #8 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 12:33pm

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FS3 on my granddad's old computer, don't know what it was. I look back on it now and wonder how we got thru those dark times. Roll Eyes

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Reply #9 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 1:06pm

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Psion Flight Simulator on a 48k ZX Spectrum.
I had a couple of game type ones too, but that was THE one.

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Reply #10 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 1:43pm

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Well let's see. These are the ones I used most frequently over the years.

FS Unknown mid 80s version (Mac LCIII Moterola 25mhz processor, before vid cards came out, my palm pilot has more computing power)
Tie Fighter (Moterola Starmax Mac clone, 200mhz)
Warbirds (PII 233mhz with no video card)
X-Wing (PII 233Mhz, no card)
CFS1 (PII 233mhz no video card)
XWing vs Tie Fighter (PII 233mhz, ATI Radeon PCI 32mb)
XWing Alliance (PII 233mhz, ATI Radeon PCI 32mb)
FS2002 (Duron 950, Geforce2 MX400)
CFS2 (Same system as FS2k2)
CFS3 (Duron 950, Geforce FX5200)
FS2004 (Duron 950, GF FX5200)

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Reply #11 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 1:44pm

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Sorry to be a moderator bashing bastard but this topic is about flight sims which is forbidden in this forum is it not? Just read its description on the main page. Tongue

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I think it should be put back in general discussion. You moderators should set an example you know. Undecided

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Reply #12 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 2:06pm

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Reply #13 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 2:17pm

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Ozzy moved this here from the GD forum. He must have hit his head while rock climbing last week. Grin

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Reply #14 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 3:13pm

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Have you noticed that 'General Discussion' says non-FS stuff, but the 'Cafe' say FS speak not allowed?
I didn't know where to put this topic, it is flight sim related but a general question unrelated to any particular flight sim.

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Reply #15 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 3:19pm

Ivan Offline
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Well let's see. These are the ones I used most frequently over the years.

FS Unknown mid 80s version (Mac LCIII Moterola 25mhz processor, before vid cards came out, my palm pilot has more computing power)
Tie Fighter (Moterola Starmax Mac clone, 200mhz)
Warbirds (PII 233mhz with no video card)
X-Wing (PII 233Mhz, no card)
CFS1 (PII 233mhz no video card)
XWing vs Tie Fighter (PII 233mhz, ATI Radeon PCI 32mb)
XWing Alliance (PII 233mhz, ATI Radeon PCI 32mb)
FS2002 (Duron 950, Geforce2 MX400)
CFS2 (Same system as FS2k2)
CFS3 (Duron 950, Geforce FX5200)
FS2004 (Duron 950, GF FX5200)

Oh i forgot my X-Wing and TIE which managed to wreck 3 joysticks before i got my first decent one

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #16 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 3:27pm

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First Flight Sim I ever played was F-19 Stealth Fighter but I can't remember what machine it was for, Commador 64 or Amega. It belonged to a pal of mine and I remember flying a raid on Iraq one night only to get home and turn on the TV to see that Gulf War One had just started! I flew the first raid about an hour before the war started Wink

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Since then I've had:
FS98
F-22 ADF
CFS2
Mig Ally
B-17
FS2K2
CFS3

Of that lot I still play CFS2 and FS2K2. All the rest have been removed now and cosigned to my collection of vintage flight sims in a dark draw in the spare room!

Flying Legends

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Reply #17 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 5:37pm

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Here are the ones I remember, but I'm sure there were others:

Solo Flight (C64)
F-15 Strike Eagle (C64)
Jump Jet (PC)
FS2002
CFS3
FS2004

I still have "Jump Jet". As I'm sure you have guessed, it's a Harrier sim. Here are the system requirements:

IBM 286 (16+ MHz), 386, 486, and compatibles
1MB RAM, DOS 5.0, and a hard disk required
Supports VGA/MCGA only
Joystick and mouse required
Supports IBM, Ad Lib, Roland, and Sound Blaster

I had to jump through hoops to get the game to run... it required a special boot disk with it's own autoexec.bat and config.sys files... getting FS2004 to run was a breeze in comparison. Grin

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Reply #18 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 8:06pm

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I Like Flight Simulation!

Please read the question, What was your FIRST Flight Sim and platform?. You're not in a bar bragging about your conquests.

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Reply #19 - Aug 15^th, 2003 at 8:28pm

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Sheesh. ???

Ok. My FIRST flight sim was Solo Flight for the Commodore 64.

Forget all of that other crap I wrote. I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Roll Eyes

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Reply #20 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 6:42am

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FS2002!! THIS IS IT!! I honestly could not,after doing some real flying,contemplate using a FS until I saw FS2002.
I was given a computer and FS by my brother and have upgraded from there. Nice having well to do brothers who like to look after their youngers.

White on White fly all night.&&&&Red on White you're alright.&&&&Red on Red you'll soon be dead.

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Reply #21 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 8:52am

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Gunship. 1984, On the Sinclair Spectrum 48k*...FANTASTIC FUN... 8)...!
I still play it now using the Spectrum Emulator...

http://www.spectaculator.com

...and it's still just as much fun.. Grin

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Cheers all...!
Paul....Spectrum enthusiast extraordinaire... Grin

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(England).

P.S. ..the Commodore C64 version was not too bad as well.... Wink

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P.P.S. *I still have the computers, software, and all the hardware, manuals, magazines, etc, ...joyfulness... Grin

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Reply #22 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 9:09am

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Looks like I missed out! All those years I've been riding motorcycles I could have had flightsim as well!

D#@MN!!

White on White fly all night.&&&&Red on White you're alright.&&&&Red on Red you'll soon be dead.

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Reply #23 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 10:25am

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Becareful not to stray from the original topic or you might make WebbPA angry. Roll Eyes

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Reply #24 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 11:06am

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Boy. I still remember that we used to have an Atari. We had one game called Commanche. It was one of those that the scenery went by while you shoot. Then about 4 or 5 years ago, we sold the system and the games for 3 bucks. Now, we problibly could sell it for $300. Undecided

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Reply #25 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 12:49pm

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I Like Flight Simulation!

If it's just going to be a free for all:

Flight Simulator II for Commodore 64
IFR Flight Simulator for Commodore 64
Super Huey for Commodore 64
F-15 Strike Eagle II for C-64 and PC
Jane's F-15
Comamche 4
CFS 2 and 3
IL-2 Sturmovik
Flight Simulator 2000, 2002, 2004

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Reply #26 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 3:24pm

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Ahh fond memories of this "beauty" Undecided

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This was one of the ZX81's finest hours. The game was set at night in order to solve the "not many graphics" problem. You had the choice of making just the final approach to the airport, or of starting some miles away. There were also mountains and crosswinds to contend with, and you had a goodly number of instruments to keep under control. A "Not bad... a bit bumpy" report at the end was quite an achievement for me!

Ahh those days of 1k RAM with an optional 16k "RAM Pack" Roll Eyes

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http://simflight.com/~fshistory/fsh/start.htm - Worth a look if retro is your thing Wink

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Reply #27 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 5:21pm

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Mine was the original Gunship by Microprose on the Commodore 64.

Same here, I loved that game. I won the CMOH four times, along with a couple dozen Silver and Bronze Stars. Makes me wish I would have kept my old C64 or C128, I still miss that game.

Jes

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Reply #28 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 5:24pm

Ivan Offline
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that page hasn't been updated for ages...

And remember, to fly you need a 286 (proven by Airbus), anything with more power will give eyecandy.

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #29 - Aug 16^th, 2003 at 8:08pm

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Reply #30 - Aug 17^th, 2003 at 12:28am

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It was FS98. I have no idea what system I was running. It was a long time ago and I got rid of it. But for some reason I remember my first flight. It was in Chicago, at Miegs. I flew a C-172 around the city for a while using the keybroad. Keybroad! How primitive! But since then I've bought all three of the CFS series, FS2000, and FS2002.

I've been playing with FS since I think FS4 using the keyboard. Since then, I've had FSFW95, FS98, CFS, and FS2k2. I still use the keyboard to this day. Grin

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Reply #31 - Aug 17^th, 2003 at 1:35am

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Mig-29 Fulcrum (286)
Chuck Yeager's flight simulator (286)
MS FS5.1 (P133)
MS FS98 (P133 and later AMD 700)
MS FS2000 (AMD 700)
MS FS2002 (AMD 1.4 ghz)
MS CFS2 (AMD 1.4ghz)
MS CFS3 (AMD 1.4ghz)
MS FS2004 (AMD 1.4ghz)

COMPLETED: If Anyone Cares, Here's A Map Of My Current FSX Flight Around The World

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