What was your first ever flight sim?

Konovalov · 08-10-07, 10:40 AM

My first ever fight simulation experience was F19 Stealth Fighter by Microprose way back in 1989 on my Commodore Amiga computer. I came across this site today which brought back some of those old memories from the sim:http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/F19/F19.htm

As it turned out F19 wasn't entirely accurate because little was known of what was the F117 Nighthawk.

Anyway, I loved this sim and it had a great manual and maps.

Check out these gorgeous MFD's.

So what was your first ever flight sim? Come on, bring those memories flooding back.

Dowly · 08-10-07, 11:50 AM

First 2 flightsims:
Dogfight
European Air War (Still one of the best flightsim I've played

)

CCIP · 08-10-07, 12:47 PM

I'm pretty sure mine was EF2000, when I was about 12 years old.

I got pretty good at shooting and flying under bridges. Never managed to land though - let's just say I had no idea about flight dynamics and thought flying into a runway at 300kt and a nose-down angle with your gear down was the right way. I was irritated

The first sim that I really mastered was Total Air War.

Camaero · 08-10-07, 01:56 PM

Janes WWII Fighters!

Kratos · 08-10-07, 02:23 PM

First one I tried was First Eagles The great war 1914-1918
http://www.first-eagles.com/

and i quickly moved on to Il2

fatty · 08-10-07, 02:26 PM

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 circa 1982

HunterICX · 08-10-07, 03:28 PM

Pffff...
I was so young so I cant remember the names

but the first ones I played
one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers

then there was a WW1 flight sim,
Wings of Glory if I am correct.

and then there was some modern jet fighter game.

then came CFS1&2 which I completly turned inside out
after that I got the very first IL2 game...damn those days...just awesome

and now IL2 1946, and CFS3

Biggles · 08-10-07, 04:08 PM

Hm....well the 3 first simulator games for me:

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (space simulator, but still....)
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
Airfix Dogfighter (aaaah, the memories!

)

Chock · 08-10-07, 09:11 PM

As far as I recall, my first 'proper' one was SubLogic's Flight Simulator (i.e. before it was a Microsoft title). The earliest one I still actually have in my possession (with the box and everything) is I think a later incarnation of SubLogic's Flight Simulator, maybe version 3, not sure without digging it out of a cupboard. I do remember that it has a great manual, which is still pretty good in terms of correct procedures even today.

The original versions of flight simulator did have quite a few aeroplanes even then, such as the Sopwith Camel and a Cessna, but it was largely limited to flying around the San Francisco area. I also had an early SubLogic version of Flight Simulator for the Commodore Amiga too.

I do remember spending a lot of time with Ubisoft's Fighter Bomber on the Commodore 64, as you could bomb stuff in the F-111 and the Panavia Tornado, and it was one of the first half-decent fight sims with shaded vector graphics, but the first really decent combat ones with all the systems modeled properly would be the very first Falcon and Digital Integration's F-16 Combat Simulator (on the Commodore 64), DI's F-16 was also on the Amiga too. The WW1 sim Knights of the Sky was a good one on that as well.

The first really good combat flight sims for proper dogfighting with very good frame rates I had were: Hellcats (anyone remember that?) and Chuck Yeager's Combat Flight Simulator. I had both of those for the Apple Mac.

I've pretty much bought every flight sim there is over the years.

Chock

JScones · 08-10-07, 09:15 PM

subLOGIC FS1 on the Apple ][, very early 1980's.

This was pre-Microsoft FS1, which came out a few years later.

Hehe - found some screenshots courtesy of Wikipedia...

Aahhh, the memories.

Then on to Microsoft Flight Simulator 1...

Cutting edge graphics!

I had no joystick back then - played all by keyboard.

Then moved on to c64 games like Dambusters, Spitfire, Gunship, F15 SE, F15 SEII (basically any Microprose flightsim - I loved them all because they had ranks and medals), before getting my first PC titles Heroes of the 357th and B17 Flying Fortress for my top of the range 386DX40.

fatty · 08-10-07, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JScones

subLOGIC FS1 on the Apple ][, very early 1980's.

This was pre-Microsoft FS1, which came out a few years later.

Hehe - found some screenshots courtesy of Wikipedia...

Aahhh, the memories.

Then on to Microsoft Flight Simulator 1...

Cutting edge graphics!

I had no joystick back then - played all by keyboard.

Then moved on to c64 games like Dambusters, Spitfire, Gunship, F15 SE, F15 SEII (basically any Microprose flightsim - I loved them all because they had ranks and medals), before getting my first PC titles Heroes of the 357th and B17 Flying Fortress for my top of the range 386DX40.

Damn, you win!

Dowly · 08-11-07, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

but the first ones I played
one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe? Had it on my very first PC (some 486 crap :p).

http://www.goodolddays.net/0_0_0_0_1...hots_1__0_0__/

CaptainChunk · 08-11-07, 12:29 AM

Aces over Europe, Aces of the Pacific and Red Baron. Best ones ever.

goldorak · 08-11-07, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konovalov

My first ever fight simulation experience was F19 Stealth Fighter by Microprose way back in 1989 on my Commodore Amiga computer. I came across this site today which brought back some of those old memories from the sim:http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/F19/F19.htm

As it turned out F19 wasn't entirely accurate because little was known of what was the F117 Nighthawk.

Anyway, I loved this sim and it had a great manual and maps.

Check out these gorgeous MFD's.

So what was your first ever flight sim? Come on, bring those memories flooding back.

Wow that was my first flight sim also, but for the glorious pc.
I bought it maybe in 1988-1989.
And I played it in a gorgeous cga mode (4 colors :rotfl: ).
I still play it today from time to time, those libian and iranian missions are so much fun.

HunterICX · 08-11-07, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

but the first ones I played
one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe? Had it on my very first PC (some 486 crap :p).

http://www.goodolddays.net/0_0_0_0_1...hots_1__0_0__/

:hmm: well, from what I remember you could only take that ME262
and gosh I hated that plane...
well I hated the game actually :rotfl: ME262 moving so darn slow
and killing a plane was darn hard...
but it was fully drawn 2D game...no fancy first 3D effects
kinda pixel like a Plane getting bigger and bigger

also no Save feature, so when you got killed you could start over at Mission 1.
NOOOOOOOOOOO!

08-10-07, 10:40 AM	#1
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	What was your first ever flight sim? My first ever fight simulation experience was F19 Stealth Fighter by Microprose way back in 1989 on my Commodore Amiga computer. I came across this site today which brought back some of those old memories from the sim:http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/F19/F19.htm As it turned out F19 wasn't entirely accurate because little was known of what was the F117 Nighthawk. Anyway, I loved this sim and it had a great manual and maps. Check out these gorgeous MFD's. So what was your first ever flight sim? Come on, bring those memories flooding back. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

08-10-07, 11:50 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	First 2 flightsims: Dogfight European Air War (Still one of the best flightsim I've played)

08-10-07, 12:47 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I'm pretty sure mine was EF2000, when I was about 12 years old. I got pretty good at shooting and flying under bridges. Never managed to land though - let's just say I had no idea about flight dynamics and thought flying into a runway at 300kt and a nose-down angle with your gear down was the right way. I was irritated The first sim that I really mastered was Total Air War. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-10-07, 01:56 PM	#4
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Janes WWII Fighters! __________________

08-10-07, 02:23 PM	#5
Kratos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,267 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First one I tried was First Eagles The great war 1914-1918 http://www.first-eagles.com/ and i quickly moved on to Il2 __________________

08-10-07, 02:26 PM	#6
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Microsoft Flight Simulator 1 circa 1982

08-10-07, 03:28 PM	#7
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Pffff... I was so young so I cant remember the names but the first ones I played one was with a ME262 2Dish where you had to intercept enemy bombers then there was a WW1 flight sim, Wings of Glory if I am correct. and then there was some modern jet fighter game. then came CFS1&2 which I completly turned inside out after that I got the very first IL2 game...damn those days...just awesome and now IL2 1946, and CFS3 __________________

08-10-07, 04:08 PM	#8
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hm....well the 3 first simulator games for me: Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (space simulator, but still....) Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Airfix Dogfighter (aaaah, the memories! ) __________________

08-10-07, 09:11 PM	#9
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As far as I recall, my first 'proper' one was SubLogic's Flight Simulator (i.e. before it was a Microsoft title). The earliest one I still actually have in my possession (with the box and everything) is I think a later incarnation of SubLogic's Flight Simulator, maybe version 3, not sure without digging it out of a cupboard. I do remember that it has a great manual, which is still pretty good in terms of correct procedures even today. The original versions of flight simulator did have quite a few aeroplanes even then, such as the Sopwith Camel and a Cessna, but it was largely limited to flying around the San Francisco area. I also had an early SubLogic version of Flight Simulator for the Commodore Amiga too. I do remember spending a lot of time with Ubisoft's Fighter Bomber on the Commodore 64, as you could bomb stuff in the F-111 and the Panavia Tornado, and it was one of the first half-decent fight sims with shaded vector graphics, but the first really decent combat ones with all the systems modeled properly would be the very first Falcon and Digital Integration's F-16 Combat Simulator (on the Commodore 64), DI's F-16 was also on the Amiga too. The WW1 sim Knights of the Sky was a good one on that as well. The first really good combat flight sims for proper dogfighting with very good frame rates I had were: Hellcats (anyone remember that?) and Chuck Yeager's Combat Flight Simulator. I had both of those for the Apple Mac. I've pretty much bought every flight sim there is over the years. Chock __________________

08-10-07, 09:15 PM	#10
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	subLOGIC FS1 on the Apple ][, very early 1980's. This was pre-Microsoft FS1, which came out a few years later. Hehe - found some screenshots courtesy of Wikipedia... Aahhh, the memories. Then on to Microsoft Flight Simulator 1... Cutting edge graphics! I had no joystick back then - played all by keyboard. Then moved on to c64 games like Dambusters, Spitfire, Gunship, F15 SE, F15 SEII (basically any Microprose flightsim - I loved them all because they had ranks and medals), before getting my first PC titles Heroes of the 357th and B17 Flying Fortress for my top of the range 386DX40. Last edited by JScones; 08-10-07 at 09:28 PM.

08-11-07, 12:29 AM	#13
CaptainChunk Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 19 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Aces over Europe, Aces of the Pacific and Red Baron. Best ones ever.