+Fates 63 Posted February 28, 2023 I feel I've been around since the down of Personal Computers. It was with luck that our High School started a Computers Class my Sophomore year and I soaked it all up. Started on old CP/M machines learning CP/M, Assembly Language and other programs my first year. I remember 8" Floppy Drives. We were so bored by our Senior Year that when the instructor said he didn't have anything more for us to learn (Software wise), we started repairing all the failed PC's, Printers, and other hardware from around the whole school district. We wrote the Attendance Program the schools was using and had our own BBS. Yes, sorta dating myself. But for graduation I built my own computer. Took it off to College in 1987, and remember hooking it up to a 46" Sony TV playing Jet 2.0. Loved it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazillius 1,258 Posted February 28, 2023 Cool. F-16 is like real (if you have proper imagination). My fiirst sim i played a campaign from beginning to the end was DID (Digital Image Design) EF2000 I play it from 1998 till present day. Best game ever. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted February 28, 2023 The original Gunship and Ace of Aces both for the Commodore 64 probably would be my first simulator games. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Nightshade/PR 7,947 Posted March 1, 2023 Tornado by Spectrum Holobyte 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,848 Posted March 1, 2023 oh, gosh... let me think ....lots wore DOS based, and needed boot discs (remember THOSE??). Aces over the Pacific, Aces over Europe, Megafortress, A-10 (don't remember full name), Red Baron (iirc). Some sub game (688??) been a long interestering road 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silberpfeil 363 Posted March 1, 2023 Fifty years ago we would commandeer the Academy's IBM mainframe and spend time attempting "to go where no man (or Cadet) had gone before" while blasting Klingons and Romulans in the process. The only available video was a small PDP display screen which showed something like this: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,303 Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Silberpfeil said: Fifty years ago we would commandeer the Academy's IBM mainframe and spend time attempting "to go where no man (or Cadet) had gone before" while blasting Klingons and Romulans in the process. The only available video was a small PDP display screen which showed something like this: We had the stolen reverse engineered version in East Germany. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander51 3 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) My first game was called "Spitfire 40" back in 1986. I played that on my friends Commodore 128. Edited March 2, 2023 by Alexander51 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,192 Posted March 1, 2023 This one and his expansion bought on a budget box I still have. (now stored inside the big box of the deluxe version shown below, also wit its expansion). One of the best sims ever, was really really fun to play. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+angelp 2,389 Posted March 1, 2023 Everything started with this beauty.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+GKABS 8,789 Posted March 1, 2023 Falcon 3.0 1991 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jodandawg 18 Posted March 1, 2023 My first was MIG 29 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazillius 1,258 Posted March 1, 2023 Ho-ho, guys, we r so old! Nobody writes kinda i played iL-2! Sturmovik. That was my first game! ha-ha! interesting theme. i watch what i missed that years. I am impressed by Ace of Aces. So complicated game for that years. wow. I can say that i played NovaLogic Comanche Gold if to say about hellicopters. But that was at times when i had no PC at home. Not bad arcade with interesting voxel graph. i reccomend to watch it on youtube. How was it in voxels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+gerwin 451 Posted March 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, GKABS said: Falcon 3.0 1991 Back then, Falcon 3 was on the home computer briefly. But it was too difficult for me at the time. Instead I played F-15 Strike Eagle II by Microprose, Novalogic's Comanche, also Secret Weapons of the luftwaffe SWOTL a bit. Soon after: EA's US Navy Fighters + Advanced Tactical Fighters took over. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 644 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, followed by Wings Over Europe. I apologize for making any of you feel old. Truth be told it definitely seems like I missed the golden age of flight sim options. Edited March 1, 2023 by Viggen 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazillius 1,258 Posted March 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, Viggen said: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, followed by Wings Over Europe. Young blood detected on radar! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Coupi 4,388 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Flanker 2.0, IL2 Sturmovik and... SFP1 At school around 1985 I tested one (monochrome) of the first version of Flight Simulator. This needed a lot of imagination... Edited March 1, 2023 by Coupi 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,848 Posted March 1, 2023 I totally forgot about the Jane's sims -- USNavy Fighters, Fighter's Anthology -- man, I built dozens and dozens of missions for them!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+GKABS 8,789 Posted March 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wrench said: I totally forgot about the Jane's sims -- USNavy Fighters, Fighter's Anthology -- man, I built dozens and dozens of missions for them!! Yes me too but I am one of the old members lol started 1991 with flight simulator, I remember going to the PC shop and paid a lot of money for 4 MB RAM and16-bit VGA graphics card to get the game running good and I was so amazed that my dream become a reality and I can fly. lol 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DoctorQuest 125 Posted March 1, 2023 Strike Eagle on the C64 was the first sim I really got into. I still play SEII under dosbox. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, GKABS said: Yes me too but I am one of the old members lol started 1991 with flight simulator, I remember going to the PC shop and paid a lot of money for 4 MB RAM and16-bit VGA graphics card to get the game running good and I was so amazed that my dream become a reality and I can fly. lol yeah I was really into Janes Fighters Anthology back in the 90s. I was going to ask you if you happened to be a contributor to that game known as Gulf Knight or something similar. the GK in your name had me thinking. Edited March 1, 2023 by whiteknight06604 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+GKABS 8,789 Posted March 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, whiteknight06604 said: yeah I was really into Janes Fighters Anthology back in the 90s. I was going to ask you if you happened to be a contributor to that game known as Gulf Knight or something similar. the GK in your name had me thinking. Yes it was me lol 😆 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted March 1, 2023 1 minute ago, GKABS said: Yes it was me lol 😆 Well then I'm doubly glad that you are now a member of the combat ace community. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jimbib 747 Posted March 2, 2023 Joint Strike Fighter was mine I think, although I also played F-22: Air Dominance Fighter around the same time, shortly followed by Eurofighter Typhoon and SFP1. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,848 Posted March 2, 2023 I remember Gulf Knight!!! Holy mackeral!!! what a small world!!! Thanks GKabs!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
