Hey Hotness, I know where you are coming from. I love the car booties. We have a really big one up at old RAF Helmswell in Lincolnshire. Last year I picked up 2 air combat sims still sealed and new for a quid each. As I collect air combat sims, it was a lucky purchase. They were Pacific Air War and F19 Stealth Fighter, both as new and made by my favourite sim makers.......Microprose.
Like you, I am a fan of yesteryears sims but what was your all time favourite air combat sim? Mine was F16 Combat Pilot without a doubt. I first played it on the Commodore c64, then the Atari ST and then an Amiga and finally on a 486 dx pc. What a sim. Action, strategy and dynamic campaign where you chose the targets for the aircraft squadrons to attack and in the mean time, the enemy were doing their best to take your bases and bridges out etc. Still for me, the all time best air combat sim. I also loved Flight of the Intruder, a real classic and I still have a new boxed version complete with book and cassette narration. Flight of the old dog (megafortress) is also a favourite of mine, as was Tornado and its Desert Storm addon. Great days eh? I still live them ofcourse. I have two retro PC's, an amiga a500 and a commdore C64 just so I can.
Here are some memories for you: