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TOPGUN. What else ? Well... just to piss off the Air Boss, I decided to buzz the tower again. Long live to the 80's NAS Miramar ! Thank you JSF_Aggie !

TOPGUN. What else ? No points for second place Meet the Agressors : The famous Hangar Nr. 2 Time to buzz the tower ! Hope you enjoyed, feel free to post your screenshots !

Hello again, Thank you no need to bother, found something similar in the download section (menu screens) !

Hello MigBuster, Nice to read this review, as North Atlantic will always be a classic for me. This release was the sole reason why I updated my PC to Windows 7 a few years ago, (wich I'm still using by the way.) Where did you get that Menu Screen from ? Is it isolated or part of some mod package ? Thank you.

Hahaaa! Very good!

Yes some stuff could be better, as they are long awaiting for improvement - like the MiG-29 flight model for instance. What stuff you didn't like so much ?

Any news in here ?

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Yes, actor James Tolkan is there and you will fly a lot with him in training. You also dogfight against the F-16 and other types in some Miramar training missions. Very realistic flight models for the F-16; MiG-29; etc; which one will surely note, as these two can get on your six with relative ease. You will also have the notorious navy aviator "rival" (although not "Iceman"), but called "Stinger" instead. Although a somewhat childish character, it gets its role done. Keep flying the missions, the cut scenes do give a "cold war" environment. PM sent.

That's my idea also. Here in Portugal there's some discrete tendency from our news channels, towards showing a better image of Hillary Clinton rather Donald Trump. However, independently of what nonsenses Trump might say daily, there's also a real fear that Hillary win the elections... Because many people know she is pro-war in other countries, and eventualy many people can die.

Didn't know that back then. (Those were the days of Windows 98; and the Internet was still a couple of years around the corner here in Portugal, 1997 or 1998.) So I've had to complete the whole sim by trial and error. But it was probably the most rewarding PC flight sim I've ever completed until today. What makes a lot of immersion feeling and also rewarding sensation to this sim, are the video tracks plot (cinematic sequences), following each mission, focusing in the theatre of operations in relation with the US Navy ops. So, have you completed the 1st. Campaign - NAS Miramar TOPGUN School already ?

I've played it the last time more than 15 years ago or so. Let me guess: - some mission in the last campaign (Libya); - where you had to fly really low above the ground; - take some pictures (with TARPS) over the target area without being shot by the AAA; - manage to return to the carrier while speed running from the MiGs... I've finish it several times, and it was really amusing, although the video plot (between missions), could have been at little longer - after game completion. Afirmative again - played it for the first time around 1993 or so. Graphics were somewhat poor (understandable for that time), but was a great "school" for me and everyone who does like air combat sims. I remember it was possible to rip the F-4 Phantom's wings off, if going extremmelly fast in a nosedive. Liked it a lot because it went directly to teach the basics, and had the right amount of complexity to be easy, immersive and give some fight at the same time.

Yes, search about it on youtube. I believe regarding the F-14, it's the PC flight sim most similar to the movie TOPGUN. About graphics I believe it's a little better than "Fleet Defender". It does have an history/plot to help contextualize the actions around the globe: Miramar; Cuba; North Korea and Libya. Although it's not as realistic as Fleet Defender avionics/features wise, it isn't "arcade" genre also; maybe a "light sim". But on the other hand, some missions of "Fleet Defender" do have some fictional elements, where in TOPGUN: Fire at Will! you have no fiction whatsoever, only air combat and some "geopolitics" history with great immersion feeling. Read my impression about it post # 28, link below: http://combatace.com/topic/82408-top-gun-campaigns/page-2

Also got big a list (to much spare time once ago ) of almost 40 flight sims, but only some of them are from the 90's. Anyone played: " TOPGUN: Fire at Will ! ", from Spectrum Holobyte ?

That's the spirit! All the best for you, keep strong.

Sadly never played it also, but there are several videos about Fleet Defender on youtube... Very realistic about avionics features for its time, (the several radar modes, for instance). One of my favourite: AIM-9 seeker head sybmbol moving in a search pattern, scanning for a target. One will not find this kind of detail on other sims, (Jane's US Navy fighters; Flight Gear; Aerosoft F-14X; etc...)