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Jane's WWII Fighters was one of my first PC games. It's still sitting in its jewel case on my desk. Man how I miss that game.
And in all seriousness, I would murder any one of you for a new TIE Fighter.
Probably Red Squirrel.
WWII Fighters was a blast. I was into playing F-15 Strike Eagle by Microprose on my Atari 130xe. I think I also have the star wars cartridge. All that stuff is sitting in a box in the closet.Those games were great - my brother bought several and may still have them as well. I really enjoyed the Cold War era games back in the Commodore 64 and Amiga days - Project Stealth Fighter (later retitled F19 Stealth Fighter) was one of my favorites. Novalogic used to make some great sims as well - I remember playing Comanche vs Werewolf with my brother.
I believe I still have all of the Star Wars flight sims I bought and I’m looking at the original 1994 edition of Tie Fighter, which I still have the box, manual, and floppies. I believe that is still the most I’ve ever paid for a game - IIRC, I paid $64 after taxes at Babbages to grab one of the first copies they received. It was worth every freaking penny.
I also have an early copy of X-Wing vs Tie Fighter which had the little piece of paper inside stating how the media was mislabeled.
thats not the same thing as TIE Fighter.Did none of you see Rebel Galaxy Outlaw?
Agree but it's in the same vein and supporting one may lead to more new games in the genre. It's also a solid game.thats not the same thing as TIE Fighter.
Not even close.
Having said that, it wouldn't be a bad way to kill time until Star Citizen arrives. Whenever that is.
And Star Citizen is not a great substitute for TIE Fighter either.
My complaint is Lucas Arts seems to be milking the MMO to death and occassionally spitting out a crappy lightsaber game to keep us distracted.
Well MS finally got back in the game, MS flight sim 2020 coming soon.
I would also love a TIE Fighter with VR sort of like Elite Dangerous.
Yea DCS is pretty good but usually buggy and the modules are not always complete. But it's pretty damn realistic. I've worked on the training campaigns for some of those modules. Lots of ex pilots use dcs and the hoggit community on Reddit is great too. If you're into learning and doing things by the book you will enjoy it.Someone may have mentioned it, but DCS is what you want if you're looking for a jet sim. It's really pretty amazing. TheDevilDogGamer on YouTube occasionally will put out a DCS vid and I always enjoy it (he knows what he's doing so that makes it more interesting).
I don't have any personal experience with it. I'll admit. But man it sure looks fun if you know what you're doing. God I'd be clueless playing that, wouldn't be able to start the dang plane. It doesn't surprise me (ex)pilots use it.Yea DCS is pretty good but usually buggy and the modules are not always complete. But it's pretty damn realistic. I've worked on the training campaigns for some of those modules. Lots of ex pilots use dcs and the hoggit community on Reddit is great too. If you're into learning and doing things by the book you will enjoy it.
I've taken a lesson at one of the local airports and my father took more classes but eventually he didn't complete it because of time constraints. I've wanted to get my license and I know enough to get going but it's expensive and the nearest school is 1hr 30 min away. But I prefer the Jets anyways. Dcs in VR is pretty much just like the Airforce flight school. I can do a full sortie with people online but I struggle with air to air refueling. In VR it's much easier to gauge though but still hardest thing you'll ever do haha.I don't have any personal experience with it. I'll admit. But man it sure looks fun if you know what you're doing. God I'd be clueless playing that, wouldn't be able to start the dang plane. It doesn't surprise me (ex)pilots use it.
Makes me think, I've been wanting to take one of those "fly yourself" things (just an intro) at a local airport. I guess I'm just too pansy to do it. Well not so much that, just that I don't do a whole lot. I always have to do everything by myself so it kinda sucks.
Yeah on that website I linked they had a little table of how much time you'd spend flying per week, how long it would take to get your private pilot license. If you only flew an hour a week it said it would take 1 - 1.5 years, which actually I thought wasn't that long. It's been something I've kinda been interested in for a while but I just haven't done anything about it.I've taken a lesson at one of the local airports and my father took more classes but eventually he didn't complete it because of time constraints. I've wanted to get my license and I know enough to get going but it's expensive and the nearest school is 1hr 30 min away. But I prefer the Jets anyways. Dcs in VR is pretty much just like the Airforce flight school. I can do a full sortie with people online but I struggle with air to air refueling. In VR it's much easier to gauge though but still hardest thing you'll ever do haha.