Jetfighter or Jetfighter II?

 

Hook

ah frank you got me!! now i won't be able to sleep until i can remember what it was called.

 

 

steve-0

Okay, I found it. This is the one. I could never get it to run fast enough on the machine I had at the time. And if I tried it now I'm sure I'd be underwhelmed by the graphics:

 

remember this series?

 

http://youtu.be/w0FApC8PsVw

Remember it? I've got the movie-length pilot episode on VHS LOL

 

Al

I remember the Black Sheep Squadron fondly. In fact, I think I still have memorized all 10 film clips of the planes that they edited into various orders to make up all the flight sequences.

Just about 5 miles from my house is one of the Corsairs used in the production of Baa Baa Black Sheep - at Chino Planes of Fame, I did some art on that particular bird.

 

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/airshow-corsair-dale-jackson.html

 

they recently repainted it.

 

Here's the write up on it: http://planesoffame.org/index.php?mact=staircraft,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01what=stplanes&cntnt01alias=F4U-1&cntnt01returnid=128

Wow that brings back memories! I loved SWOTL and had the code wheel myself.

I remember fondly the original Chuck Yeager flight simulator (Flight Trainer?), in glorious two color CGA graphics. Came in an envelope rather than a box. Some of the most fun I ever had with a flight sim. If you didn't lower the flaps on the SR-71, you'd shred the tires on the takeoff roll. As I recall, these aircraft didn't have cockpits, but it's been a while and I've slept since then.

 

Hook

 

Yea it was Chuck Yeagers Advanced Flight Trainer for the C-64 :-)

Okay, I found it. This is the one. I could never get it to run fast enough on the machine I had at the time. And if I tried it now I'm sure I'd be underwhelmed by the graphics:

 

 

 

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steve-0

In SWOTL my favorite plane was the GO-229. Man, that thing could really rip up the bombers...

 

Anyone remember "F/A-18 Interceptor" for the Amiga, with the missions off San Francisco?

 

 

I spent months zooming around san francisco and neighboring cities, and perfecting my carrier landings!

Here's a couple of my faves:

Sublogic Flight Simulator 2 in WWI Ace mode:

 

Remember the space bar trigger, and the three "bullets"?

 

And my favorite, Digital Integrations F-16 Combat Pilot:

 

I loved so many things about this title: ILS landings, some mission planning in a campaign, working MFDs, but best of all was the action. The plane had an extensive damage model, and after a mission it was common to be limping back to base, not sure if you were going to make it. I fondly remember half of the lights lit up on the caution panel, almost out of fuel, and being in a supersonic dive towards the deck in an attempt to get behind the pyramid mountains to evade migs and air to air missles! I highly recommend checking out this youtube video for a trip down memory lane!

Digital Integrations F-16 Combat Pilot was the first really good flight sim to show up on home computers from a technically accurate standpoint, although Falcon was another one out at around the same time which was also good in that respect.. I recall that DI's sim had stuff like G loading limits on the ordnance, IFR weather and all kinds of cool stuff like that, it was really very detailed for its time, especially on the dual MFDs and the UFCP. It is one of a very few sims which I actually bought twice, once for the Commodore 64 and once for the Commodore Amiga (first was on casette, second was on floppy). Still got that one in its box actually.

 

Another one people may remember with some fondness, was Fighter Bomber, by Ubisoft. That is another one I bought two times, once for the C64 and again, once for the Amiga. It was one of the first flight sims to actually use shaded polygons for the exterior models of the aircraft and scenery, and featured stuff like the F-111, MiG-27 and other fighter bombers of the era. The game centred around a peacetime bombing contest between air forces held in and around Wyoming, a bit like Red Flag, but I think it was the Curtis LeMay trophy if I recall correctly. I spent hours playing that thing, it was great, being graphically way ahead of anything else at that time.

 

Al

Another fav was GeeBee Air Rally by Activision

 

Simulation=0 Fun=1000!

 

And what the heck... I'll go ahead and throw this on here too, Nintendo Pilotwings 64:

 

Master of the hoop courses! Throw in jetpacks, human cannonball, and birdman, overlay all of that with the Nintendo's magic gameplay (fast, challenging yet not difficult) and this title is a classic in my book. Flight, I am your father!! :Kiss:

I still own an N64 and this cart!!!

Digital Integrations F-16 Combat Pilot was the first really good flight sim to show up on home computers from a technically accurate standpoint, although Falcon was another one out at around the same time which was also good in that respect.. I recall that DI's sim had stuff like G loading limits on the ordnance, IFR weather and all kinds of cool stuff like that, it was really very detailed for its time, especially on the dual MFDs and the UFCP. It is one of a very few sims which I actually bought twice, once for the Commodore 64 and once for the Commodore Amiga (first was on casette, second was on floppy). Still got that one in its box actually.

 

Falcon scared me away for a while with its large learning curve, but eventually I got over it and really liked the sim. However, it never had that endearing quality to me, not sure why.

 

That's awesome about the boxed Combat Pilot- you don't still have the Amiga around do you? There are probably a dozen titles on that machine I would love to re-explore!