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Ruse posted:After all the Flight of the Intruder talk... Is there any sim out there where I can rock an A-6 off a carrier and bomb poo poo?   My copy of this for the Amiga included a free copy of the novel, still one of my favourite aviation books ever.
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 Hello, childhood memories.  Spectrum HoloByte had the best video game company name, and may have been the best recruiter the U.S. Military ever had.
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Jun 24, 2015 08:55
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Speaking of childhood memories: I played this poo poo so much back in the early 90s. I intercepted so many goddamn Exocets.
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Jun 24, 2015 09:15
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I played the Nighthawk simulator and bombed Tripoli several thousand times.
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Jun 24, 2015 13:52
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Jane's ATF Gold. Also Longbow 2. So many hours.
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Jun 24, 2015 14:40
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A-10 Attack! You could loving click the switches and they'd flip. If that doesn't amaze the poo poo out of you you're not a ten year old in the mid to late nineties.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:37
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The one at ~2:15 looks like a failure, or at least an EMALS version of a 'cold cat.' The text accompanying this video posting says that this problem is related to these tests. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5c8_1435121386
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Jun 24, 2015 15:38
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Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose
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Jun 24, 2015 15:55
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LingcodKilla posted:Based on my experience that little loving door was a pain in the rear end to get in and out of for a normal sized human much less some guy running full tactical out(which I wasnt, all i had was a vest and a gunbelt). I'd imagine the van would be meant to transport the SWAT members to the area and then they would dismount, gear up, and approach on foot. Not like they would burst through the fence, popping smoke and suppressing with HMG fire while 20 good men stumble out like a clown car.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:00
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DI's Tornado. For the longest time we didn't have a mouse, and i just couldn't figure out how to lock-on radar guided missiles with the Air Defence Variant. Turns out I had to be able to click the target on the radar screen  Also laminated maps and a bigass manual. I think I've said it before itt but I still can't really fathom my 9 year old self figuring all that poo poo out in a foreign language, but I guess I've become exponentially stoopider.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:17
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inkjet_lakes posted:
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Flight_of_the_Intruder_1990 No free novel, I'm afraid Helter Skelter posted:Speaking of childhood memories: https://archive.org/details/JetfighterII_1020 That Works posted:I played the Nighthawk simulator and bombed Tripoli several thousand times. https://archive.org/details/NighthawkF-117aStealthFighter2.0Demo Demo only, sorry mlmp08 posted:Jane's ATF Gold. Also Longbow 2. So many hours. https://archive.org/details/JanesCombatSimulationsAdvancedTacticalFighters_1020 (which is the demo) or perhaps https://archive.org/details/A.T.F._-_Advanced_Tactical_Fighters_1996_Electronic_Arts Longbow 2: https://archive.org/details/Longbow_2_1997_Electronic_Arts (see also: https://archive.org/details/Longbow_Gold_1997_Electronic_Arts) FrozenVent posted:A-10 Attack! Couldn't find A-10 Attack! but I did get the demo of the sequel, A-10 Cuba! https://archive.org/details/A10CUBA Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose https://archive.org/details/software?&and[]=MicroProse simplefish fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 16:24
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Helter Skelter posted:Speaking of childhood memories: FLYING HELLACIOUS EXOCET HI-5 I played that game endlessly.
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Koesj posted:DI's Tornado. For the longest time we didn't have a mouse, and i just couldn't figure out how to lock-on radar guided missiles with the Air Defence Variant. Turns out I had to be able to click the target on the radar screen Oh go on then https://archive.org/details/TORNADO_1020 (or https://archive.org/details/Tornado_And_Falcon_3.0_1993_Digital_Integration_compilation or https://archive.org/details/Tornado_1994_Digital_Integration or https://archive.org/details/Tornado_v1.0c_1993_Digital_Integration_DE or https://archive.org/details/Dsdemo - "Tornado: Operation Desert Storm Demo" - I don't know if that's a sequel or what)
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Jun 24, 2015 16:27
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evil_bunnY posted:No. Look at the door. They are. I've been in one just like that. The plate is on the inside mold of the door. It's not very thick and the ones I've seen of that style are only good for pistol and shotgun though the glass is rated for most rifles. There's even a taller model where you can stand up and walk out without any crouching. Hell if you are approaching on foot you may as well just skip the armored car all together. I thought the whole point of the car was to get close to the action already ready to go. Tall model.  Urban Camo. 
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I've actually still got my CD somewhere in a box, and long ago ripped an iso for it that's just sitting here waiting for me to get bored enough to go through DOSBox configuration again.
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::kicks down door:: I AM LOOKING FOR A BENTO BOX ARMORED VEHICLE. IT CANT BE PINKU. IT MUST HAVE 2 OR MORE KUBOTA. IT MUST BE CHIBI KAWAII. IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT CAME WITH A MATCHING ASSAULT RIFLE RACK. OH. IT CAN NOT HAVE ANY CARTOON PICTURES, UGLY CAMO, OR BE MADE OF PLASTIC.LingcodKilla posted:Urban Camo. FUKKIN PERFECT Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 17:25
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Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose M1 Tank Platoon 2 
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Jun 24, 2015 17:57
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simplefish posted:Oh go on then Yeah I dosboxed it a couple of years ago and it was great fun loft bombing installations, shooting ALARMs at AA, and most of all delivering worlds of hurt on enemy airfields with the JP233. Also most ancient flight 'sims' are arcadey as hell compared to the standards that F4.0 set a couple of years later, which suits me just fine.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:03
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Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose They ate Spectrum Holobyte  But they also made X-Com.I miss Interplay, too.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:06
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Godholio posted:They ate Spectrum Holobyte Other way round, wasn't it?
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Jun 24, 2015 18:09
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mlmp08 posted:Jane's ATF Gold. Also Longbow 2. So many hours. I think I owned every Jane's title up until the age of 14. I think I still have F/A-18 somewhere around here. I know I have the Longbow disks and booklets somewhere too, I have a bad habit of not throwing anything away. e: And B-52 Megafortress still might be my favorite flight sim ever, if only because 7 year old me played the gently caress out of it and loved to read the manual.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:22
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Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose FLEET DEFENDER!
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Jun 24, 2015 18:42
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MrMojok posted:FLEET DEFENDER! Currently only $6.99 on Steam. I'm waiting until Falcon 3.0 drops on Steam, I still have all, and I mean ALL the manuals & 3.5 floppies for Falcon 3.0, Mig-29, F/A-18 Hornet and Fighting Tiger. Edit: They also have F-19 and F-117, which were basically a flight sim crossed with Thief. Smiling Jack fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 20:14
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FrozenVent posted:A-10 Attack! Look at how right this man is.
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Jun 24, 2015 21:27
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Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose loving Falcon 4.0 turned my combat sim experience into goddamn homework. Raised on Stunt Island, Jetfighter 3, and Fighter's Anthology
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Jun 25, 2015 03:20
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I spent waaay too much time watching an my AIM-120 fly across 20+ miles through the missile chase cam in F-22 Lightning II. Also trying to drop jdams down nuke plant cooling stacks.
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Jun 25, 2015 03:26
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Arrath posted:I spent waaay too much time watching an my AIM-120 fly across 20+ miles through the missile chase cam in F-22 Lightning II. Also trying to drop jdams down nuke plant cooling stacks. gently caress that, nuke the nuke plants.
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Jun 25, 2015 03:34
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Actually I only had the demo disc.  the loadout was limited to amrams, sidewinders, jdams and my gun of course.
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Jun 25, 2015 03:57
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Smiling Jack posted:Other way round, wasn't it? They kept the Microprose name, that's all I know. I think Atari eventually ate them and shitcanned both studios either way.
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Jun 25, 2015 04:16
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Spectrum Holobyte bought Microprose, laid off a lot of the US staff (which lead to Sid Meier, Brian Reynolds and others to go form Firaxis), then got bought by loving Hasbro of all people, and then the brand got passed around, closed down, then Microprose got reincarnated.
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Jun 25, 2015 04:22
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Smiling Jack posted:Edit: They also have F-19 and F-117, which were basically a flight sim crossed with Thief. Played too much of F-117. Even remember landing in shady airships in Iran to support intelligence missions  I also played Infiltrator on my Atari 800. You'd fly a helicopter into enemy territory, sneak past aircraft by knowing their code phrases, and then land and sneak into enemy faculties and photograph poo poo. (I could do some of these things, never all of them at once.)
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Nebakenezzer posted:I also played Infiltrator on my Atari 800. You'd fly a helicopter into enemy territory, sneak past aircraft by knowing their code phrases, and then land and sneak into enemy faculties and photograph poo poo. (I could do some of these things, never all of them at once.) Yeah, played that on my C-64. Only managed to beat the first mission once. Surprisingly complex. I remember stealing uniforms of progressively higher ranking guards.
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Jun 25, 2015 04:34
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Nebakenezzer posted:Played too much of F-117. Even remember landing in shady airships in Iran to support intelligence missions Holy poo poo, I've been trying to find this game, off and on whenever I remember playing it, for almost 20 years now. My friends always thought I was full of crap when I described this game to them.
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LeadSled posted:Holy poo poo, I've been trying to find this game, off and on whenever I remember playing it, for almost 20 years now. My friends always thought I was full of crap when I described this game to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fzZ5SJws8
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Arrath posted:I spent waaay too much time watching an my AIM-120 fly across 20+ miles through the missile chase cam in F-22 Lightning II. Also trying to drop jdams down nuke plant cooling stacks. This but that lovely Top Gun game and watching AIM-54s for a hundred miles. Unlimited ammo made some missions really easy.
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Jun 25, 2015 04:56
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Smiling Jack posted:Look at all you bad people who don't know about Microprose  "Identify this Ship Using Your Manual" Hunterhr posted:This but that lovely Top Gun game and watching AIM-54s for a hundred miles. All the more reason DCS: F-14A/A+/B can't get here loving fast enough. I miss Fleet Defender, and the possibility of being able to Bombcat it up as well as run BARCAPs is tantalizing.
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Anybody missing Falcon 4.0 or its heyday, or wanting to learn what it was all about, you should know that that poo poo is free nowadays in the form of Falcon BMS. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3633891
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What was the F/A-18 sim that had nukes? I have fond memories of nuking a dam and seeing how low I could get without getting caught in the blast. Would've been mid to late 90s
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Gibfender posted:What was the F/A-18 sim that had nukes? I have fond memories of nuking a dam and seeing how low I could get without getting caught in the blast. Would've been mid to late 90s http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2925708 
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