Hey Guys;
i just got my hands on a logitech 3d joystick with Force feedback. Could someone please advise me on some great airplane games. I have only played one Airplane game in my life which was Hawx.
If someone can tell me which airplane game i should try, running Windows98 and supports the logitech joystick.
I am basically after the "Quake" or "Need for Speed" of Airplane games. Not interested in Simulators.
You should be able to use the joystick with pretty much any game that supports joystick type input.
For non-simulator games, the Wing Commander series is pretty sweet.
You have Wing commander 1-4, Privateer and Privateer 2.
No technically airplane games. They are space flight games and much better than any airplane sim IMO.
You could also go for some of the Star Wars games.
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You should be able to use the joystick with pretty much any game that supports joystick type input.
For non-simulator games, the Wing Commander series is pretty sweet.
You have Wing commander 1-4, Privateer and Privateer 2.
No technically airplane games. They are space flight games and much better than any airplane sim IMO.
You could also go for some of the Star Wars games.
You know any good WW2 plane games, preferable something from late 90s, not dos games
wrote:wrote:You should be able to use the joystick with pretty much any game that supports joystick type input. […]
You should be able to use the joystick with pretty much any game that supports joystick type input.
For non-simulator games, the Wing Commander series is pretty sweet.
You have Wing commander 1-4, Privateer and Privateer 2.
No technically airplane games. They are space flight games and much better than any airplane sim IMO.
You could also go for some of the Star Wars games.
You know any good WW2 plane games, preferable something from late 90s, not dos games
Jane's World War II Fighters.
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Crimson Skies. It's a rather arcade-like flight sim, set not in WW2 but in an alternate 1930s timeline where airships are used like aircraft carriers, and you are an air-pirate. Gameplay focuses on dogfighting with guns and occasional flying under/through stuff.
I used to have a lot of fun with European Air War by Microprose, sim-lite, realistic but not too difficult.
So what's up with this sudden interest in flight sims?
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wrote:So what's up with this sudden interest in flight sims?
Speaking for myself, just wanted to try something different than Quake, Doom, and etc. Also the movie "Red Tails" got me interested too.
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wrote:wrote:So what's up with this sudden interest in flight sims?
Speaking for myself, just wanted to try something different than Quake, Doom, and etc. Also the movie "Red Tails" got me interested too.
Welcome to the club, then.
If you're into DOS sims, I'd suggest Their Finest Hour, Knights of the Sky, and Pacific Strike. Those are nice dogfight sims, and the avionics are simple.
When you want something more complex, then you might wanna' try A-10 Tank Killer and F-117A.
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Since no one else does, I recommend Strike Fighters series 1 and 2. All of them run fine in Windows XP, except 'North Atlantic' which requires some tweaks for XP. The '2' series can be automatically merged into a single game with the combined content.
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Edit, oh it was your other post that asked for Windows XP. If this is Windows 98 specific then SF2 is out but SF1 is still fine.
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wrote:So what's up with this sudden interest in flight sims?
Speaking for myself i just picked a logitech wingman force 3d, and realized i haven't played much airplane games. Still looking for a nice arcadey airplane game that supports force feedback. i just installed IL-2 Sturmovik, and dont even know how to make the plane take off. Looking for something easy and simple
Had a lot of flight sims back in the early 90s, and always went back to CYAC: Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. The game is very nicely polished and performs flawlessly on a range of hardware.
F/A-18 Korea
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0
Mig-29 Fulcrum (Windows) by Novalogic
Su-27 Flanker by SSI (Windows version), but this maybe a bit "hardcore"
Non-study light sims:
Jane's USAF
Crimson Skies
F-16 by Novalogic (Integrates with MiG-29 if you have it)
MiG-29 by Novalogic (Integrates with F-16 if you have it)
(I didn't care for either of these.)
Airfix Dogfighter
Not airplanes, but very good:
X-Wing
TIE Fighter
Rogue Squadron
Freespace
Freespace 2
Archimedean Dynasty and Aquanox
Sub Culture
Allegiance (Multiplayer Only)
Sinistar Unleashed
DOS games, but should run fine in Win98:
Strike Commander (1990s fighter jets)
Pacific Strike (WWII)
Wings of Glory (WWI)
I've recently played through Wings of Glory and Pacific Strike and am about halfway through Strike Commander. All three have cinematic cutscenes, engaging storlyine, and simple flight controls. If you've ever played any of the Wing Commanders, it's like that, but on earth.
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I totally forgot to mention Jane's Fighters Anthology. That one is an excellent light sim that runs well in Win9x. It has lots of different aircraft, missions, and campaigns. No dynamic campaign, though.
