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Chuck Yeager's Air Combat self-running demo version?

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First post, by rfnagel

Posted on 2024-11-19, 00:40

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Read on this web page -> http://www.migman.com/sw/chuck-yeager-air-combat/lgn.php :

They had a copy of Chuck Yeager's Air Combat running in demo mode. I watched the dogfight between the F-86 and the MiG-15 and I was awestruck. It was so much better and more fluid than anything I had seen until then. Then and there, I decided to start saving every dime I earned for a PC, which I got around 2 months later.

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a self-running demo version of the game (if so, any download links)? I've never seen this before.

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Reply 1 of 4, by DracoNihil

Posted on 2024-11-19, 02:09

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I'd investigate if there are any hidden command line arguments to make it just run a demo reel.

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Reply 2 of 4, by rfnagel

Posted on 2024-11-19, 09:15

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DracoNihil wrote on 2024-11-19, 02:09:

I'd investigate if there are any hidden command line arguments to make it just run a demo reel.

That's what I was thinking as well, but there doesn't appear to be any. The command summary/quick reference guide lists all of the valid command line parameters for the game, and all of them can also be seen in the game's executable (YEAGER.EXE) after unpacking it.

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Reply 3 of 4, by dr.zeissler

Posted on 2024-11-19, 09:19

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It would be really nice for showcases to have some selfrunning demos from different games or
scene-stuff to present machines with. For acorn SF3000 and Zarch are really nice.

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Reply 4 of 4, by rfnagel

Posted on 2024-11-19, 12:11

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2024-11-19, 09:19:

It would be really nice for showases to have some selfrunning demos from different games or scene-stuff to present machines with.

Two things I remember from back in the day:

At our local CompUSA they had a computer hooked up to a bunch of monitors running Future Crew's "Second Reality" in a loop. I thought at the time, that was the coolest thing I'd ever seen 😀

Another time at another smaller PC store they had the demo of DOOM running it's demo loops on a PC. Hehe, I was thinking how the hell I was going to save up enough money to buy a new PC to run that game 🤣!

Anyhow, GOOD TIMES 😀

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