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First post, by Yasashii

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This is another one of those games I had a demo of from a magazine CD. I remember it was very fun to play but I can't remember the title.

It was an arcade-style flying game. You could fly around in biplanes, "regular" planes, and I should imagine some other stuff too since as I recall, when you exit the demo, it showed screenshots of military jets.

The purpose of the game was to execute various stunts. I remember that there was a task in which you had to drop balloons with paint onto a big bullseye on the ground.

The graphics were colorful and cartoony. Generally, the game had a somewhat childish feel to it.

The best comparison I can give you is that it definitely was a lot like Pilotwings 64.

Also, this was definitely a Windows game, not DOS. As for the year, we're probably looking at 1999-2002 range.

Last edited by Yasashii on 2014-08-23, 09:08. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 13, by AlphaWing

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Plane Crazy, segasoft game. Had heat.net\Mplayer online support too, and not just for the full game but for the demo too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_Crazy_%28video_game%29

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Reply 2 of 13, by Yasashii

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That's not it.

The one I have in mind was even more cheerful, mild, and cartoony. And if that helps, I'm pretty sure the player didn't receive any radio commands.

Reply 3 of 13, by AlphaWing

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Only other flying game I can think of from that era that is super cartoony is Flying Heros.
That was more like UT.... but you were flying tho so that can't be it.

Reply 4 of 13, by Yasashii

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Nope, that's not it.

Reply 5 of 13, by Stiletto

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Could they have been radio-controlled model planes?

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Reply 6 of 13, by leileilol

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in that case, Airfix Dogfighter?

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Reply 7 of 13, by Yasashii

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Nope. Full-sized airplanes.

Also, I'm not sure if the game featured any dogfighting at all. I think it only focused on stunts and maneuvers.

Reply 8 of 13, by Procyon

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I think Snoopy vs the Red Baron featured some sort of waterballoon gun.

Reply 9 of 13, by Yasashii

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That's a 2006 game. We are looking for something way older than that.

Reply 11 of 13, by leileilol

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>eGames

D:

No wonder I couldn't recall this. I gave up on the shareware scene after it got too bundle-some-sponsored-junk-bloaty ~99-01.

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Reply 12 of 13, by Yasashii

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akula65 wrote:

eGames RC Daredevil

Yes! That's the one! Thank you.

Also, sorry for saying that you flew full-sized planes in this game. My memory got distorted.

Reply 13 of 13, by Stiletto

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Yasashii wrote:
akula65 wrote:

eGames RC Daredevil

Yes! That's the one! Thank you.

Also, sorry for saying that you flew full-sized planes in this game. My memory got distorted.

Yay!

Yasashii wrote:

I remember that there was a task in which you had to drop balloons with paint onto a big bullseye on the ground.

This was my clue that it might be RC planes rather than full-size planes. I had a screensaver around '99 which was similar called "vrFlightSaver" by VRMan3D in which you could do the same.
http://vrman3d.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html

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