Mixing
Name this PC DOS Combat Flight Simulator
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP
up vote
14
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to remember the name of a PC DOS Combat Flight Simulator that I played around 1991/92. I can give the following details:
It was named after a US fighter plane that would have been in active service during the 1980's and 1990's.
It ran fine on 286 hardware, so may have seen an original release in the late 1980's
It had a dogfight mode where 2 players could compete via a serial cable linkup
If you attempted to turn too quickly, you could experience a blackout/redout
Can anyone identify the game?
ms-dos identify-this-game simulator
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
add a comment |Â
up vote
14
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to remember the name of a PC DOS Combat Flight Simulator that I played around 1991/92. I can give the following details:
It was named after a US fighter plane that would have been in active service during the 1980's and 1990's.
It ran fine on 286 hardware, so may have seen an original release in the late 1980's
It had a dogfight mode where 2 players could compete via a serial cable linkup
If you attempted to turn too quickly, you could experience a blackout/redout
Can anyone identify the game?
ms-dos identify-this-game simulator
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
4
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
14
down vote
favorite
up vote
14
down vote
favorite
I'm trying to remember the name of a PC DOS Combat Flight Simulator that I played around 1991/92. I can give the following details:
It was named after a US fighter plane that would have been in active service during the 1980's and 1990's.
It ran fine on 286 hardware, so may have seen an original release in the late 1980's
It had a dogfight mode where 2 players could compete via a serial cable linkup
If you attempted to turn too quickly, you could experience a blackout/redout
Can anyone identify the game?
ms-dos identify-this-game simulator
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
I'm trying to remember the name of a PC DOS Combat Flight Simulator that I played around 1991/92. I can give the following details:
It was named after a US fighter plane that would have been in active service during the 1980's and 1990's.
It ran fine on 286 hardware, so may have seen an original release in the late 1980's
It had a dogfight mode where 2 players could compete via a serial cable linkup
If you attempted to turn too quickly, you could experience a blackout/redout
Can anyone identify the game?
ms-dos identify-this-game simulator
ms-dos identify-this-game simulator
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
asked 2 days ago
pmarflee
27729
27729
4
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
4
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago
4
4
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
up vote
23
down vote
accepted
This sounds like F29 Retaliator: it has low hardware requirements, supports head-to-head play, and has blackout/redout. Only its name doesn’t fit: it follows the US nomenclature for fighter planes, but the F-29 never existed (except as the X-29 experimental plane).
The Falcon series nearly matches, but not quite: the original Falcon, and its immediate successor Falcon AT, run reasonably on 286s (with one or two enemies) and support head-to-head play, but they don’t have blackout/redout; that appeared in MiG-29 and was retro-fitted to Falcon 3.0, neither of which ran well on 286s at all.
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
23
down vote
accepted
This sounds like F29 Retaliator: it has low hardware requirements, supports head-to-head play, and has blackout/redout. Only its name doesn’t fit: it follows the US nomenclature for fighter planes, but the F-29 never existed (except as the X-29 experimental plane).
The Falcon series nearly matches, but not quite: the original Falcon, and its immediate successor Falcon AT, run reasonably on 286s (with one or two enemies) and support head-to-head play, but they don’t have blackout/redout; that appeared in MiG-29 and was retro-fitted to Falcon 3.0, neither of which ran well on 286s at all.
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
add a comment |Â
up vote
23
down vote
accepted
This sounds like F29 Retaliator: it has low hardware requirements, supports head-to-head play, and has blackout/redout. Only its name doesn’t fit: it follows the US nomenclature for fighter planes, but the F-29 never existed (except as the X-29 experimental plane).
The Falcon series nearly matches, but not quite: the original Falcon, and its immediate successor Falcon AT, run reasonably on 286s (with one or two enemies) and support head-to-head play, but they don’t have blackout/redout; that appeared in MiG-29 and was retro-fitted to Falcon 3.0, neither of which ran well on 286s at all.
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
add a comment |Â
up vote
23
down vote
accepted
up vote
23
down vote
accepted
This sounds like F29 Retaliator: it has low hardware requirements, supports head-to-head play, and has blackout/redout. Only its name doesn’t fit: it follows the US nomenclature for fighter planes, but the F-29 never existed (except as the X-29 experimental plane).
The Falcon series nearly matches, but not quite: the original Falcon, and its immediate successor Falcon AT, run reasonably on 286s (with one or two enemies) and support head-to-head play, but they don’t have blackout/redout; that appeared in MiG-29 and was retro-fitted to Falcon 3.0, neither of which ran well on 286s at all.
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
This sounds like F29 Retaliator: it has low hardware requirements, supports head-to-head play, and has blackout/redout. Only its name doesn’t fit: it follows the US nomenclature for fighter planes, but the F-29 never existed (except as the X-29 experimental plane).
The Falcon series nearly matches, but not quite: the original Falcon, and its immediate successor Falcon AT, run reasonably on 286s (with one or two enemies) and support head-to-head play, but they don’t have blackout/redout; that appeared in MiG-29 and was retro-fitted to Falcon 3.0, neither of which ran well on 286s at all.
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
edited yesterday
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
answered 2 days ago
Stephen Kitt
29.4k4121141
29.4k4121141
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
add a comment |Â
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
4
4
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
Thanks, it was F29 Retaliator. I remember the Zulu Alert mission. I never realised at the time that it wasn't a real plane.
– pmarflee
2 days ago
3
3
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
This game appeared on the Amiga also and was notable for having a very fast polygon engine for the time. No surprise its port ran well on low end PC's
– PaulHK
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
Incidentally, the other aircraft you can fly in F29 Retaliator is listed as the "Lockheed F22", but it has canards and no horizontal tailplane, which means it's not the real F22, either. My guess is that it was based on early concept designs; the game was released in 1989 and the first F-22 prototypes didn't fly until 1991. The F29 depicted in the game is a pretty accurate reproduction of the experimental Grumman X-29, though.
– anaximander
yesterday
add a comment |Â
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fretrocomputing.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f7530%2fname-this-pc-dos-combat-flight-simulator%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
4
Falcon 3.0 would fit this description except it ran terribly on '286 CPUs.
– Ross Ridge
2 days ago
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat also fits the description well, apart from point #1. I initially thought #1 said, "named after a US fighter plane pilot"
– Octopus
2 days ago