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> Post windows 95 they still had some bargain flight sims that seemed popular. The golden era of flight/space sim ! I miss my wing commander(s) (don't you dar

> Post windows 95 they still had some bargain flight sims that seemed popular. The golden era of flight/space sim ! I miss my wing commander(s) (don't you dare mention/reply Star-Citizen !) I think I played/broken through 2 crappy-cheap joysticks via the whole series. That perfect point in time (when you were young enough not to pay taxes, but old enough to get a soundblaster-card-kit with free wingcommander games)

mikeryan 4y ago
IIRC this particular issue was with one of the Jane’s Combat Simulator games. ;-)
- rawoke083600 4y ago
  janes !! Damn that bring back memories
nomel 4y ago
Someone needs to port these to the Quest 2. VR, for flight sims, is pretty awesome, assuming you can stomach it.
- rawoke083600 4y ago
  absolutely ! Im assuming 40year old me that can afford vr doesnt have the same stomach as 16 year old me :)
  - nomel 4y ago
    It just takes time. For me it was a few weeks, with longer and longer sessions each time. I’m someone who gets sick from spinning in circles a few times, so if you can stomach that, probably less. Car sims took the longest. There’s just too much hard wired in there.
ansible 4y ago
Wing Commander series, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Falcon 3.0, X-Wing series, Descent 1 & 2. Thrustmaster flight stick and throttle. Good times, good times. I never really mastered flying the F-16 in Falcon 3.0, but I at least got to the point where I could take off and land OK. The mission planner for custom missions was very sophisticated too. For Descent, I had also tried out the Logitech Cyberman 2 controller: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-weird-and-wonderful-world-that-was-the-late-90s-pc-gaming-input-devices.1626089/post-265229259 https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-weird-and-wonderful-world... In theory, it is ideal for flying your spacecraft in Descent, allowing you to move or turn in any direction in a a sort of intuitive fashion. However, it wasn't that satisfying in practice.
- ansible 4y ago
  I also had at one point a steering controller that resembled a RC car controller. That worked a lot better for me than racing wheels that were much more common. Pairing that with the original ReVolt RC racing car game (don't buy the ripoff version that was just released to Steam!) and you're talking many hours of fun.
rawoke083600 4y ago
Forgot to mention. Dammn that music of wingcommander

mikeryan 4y ago

IIRC this particular issue was with one of the Jane’s Combat Simulator games. ;-)

rawoke083600 4y ago
janes !! Damn that bring back memories

nomel 4y ago

Someone needs to port these to the Quest 2. VR, for flight sims, is pretty awesome, assuming you can stomach it.

rawoke083600 4y ago
absolutely ! Im assuming 40year old me that can afford vr doesnt have the same stomach as 16 year old me :)
- nomel 4y ago
  It just takes time. For me it was a few weeks, with longer and longer sessions each time. I’m someone who gets sick from spinning in circles a few times, so if you can stomach that, probably less. Car sims took the longest. There’s just too much hard wired in there.

ansible 4y ago

Wing Commander series, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Falcon 3.0, X-Wing series, Descent 1 & 2. Thrustmaster flight stick and throttle. Good times, good times. I never really mastered flying the F-16 in Falcon 3.0, but I at least got to the point where I could take off and land OK. The mission planner for custom missions was very sophisticated too. For Descent, I had also tried out the Logitech Cyberman 2 controller: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-weird-and-wonderful-world-that-was-the-late-90s-pc-gaming-input-devices.1626089/post-265229259 https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-weird-and-wonderful-world... In theory, it is ideal for flying your spacecraft in Descent, allowing you to move or turn in any direction in a a sort of intuitive fashion. However, it wasn't that satisfying in practice.

ansible 4y ago
I also had at one point a steering controller that resembled a RC car controller. That worked a lot better for me than racing wheels that were much more common. Pairing that with the original ReVolt RC racing car game (don't buy the ripoff version that was just released to Steam!) and you're talking many hours of fun.

rawoke083600 4y ago

Forgot to mention. Dammn that music of wingcommander