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No-one remembers Sid Meier's flight sims. Sword of the Samurai (haven't played it) looks like an adaptation of Samurai an Avalon Hill (actually bought from ano

No-one remembers Sid Meier's flight sims. Sword of the Samurai (haven't played it) looks like an adaptation of Samurai an Avalon Hill (actually bought from another game company whose name escapes me) which itself was essentially Kingmaker reskinned for feudal Japan. Civilization was clearly inspired by Civilization. Pirates! was -- as far as I know -- pretty original (and my favorite of the lot). Covert Action looks awful but I've never played it and hadn't heard of it before looking at the wikipedia list.

avmich 12y ago
> No-one remembers Sid Meier's flight sims. Don't say so :) . One of early books of Victor Pelevin describes "a problem" one avid player of F-19 had because he played too much. Some players still remember that F-19 had an interesting "unreal" bug, which allowed to fly without fuel arbitrarily long (and quite slow). Upside down. It was possible to start playing the first mission (say, Russian North) ranking as lieutenant and land the first time in the highest possible rank with all imaginable awards. F-19 was, in a sense, interesting enough to be remembered.
smacktoward 12y ago
Just because you don't remember them doesn't mean that nobody does. The F-15 Strike Eagle series, for instance, was a huge success at the time, as was F-19 Stealth Fighter. > Sword of the Samurai (haven't played it) looks like an adaptation of Samurai an Avalon Hill Actually, no; Sword is much more like Pirates!, in that it's essentially a collection of themed minigames, tied together by a strategic overlay. Covert Action has a similar design. The three of them are all variations on a theme, more similar to each other than to any external inspiration. Sword and Covert Action are both available via GOG these days, should you want to confirm this.
ianstallings 12y ago
Actually, I played F-19 and that's what I remember him most for. It was a lot of fun actually, you had to evade radar but it was a little tricky. I mean come on, how can you not love this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCvSyJaYbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCvSyJaYbc It even had an ILS landing system at the airport!

avmich 12y ago

> No-one remembers Sid Meier's flight sims. Don't say so :) . One of early books of Victor Pelevin describes "a problem" one avid player of F-19 had because he played too much. Some players still remember that F-19 had an interesting "unreal" bug, which allowed to fly without fuel arbitrarily long (and quite slow). Upside down. It was possible to start playing the first mission (say, Russian North) ranking as lieutenant and land the first time in the highest possible rank with all imaginable awards. F-19 was, in a sense, interesting enough to be remembered.

smacktoward 12y ago

Just because you don't remember them doesn't mean that nobody does. The F-15 Strike Eagle series, for instance, was a huge success at the time, as was F-19 Stealth Fighter. > Sword of the Samurai (haven't played it) looks like an adaptation of Samurai an Avalon Hill Actually, no; Sword is much more like Pirates!, in that it's essentially a collection of themed minigames, tied together by a strategic overlay. Covert Action has a similar design. The three of them are all variations on a theme, more similar to each other than to any external inspiration. Sword and Covert Action are both available via GOG these days, should you want to confirm this.

ianstallings 12y ago

Actually, I played F-19 and that's what I remember him most for. It was a lot of fun actually, you had to evade radar but it was a little tricky. I mean come on, how can you not love this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCvSyJaYbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCvSyJaYbc It even had an ILS landing system at the airport!