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From: rafael@hpspdra.HP.COM (Rafael Miranda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Game wanted: EGA/VGA Fighter Game
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Date: 30 Jul 90 14:42:55 GMT
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/ hpspdra:comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc / curtism@uncw.UUCP (mike curtis) /  9:54 am  Jul 21, 1990 /
I have F-19, F-15 II, Falcon AT, Their Finest Hour, and Microsoft
Flight Sim 4.0.  These games all have different game to realism
ratios.  I rate these games as follows:
 F-19: great graphics, not very realistic control, but there is
	   alot of things going on in each flight to keep you busy.
	   Fantastic documentation, very easy for the beginner.
	   Overall a good game but not the most realistic.
  
F-15: Purley a game, great graphics, but totally unrealistic.  This
	  one should not be called a flight simulator because it is 
	  really a game. Ok documentation but very easy game,  this one
	  is really only good for children.
	  Overall not highly recomened.

Falcon AT: pretty good graphics and totally realistic. This was my
	  first Flight Simulator and is still my favorite.  It is the
	  hardest to play, but it does have a 5 playing levels with the
	  fifth behaving EXACTLY like an F-16 in real life. Good docs  
	  and totally responsive to controls. This game even makes you
	  black out if you pull to many Gs for to long :-).
	  Overall highly recommended if you really want a challenge.

Their Finest Hour: great graphics and excellent playability. This
      is probably the funnest game I own. The game has so many
	  different features that there is always something new to 
	  do.  While not totally a simulator you go have excelent control
	  of your aircraft.  In this game you can fly British fighters
	  or German fighters or bombers, you can even be the pilot
	  or gunner or bomber on the German planes. Fantastic documentation
	  Overall very highly reccomended. Go out and buy this game, you
			  will not be disappointed.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0: Excellent graphics, I mean fantastic
	  detail when played in 640x480 although you need a fast 386
	  to have a good frame rate.  This simulator is just like flying
	  a real Cessna or Lear jet or whatever you choose.  You have
	  total control over weather, ground traffic, every detail can
	  be changed.  You can even design and fly your own planes.
	  Overall very highly reccomended.

That pretty much sums it up. If you want realism get Falcon AT or
Flight Simulator. If you want great graphics with less realism and
get F-19. I think you should get Their Finest Hour regardless of what
you want.
I think there should be a group called comp.sys.ibm.games. Let try
to start one.
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