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From: mikes@encore.UUCP ( Mike Skrzypczak)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: jet combat simulator for Commodore 64
Message-ID: <302@encore.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Jun-86 09:55:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: encore.302
Posted: Fri Jun 13 09:55:41 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Jun-86 03:19:39 EDT
References: <303@nbs-amrf> <17300002@hpccc>
Reply-To: mikes@encore.UUCP ( Mike Skrzypczak)
Organization: Encore Computer, Marlboro MA
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Summary: 

In article <17300002@hpccc> blevins@hpccc writes:
>It is Jet Combat Simulator by Epyx; I have all of the jet simulators.
>JCS is the most boring of the 3 (Jet by Sublogic, F-15 Strike Eagle by
>Microprose, and JCS), with little to no detail in the world database.

Personally, I like JCS best. There is no world database for all practical 
purposes, there are no fancy armaments. If you want to FLY somewhat
realistically (compared to Jet and F-15) this is the games for thee.
Not having a real world database emphasizes the fact that at
750 knots/30000 feet navigation is NOT done by landscape. 
A lot of has to do with knowing the flight characteristics of the plane,
which I admit, takes a long long time (Basically, you have to fly around
at different altitudes and throttles, and record things like different
turning radiuses at different degrees of bank, speed at altitude...etc.)

As regard to lack of missiles, as they said in Top Gun, American
pilots are too dependent on their missiles, and have lost their
dogfighting capability.

There are some glitched in JCS however. Specifically, if you right
roll with reverse rudder, expect to end up looking at a global map.
Terribly frustrating, especially with a plane on your tail. This
happens in other circumstances (to friends), but they are not in 
commands that are likely to be used together.

Oh, by the way, dogfighting is easier to learn than landing in this
simulation.

over and out,
mike skrzypczak