 Flight Simulator Ended, therapy ensues for DaveyJJ |
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 February 22nd 2009, 10:51 AM
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 tBC is the greatest!  Group: IMG Pro Users Posts: 2,907 Joined: May 21 '02 From: Tansi (USA) Member No.: 2,114  |
OT: Not Mac
I just came across this BBC article which discusses the end of Microsoft's flight simulator game. Probably old news to those who follow the genre. BBS: Microsoft Ends Flight Simulator -------------------- "There is no end to sorrow." ---Van Gogh
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February 22nd 2009, 11:41 AM
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 Koko Tap Group: Developer Posts: 3,053 Joined: December 9 '03 From: The place where I, too, can be a smarmy minion! Member No.: 4,893 |
I'm an X-Plane man myself and simply chuckled when that news broke a few weeks ago.
-------------------- Raven 13" MacBook (unibody) 2.0GHz | 4GB RAM | 500GB WD Scorpio Blue | 256MB 9400M
Magpie 20" Core Duo iMac 2.0GHz | 2GB RAM | 250MB HD | 256MB X1600 ATI iPad 64GB WiFi version <-- soon "No, I have no reason to claim that, except to appease the octopus that lives in my head." "HA HA HA HA! You got a gerls computer. Real men game on a PowerPC!" -- tBC "Cats don't need names ... we know who we are." -- Neil Gaiman |
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February 22nd 2009, 02:10 PM
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 Sewage Served Raw  Group: Admin Posts: 12,423 Joined: May 19 '04 From: Citadel City, Lh'owon Member No.: 5,773 |
My first flight simulator was the Microsoft flight simulator on the Fat Mac 512. I still have it, but it is on a single sided floppy and I don't have a machine to read the disks or run the game. I had a LOT of fun with that, buying books on flying and so on.
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February 22nd 2009, 02:31 PM
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 Lead Farmer Group: Forum Moderators Posts: 3,097 Joined: July 17 '05 From: Republic of Texas Member No.: 7,581 |
I got started with Flight Simulator back on the 512 like tBC. Given it hasn't been for Mac in quite some time, though, it didn't really bother me when I heard it was being ended in the news.
-------------------- The Big Endian
Cypher - 4 x G5 2.5 GHz / 6.5GB RAM / WDC 250GB, ST 1.5TB / 7800GTX 512MB / MacOS 10.4.11, 9.2.2, WinXP SP3 Spike - Cell 3.2 GHz / 256MB RAM / ST 320GB / RSX 256MB / GameOS 3.01, YDLinux 6.2 QUOTE(Eric5h5) When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something. |
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February 22nd 2009, 05:10 PM
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Koko Tap Group: Developer Posts: 3,053 Joined: December 9 '03 From: The place where I, too, can be a smarmy minion! Member No.: 4,893 |
My first flight sim was Donald Hill's black and white wireframe P51 on a Mac Plus. But I've flown every single Mac simulator since then, except the helicopter ones.
-------------------- Raven 13" MacBook (unibody) 2.0GHz | 4GB RAM | 500GB WD Scorpio Blue | 256MB 9400M
Magpie 20" Core Duo iMac 2.0GHz | 2GB RAM | 250MB HD | 256MB X1600 ATI iPad 64GB WiFi version <-- soon "No, I have no reason to claim that, except to appease the octopus that lives in my head." "HA HA HA HA! You got a gerls computer. Real men game on a PowerPC!" -- tBC "Cats don't need names ... we know who we are." -- Neil Gaiman |
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February 24th 2009, 02:53 AM
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 Official IMG Spambot Greeter Group: Members Posts: 2,603 Joined: June 3 '06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,659 |
Why not helos? In some ways, I think they would be more fun.
Liberator. -------------------- iMac G5: 2.0 GHz l 1GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l ATI Radeon 9600 l 128 MB VRAM iMac C2D: 2.16GHz l 2GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l nVidia 7600GT l 256 MB VRAM If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you shall try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. A really great game made by Eric5h5 |
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February 24th 2009, 05:36 AM
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Koko Tap Group: Developer Posts: 3,053 Joined: December 9 '03 From: The place where I, too, can be a smarmy minion! Member No.: 4,893 |
QUOTE(The Liberator @ February 24th 2009, 03:53 AM)  Why not helos? In some ways, I think they would be more fun. Liberator. Just not that into them. -------------------- Raven 13" MacBook (unibody) 2.0GHz | 4GB RAM | 500GB WD Scorpio Blue | 256MB 9400M
Magpie 20" Core Duo iMac 2.0GHz | 2GB RAM | 250MB HD | 256MB X1600 ATI iPad 64GB WiFi version <-- soon "No, I have no reason to claim that, except to appease the octopus that lives in my head." "HA HA HA HA! You got a gerls computer. Real men game on a PowerPC!" -- tBC "Cats don't need names ... we know who we are." -- Neil Gaiman |
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February 24th 2009, 02:23 PM
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Official IMG Spambot Greeter Group: Members Posts: 2,603 Joined: June 3 '06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,659 |
Ahhh, I see. Fair enough, I like helos more, although I haven't really used them in proper simulation yet.
Liberator. -------------------- iMac G5: 2.0 GHz l 1GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l ATI Radeon 9600 l 128 MB VRAM iMac C2D: 2.16GHz l 2GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l nVidia 7600GT l 256 MB VRAM If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you shall try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. A really great game made by Eric5h5 |
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February 28th 2009, 02:16 AM
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Lead Farmer Group: Forum Moderators Posts: 3,097 Joined: July 17 '05 From: Republic of Texas Member No.: 7,581 |
QUOTE(DaveyJJ @ February 24th 2009, 05:36 AM) Just not that into them. When you use one to strafe an enemy position with hydras and subsequently dive behind a hill as an SA-7 that some jerkwad fired at you veers off course before you pop back up like a deranged savage warrior on a mission from the Great Rotary Spirit before blowing him to smithereens with your 30mm gun that you aimed just by looking at the guy you wanted dead, THEN... ... then you will know the true wonder of the helicopter. -------------------- The Big Endian
Cypher - 4 x G5 2.5 GHz / 6.5GB RAM / WDC 250GB, ST 1.5TB / 7800GTX 512MB / MacOS 10.4.11, 9.2.2, WinXP SP3 Spike - Cell 3.2 GHz / 256MB RAM / ST 320GB / RSX 256MB / GameOS 3.01, YDLinux 6.2 QUOTE(Eric5h5) When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something. |
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March 3rd 2009, 02:38 AM
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Official IMG Spambot Greeter Group: Members Posts: 2,603 Joined: June 3 '06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,659 |
I was not exactly thinking that, but now I need to find a helicopter simulator. That just sounds freaking awesome.
 By the way, I cannot really call BF2 and others like it simulation, but still it has made me think about the helicopter and what it can do.* Liberator. *I have been learning about basic motion in my physics classes. -------------------- iMac G5: 2.0 GHz l 1GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l ATI Radeon 9600 l 128 MB VRAM iMac C2D: 2.16GHz l 2GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l nVidia 7600GT l 256 MB VRAM If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you shall try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. A really great game made by Eric5h5 |
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March 3rd 2009, 07:20 AM
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 Verbal Windbag Group: Members Posts: 4,572 Joined: August 23 '05 From: over there Member No.: 7,719 |
QUOTE(The Liberator @ March 3rd 2009, 09:38 AM) I was not exactly thinking that, but now I need to find a helicopter simulator. That just sounds freaking awesome. Here you are. 
-------------------- "We do what we must, because we can."
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March 3rd 2009, 02:17 PM
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Official IMG Spambot Greeter Group: Members Posts: 2,603 Joined: June 3 '06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,659 |
Oh, cool thanks for the link. I will check into this game later, but now I need to go to school.
Liberator. -------------------- iMac G5: 2.0 GHz l 1GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l ATI Radeon 9600 l 128 MB VRAM iMac C2D: 2.16GHz l 2GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l nVidia 7600GT l 256 MB VRAM If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you shall try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. A really great game made by Eric5h5 |
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March 3rd 2009, 02:33 PM
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Corybantic Character Conquistador Group: Forum Moderators Posts: 5,860 Joined: November 16 '04 Member No.: 6,677 |
QUOTE(The Liberator @ March 3rd 2009, 03:17 PM) I will check into this game later, but now I need to go to school. Yeesh...kids these days have completely messed-up priorities.... --Eric |
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March 3rd 2009, 07:20 PM
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Sewage Served Raw Group: Admin Posts: 12,423 Joined: May 19 '04 From: Citadel City, Lh'owon Member No.: 5,773 |
QUOTE(Eric5h5 @ March 3rd 2009, 12:33 PM) Yeesh...kids these days have completely messed-up priorities.... --Eric Absolutely. He is trying desperately to be a geek but all he can pull off is nerd. Look Liberator, we are fully capable of calling down an intervention and having you face your demons. It would be better though if you could do this yourself. -------------------- Gary Simmons
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March 5th 2009, 06:55 AM
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 Feral Interactive Group: Developer Posts: 719 Joined: December 1 '03 From: London, England, UK Member No.: 4,854 |
QUOTE(Janichsan @ March 3rd 2009, 06:20 AM) Here you are. FYI we have a Universal patch in development so any EE owners PM me and I will see if I can send you the beta  Edwin -------------------- |
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March 5th 2009, 08:13 AM
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Verbal Windbag Group: Members Posts: 4,572 Joined: August 23 '05 From: over there Member No.: 7,719 |
QUOTE(edddeduck @ March 5th 2009, 01:55 PM) FYI we have a Universal patch in development so any EE owners PM me and I will see if I can send you the beta Edwin You've got mail.
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March 9th 2009, 05:14 PM
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Lead Farmer Group: Forum Moderators Posts: 3,097 Joined: July 17 '05 From: Republic of Texas Member No.: 7,581 |
QUOTE(Janichsan @ March 5th 2009, 09:13 AM) You've got mail. Times two. -------------------- The Big Endian
Cypher - 4 x G5 2.5 GHz / 6.5GB RAM / WDC 250GB, ST 1.5TB / 7800GTX 512MB / MacOS 10.4.11, 9.2.2, WinXP SP3 Spike - Cell 3.2 GHz / 256MB RAM / ST 320GB / RSX 256MB / GameOS 3.01, YDLinux 6.2 QUOTE(Eric5h5) When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something. |
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March 29th 2009, 04:06 AM
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Notorious Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: December 5 '02 From: Sweden Member No.: 3,069 |
QUOTE(edddeduck @ March 5th 2009, 01:55 PM) FYI we have a Universal patch in development so any EE owners PM me and I will see if I can send you the beta Edwin Will you also 1) Lower the price if you're planning to sell the game again? The game was released for PC in 2000 and for Mac in... what, 2004? 2005?. It isn't even available for sale for the PC anymore (in Sweden at least) 2) Release an Universal Demo 3) Make sure it's possible to DL the demo (the PPC one that you link to here can't be found on MacGameFiles anymore. |
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 April 26th 2009, 11:57 PM
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 Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: January 19 '06 From: New York City Member No.: 8,168 |
Indeed -- that link doesn't work.
I was forced to use BitTorrent -- which I loathe -- and after an hour it's 0.00% progress. It's only 86 MB -- could someone put the "Enemy Engaged" demo online, please ?
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April 28th 2009, 03:28 AM
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Official IMG Spambot Greeter Group: Members Posts: 2,603 Joined: June 3 '06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,659 |
Yeah, I tried it also. I would like to play the demo, so I third that motion.
Liberator. Edit: this is to Eddeduck, will there be a port of EE 2? -------------------- iMac G5: 2.0 GHz l 1GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l ATI Radeon 9600 l 128 MB VRAM iMac C2D: 2.16GHz l 2GB RAM l OSX 10.4.11 l nVidia 7600GT l 256 MB VRAM If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you shall try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. A really great game made by Eric5h5 |
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