WWI flight sim needed! Will pay...

[N3ddy]

The older I get the slower the ol' reflexes become - shaving is only accomplished if I have a trauma team on stand-by - and so these new-fangled jet sims get further out of reach. Last time we played a flight sim at a LAN party - CFS3, I think - we spent hours flying into hills, accompanied by screams and yells of frustration as erryoplaynes whizzed past at Clark Kent speeds.
So... I'm looking for a good WWI sim, preferrably sumpin' like Red Baron II, which will allow us fogies to take our time, sip a cognac and eat a canape between bursts.
Any suggestions? I'll pay for an original or a copy if you have a good 'un.

[Drusky]

LOL you're gonna like my latest RC Biplane, will post pics in Hobbies forum where you can't go :P
I want in on some online WWI action. I'm with you on the simplicity. I remember Darnit's Apache Longbow heli sim. It was like being back in physics lectures, way too much info for a game.

[N3ddy]

So what you're trying to say is that you've got the whole elitist-RC-Hobby-Members-only thing going on eh? :mad: Well! Don't just sit there being smug Drusky, old bean! Start searching for a flight sim already! I thought the Eastern Cape mafia had connections....?:cool:

[Sminty]

Well WWI I don't know about but I have a WWII sim....specifically Miscrosoft Combat Flight Simulator 3...but as for a review...I played it once and found it waaay too hard (mainly cause I jumped straight in without reading the manual, they actually expect me to learn stuff before I fly).
So naturally I haven't had the energy to try again...in the mean time it sits on the shelf and taunts me it does.

[Albereth]

Neddy - you may be able to find copies of Wings of War in some of the bigger shops. It is a WWI game but it is also a little too much like an arcade game at times - mind you, rockets on a biplane are fun!!!

[N3ddy]

Thanks Alby, I actually bought that game a while back and found it to be VERY arcade-like. I miss the days of that old 12-floppy/ 4 stiff classic "Red Baron". Got my hands on a *cough cough* "flea market" copy of Red Baron II a while ago but it was corrupted or some such. My own fault, of course.

[Punky3025]

I still think Red Barron II rocks

You can download it you know

[N3ddy]

Where can I lay my sweaty little hands on such a copy, Punky you handsome devil you? Be quick about a response, good sir, my patience and parking meter money are in short supply!

[N3ddy]

By gor! I just typed the words Red Baron II into the new-fangled Google-type thingy and I was overwhelmed with replies! God bless you Punky, and all who sail in you! May that nasty rash clear up and all appendages improve in appearance!

[Punky3025]

I will find it again....otherwise I , being the handsome devil I am will cut you a copy :D

[N3ddy]

Woohoo! Managed to whip, beat and cajole Shamus into downloading Red Baron 3D! He has access to a higher power's ADSL account and so is abused as much as we can - whipping him with liquorice-scented bootlaces ALWAYS works!

[N3ddy]

@ Albey - hats off to you, sir, for suggesting Wings of War! Arcade-like indeed, but loads of fun in a LAN setting! Of course, showing Sabre rockets is never a good idea... Shamus took GREAT offence to Sabre's liberal sprinklings of rocket dust...

[Sminty]

Remember Chuck Yaeger Flight *cough* Sim? We used to play it with Red Baron all the time...anyways, I found a copy on my pc....want it?