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- From: seifert@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Michael S. Seifert)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: Flight Sims Inferior on Amiga?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.213046.24952@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 21:30:46 GMT
- References: <Berry_Shin.043i@lppl.mi.org> <7377@hq.hq.af.mil>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- In article <7377@hq.hq.af.mil> aedwards@saf2 (A1C Aaron Edwards) writes:
- >Berry_Shin@lppl.mi.org (Berry Shin) writes:
- >: Hello All! I was just wondering: As a flight simulator fan, I have seen
- >: and played most of the popular flight simulators on the Amiga (F-18
- >: Interceptor, F-29 Retaliator, Birds of Prey, etc). IMHO, they are not as
- >: good as those found in the MS-Dos world (such as Aces of the Pacific,
- >: Falcon 3.0, Red Baron). Why is this? Is the Amiga somehow "incapable" of
- >: producing the same quality graphics? In addition, the scrolling seems
- >: superior on the MS-Dos flight simulators. Finally, how will the rumored AA
- >: chips affect this situation?
- >:
- >: -- Via DLG Pro v0.992
- >:
- >: Berry_Shin@lppl.mi.org.
- >
- >Try FIGHTER DUEL from JaegerSoft. It runs in HIRES INTERLACE mode at 28 frames
- >per second. And you can connect via MODEM or NULL-MODEM Cable without speed
- >degredation at 2400 bps.
- >
- >OH! And it runs quite fine on an unaccellorated A500!
- >
-
- Fighter Duel? This is a poor example of an amiga flight simulator and should
- not be used in the same breath as Falcon 3.0. Although the null modem play
- (its one saving grace) makes for a lot of fun, the lack of graphics is
- reminiscent of old C-64 sims. Ever since F-18, things have gotten
- gradually worse on the Amiga. I can only hope F-15 SEIII, which is suppose
- to be ported to the Amiga by early next year will be as good as expected...
-
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- Mike Seifert, supra-genius
-