Section 2.3

Information Format

The list adopts the following format.

• Game Name [Format]
  Comments
  

2.3 'Flight sims' and Space Simulators

• A320 Airbus Simulator
  Might work if run from DOS - not fully tested.
  
• Aces over Europe [CD]
  Works. Sound effects highly effective with MIDI support
  
• Air Force Commander WWII
  Problems with display ? (screenfulls of green dots...)
  
• Apache Longbow
  Works. No sound during game.
  
• B-17 Flying Fortress [CD]
  Crashes often, apparently "the trick is not to do too many things at once"
  
• Comanchee enhanced version
  Crashes PC card.
  
• Elite Plus
  Works
  
• Elite 2
  Good Compatibility. No sound.
  
• Eye of the Storm
  Like Elite but worse. Works.
  
• Fighter Duel [Demo]
  SVGA - very slow. Unplayable. (710 (26) : Dx2-66 v2.01)
  
• F-14 Fleet Defender
  Works
  
• Flight Unlimited [CD]
  Installs but doesn't run.
  
• Flight Simulator 5
  Works fine in VGA 320x200. VGA 320x400 has annoying problems. Works well in SVGA on a DX4/100 using PCPro, however, you need to make sure you're using expanded memory and not extended.
  
• Frontier First Encounters [Remastered Version on CD]
  Works but is a bit slow, especially the video stuff. (610 (10) : SX33)
  
• Great Air Force Battles [Demo]
  VGA (320x200). Very slow. Problems with pointer. (710 (26) : DX2-66 v2.01)
  
• Magic Carpet
  Works and is either playable (710) or slow depending on who you believe !! (SX33 v1.92)
  Music via MIDI. No sound. Odd colour mapping ?
  
• Magic Carpet 2 [Demo]
  Works fine. (710 (26) : DX2-66 v2.01)
  
• Mig-29
  Display problems. Unplayable.
  
• MS Flight Sim 5
  VGA 320x200 works fine. VGA 320x400 has some redraw problems.
  
• Overlord [CD]
  Works but need to set it to a low graphics resolution. Sound is ok. (710 (10) SX33)
  
• Renegade 2 [CD demo]
  Needs VESA. Pokes directly to SVGA. Uses lots of space. Works with VESA under v2.01 and speed is bearable.
  
• Star Fighter 3000 [CD demo]
  Problems getting it to work.
  
• SU27 Flanker [Freeware]
  Doesn't work. Needs VESA driver.
  
• Terminal Velocity [Demo]
  Works. VGA works, SVGA needs VESA drivers (works but is very slow v2.01). Music and sound work. Game is playable only at small screen sizes (710 (26) : DX2-66 v1.995) and ok at larger sizes on the 586 card.
  
• Tie Fighter [HD]
  Works, as X Wing.
  
• TFX (Tactical Fighter Experiment)
  Hangs
  
• US Navy Fighters [Demo]
  Fine under VGA, too slow under SVGA. (710 (26) : DX2-66 v2.01)
  
• Virgin Interactive Flight Simulator
  Doesn't work. 600 with 710 (12) DX/100
  
• Wing Commander I & II
  Work Ok. No sound.
  
• Wing Commander III
  Runs at a playable speed. Press escape repeatedly during the speed test sequence.
  Movies are a bit jerky. (610 : DX4-100 v1.91). Can be run in a full standard VGA mode if you use the -v switch when you run it from DOS (i.e. type "wc3 -v"). (610 (34) : DX4-100 v2.00)
  
• X Wing [HD]
  Works (not on v1.91 ?) and is playable. (SX33 v1.92)
  Playability enhanced by using a joystick. No sound.