First person air combat simulator?

[accousticguitar]

Is there a game on the Atari computer that simulates air combat (in the first person perspective) with the controls being the joystick only or at least using the joystick as the main control?

[+remowilliams]

Depends on your qualifications, but off the top of my head - F15 Strike Eagle, Spitfire 40, Hellcat Ace, Ace of Aces, Fighter Pilot, Tomahawk, Super Huey, Mig Alley Ace and even Infiltrator to a degree.

[dwhyte]

A good number of the MicroProse titles were what you're looking for. remowilliams above listed most of their titles...

 

 

This is a little off-topic... But I seem to remember hearing from someone back-in-the-day that F-15 Strike Eagle was actually compiled BASIC... Does anyone know the truth behind that rumor?

Edited April 21, 2008 by dwhyte

[Rybags]

Not BASIC, I think.

 

Probably C or Pascal. I can remember some of their games at times issuing runtime error messages.

[accousticguitar]

I want to be able to control the flight with the joystick and not have to worry about a bunch of gagues or keyboard controls. Just fly and shoot man! Thanks for the suggestions.

[MEtalGuy66]

I reecomend Ace Cobat 05 on the playstation 2 for that. heheh.. No BS, unlimited rockets & ammo, awesome animation, instant replay of "fatal errors" with multiple switchable camera angles, and very realistic rendering of all teh awesome fighters you wanna fly.. Turn off the music in "game settings" though.. Its annoying after a while..

 

Oh yeah.. and the sequal, Ace combat 07 was nowhere near as good, in my oppinion.. Get 05.. I think its called "Ace combat 05: shattered skies" or something..

[idavis]

You should take a look at Blue Max as well.

 

Isaac

Edited April 22, 2008 by idavis

[accousticguitar]

I don't have a PS2. I have a PS1, but I'm looking for a game that playes with a joystick. I found one that is close to what I'm looking for. It's Spitfire Ace. The enemy planes could scale in a little bigger, but the control is good.