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[IbizaPocholo]

The Comanche games are some of the best helicopter simulators made and despite their age, remain rewarding and satisfying titles. That's if you can overcome their stiff challenge and technical hiccups.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I have fond memories of this. Voxels have aged well too I would say, surprising. Haven't touched that since 98 or something.

Novalogic games were fun, not study sims, more arcady, but they were fun to play with. F-22 Lightning II, Armored fist 2, Delta Force, MIG-29 Fulcrum... Some amazing years in the genre and lifted by that engine.

I was more addicted to the Janes' sims though back then. Longbow 2 came in the same year with 3DFX and it blew my fucking mind. Was playing that coop with a friend, in the back seat or we would switch pilot/copilot, with microphones to talk, on a 56k modem. Witchcraft for the time.

1997 also had JST, Joint Srike Fighter from Innerloop and published by Eidos. F-35 & F-32 fighters, state of the art graphics back then. MPlayer to play online PvP.



Even the music I recall 27 years later

Another interesting one that I think aged quite well with a few mods is Enemy Engaged RAH-66 comanche vs KA-52 Hokum that released in 2000.

I was basically dedicating 100% of my time out of school on flight sims in that era

 

[AJUMP23]

The Comanche was never put into production.

 

[Buggy Loop]

The Comanche was never put into production.

What an amazing looking beast.

 

[AJUMP23]

What an amazing looking beast.

Incredible helicopter. But development was expensive and they could never get it out of the development phase.

The Apache does enough for an attack chopper.

 

[willothedog]

Enemy Engaged series were better (Apache v Havocc/Comanche v Hokum) for the time now DCS rules.

 

[drotahorror]

Anyone play Apache Air Assault? Been meaning to get around to it.

 

[Gp1]

Doesn`t hold a candle to Enemy Engaged Comanche vs Hokum.
It was one of the best helisim until yesterday when DCS begun to sell heli modules.