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"Golden Age" Of Flight Simuation

Which era do you believe was the "Golden Age" of Flight Sim?

  • Flight Sim 1-4

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Flight Sim 5-5.1

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Flight Sim 95/Flight Sim 98/Flight Sim 2000

    Votes: 4 6.3%

  • Flight Sim 2002

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • Flight Sim 2004

    Votes: 33 51.6%

  • Flight Sim X/Accelerate

    Votes: 14 21.9%

  • Microsoft Flight

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Prepare3D

    Votes: 4 6.3%

  • Golden Wings 3/FS2004

    Votes: 6 9.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Total voters
    64
  • Poll closed .
huub vink said:
I fully agree. But before CFS2 I was really addicted to European Air War. The first simulator (was it actually a simulator?) which you could keep modding and was really a great thing to fly.

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I never found another combat simulator with the same degree of immersion.
 
The "Golden Age" started with the CFS series along with the IL-2 series. IL-2 '46 is being rediscovered by all work being done to it now. BAT is one of the newest additions to IL-2 '46 and is huge at over 70 gigs but worth it. The new IL-2 series , i hear are good too. Must say the best years where the 90's to early 2000's as combat flight sims go. Don't know much about regular/civilian flight sims.While the pickings are slim these days there are some really good ones out there still. Regards,Scott
 
I missed the poll, but my experience is of two golden ages. CFS 1 and FS2004. Of the CFS series, CFS 1 had the best multiplayer and SOH got it's start as Combat Flight Center in support of CFS multiplayer and add ons. When CFS 1 died down, I didn't fly multiplayer again until after FS2004 came out.

I'm flying FSX SE mostly these days, but it seems like every other day or so, I start thinking, I ought to just go back to FS9 and it's simplicity. But darn the eye candy is addicting.
 
Nobody mentioned (unless the old eyes are getting lazy) Falcon 3 which morphed into Falcon 4 and ultimately Falcon BMS, which has the single best campaign ever. Falcon 3 I had on a 486 DX2 running at 50MHz, then Falcon 4 came out and was a slideshow forcing me to by my 2nd ever PC. Still running it today and F4 came out 95 or 96 maybe
 
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