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Incoming Flight-Sim Feature Summary
>From Ka On Lee <ko...@engsoc.carleton.ca>
Organization Carleton Engineering
Date 2 Jul 1997 02:59:34 GMT
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,rec.aviation.simulators
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Incoming PC Flight-Sim Feature Summary
Version 7/1/97, by Ka-On Lee (ko...@engsoc.carleton.ca)
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This list provide a summary of all the key features proposed in most of the
flight simulation games available for PC in the near future. All information
are collected primary from the publisher's web site and various online game
magazines (credits at the end). This list is designed to help you (and me) to
decide what to buy. Although I tried hard to get accurate information,
anything here can be completely wrong so don't use this list as the only
source for you buying decision. Also remember that all the features are just
promise, they may not exist in the final product. Read reviews from this newsgroup
first.
Any game listed with a (*) is not included in the feature summary because
there is too little information available. In general if the game is not
presented in the publisher's web site it is not listed. For (**),
Multi-player WWII and Civil sim, I will skip them for now since their key features are very
different from single player combat sims. I will try to fill up the multi-
player sims and any new information that is missing or unknown. I am not very
interested in civil flight sims so can someone fill that part up, please? :)
Any feature with a "?" is completely unknown. A "Yes?" or "No?" are pure
prediction since no hard information is available. A "Yes?" will be "awarded"
to a sim if such feature was available in it's predecessor, like ACMI and
Pilot management for Falcon 4.0. A "Yes?" may also be "awarded" to a
feature which the publisher is "considering" to include it. A "No" or
"No?" will be placed for features which the publisher and previews never
mentioned. Please E-mail me if anything in the list is wrong.
For those features: Release day (year-quarter) is most likely wrong, so
don't bug me about them. :) Some features are unique to a certain sim,
like pilot management and create new plane. Since they are the selling
features of those sims they are included here. Minimum CPU requirement
are always bogus so it is not listed. Everyone claim authentic flight
model, avionics, weapon etc etc, so I will leave reviewers to test them.
"War General" means you can assign missions to multiple flights.
Very little information is available for F-22 Raptor - their web site listed
nothing, so all the features are predictions base on F-22 lightning II.
To be released games:
(Primary single player)
== Modern Jets ==
F4 Falcon4.0, Microprose
iF16 iF-16 Viper, Interactive Magic/DI
iF22 iF-22, Interactive Magic
iA10 iA-10 Warthog, Interactive Magic (*)
EF2K2 EF-2000 v2.0, DiD
F22ADF F-22 Air Dominance Fighter, DiD
F22TAW F-22 Total Air War, DiD
JFS Joint Strike Fighter, Eidos Interactive (*)
H3Kor F/A-18 Hornet 3.0: Korea, Graphic Simulation (*)
F15 F-15, Jane's Combat Simulation
F22R F-22 Raptor, NovaLogic
Su272 Su-27 2.0, SSI
JF-FB Jet Fighter Full Burn, Take 2 Entertainment (*)
== Modern Jets + Combat Helicopters ==
FN2 Flying Nightmare 2, Eidos Interactive
== Combat Helicopters ==
TeamAp Team Apache, Eidos Interactive
Ap-Ha Apace-Havoc, Empire Interactive (*)
LB2 LongBow 2, Jane's Combat Simulation
== Korea ==
SaAce Saber Ace: Conflict Over Korea, Virgin Interactive
MiGA MiG Alley, Empire Interactive
== WWII ==
SDoE Fighter Squadron: The Screaming Demons Over Europe, Activision
EAW European Air War, Microprose
FlyT Flying Tiger, Playmates Interactive (*)
WoD Wings of Destiny, Psygnosis (*)
X-F Aces: X-Fighters, Sierra
== WWI ==
RB2 Red Baron II, Sierra
FCGold Flying Crop Gold, Empire Interactive (*)
== Civil == (**)
FU2 Flight Unlimited II, Looking Glass
FS98 Flight Simulator 98, Microsoft
ProP Pro Pilot, Sierra
(Primary multi-player)
== WWII == (**)
WB2 Warbird 2.0, Interactive Magic Online
FD2 Fighter Duel 2, Philips Media
CK Confirmed Kill, Eidos Interactive
TAS Tactical Aero Squadron
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| F4 | iF16 | iF22 | EF2K2|F22ADF|F22TAW| F15 | F22R |Su272
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Platform/OS | Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95|Win95
| & NT | & DOS| | & DOS| | | | |
Required RAM | ? | 16M | 16M | 16M | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
Release day | 97-3 | 97-4 | 97-2 | 97-2 | 97-4 | 97-4?| 98-1 | 97-3 | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Flyable planes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
Create new plane| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
| | | | | | | | |
Dynamic Campaign| Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No? | Yes
# of Campaigns | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1? | 10 | 2 | ? | ?
Full war sim. | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No? | ?
War General | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No? | No? | No?
Manage supply | Yes? | No | No? | No | No? | Yes? | No? | No? | No?
Manage pilots | Yes? | No | No? | No | No? | No? | No? | No? | No?
Multi-player | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes
| | | | | | | | |
Canned Missions | Yes | Yes | No? | No | No | No | ? | Yes? | Yes
# of missions | ? | 100+ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
Mission builder| Yes | Yes | Yes? | No | No? | Yes | Yes | No? | Yes
Mission planner| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes
Random mission | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No? | No? | ? | ? | Yes
| | | | | | | | |
Wingman command | Yes | Yes | Yes? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes? | Yes | Yes
Other flights | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Multiplayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Max. player | 16 | 16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 16
Modem/Serial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | Yes?
TCP/IP | Yes | No? | ? | Yes? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes
LAN (IPX) | Yes? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes
Online Service | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No? | Yes | ? | ? | ?
Co-op | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes
Head-head | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Join any time | Yes | No? | No? | No | No | No | No? | No? | Yes
| | | | | | | | |
Recorder/ACMI | Yes? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No? | No? | Yes?
| | | | | | | | |
Support MMX | No? | No? | No | No | No? | No? | No? | ? | Yes
Support Direct3D| No | No | Yes | No | No? | No? | Yes? | Yes? | Yes
Special 3Dfx | Yes | No | Mo | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | Yes? | ? | No?
Rendition | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | ? | ? | No?
Other 3D card | Yes | No | Mo | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No?
Require 3D acc. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
Support VR | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No
Padlock view | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | No? | Yes | Yes?
| | | | | | | | |
Max. resolution | 640? | 640? | 1024 | 640 | 640? | 640? | 640? | 640? | 800?
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| FN2 |TeamAp| LB2 | SaAce| MiGA | SDoE | EAW | X-F | RB2
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Platform/OS | Win95| Win95| Win95| Win95| ? | Win95| DOS | ? |
Win95 | & Mac| & Mac| | | | | | |
Required RAM | 8M | ? | ? | 16M | ? | ? | 8M | ? | ?
Release day | ? | ? | 97-3 | 97-3 | 97-3 | 97-4 | 97-4 | 97-4 | 97-3
| | | | | | | | |
Flyable planes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | ? | 26
Create new plane| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No
| | | | | | | | |
Dynamic Campaign| No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Semi?| ? | Yes
# of Campaigns | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3? | ? | ?
Full war sim. | ? | ? | Yes? | No | ? | No | No | ? | ?
War General | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No
Manage supply | No? | No? | No | No? | ? | No | No | ? | ?
Manage pilots | No? | Yes | No | No? | Yes? | No? | No? | ? | ?
Multi-player | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Canned Missions | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No?
# of missions | 24 | ? | ? | 45+ | ? | 30+ | ? | ? | ?
Mission builder| No? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ?
Mission planner| Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes | ? | Yes? | ? | ? | Yes
Random mission | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Wingman command | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes? | ? | Yes?
Other flights | Yes? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Multiplayer | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes?
Max. player | 16 | ? | 8 | ? | 12 |8(16?)| 8 | ? | ?
Modem/Serial | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ?
TCP/IP | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes? | No? | ? | ?
LAN (IPX) | Yes? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ?
Online Service | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes?
Co-op | Yes | ? | Yes | No? | Yes | Yes | No? | ? | ?
Head-head | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ?
Join any time | Yes | ? | No? | No? | No? | ? | No? | ? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Recorder/ACMI | No | ? | Yes? | No? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
| | | | | | | | |
Support MMX | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
Support Direct3D| Yes | Yes? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes? | Yes? | ? | No
Special 3Dfx | Yes? | Yes? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No
Rendition | Yes? | Yes? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No
Other 3D card | Yes? | Yes? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No
Require 3D acc. | No | ? | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | No
Support VR | No | No | No | No | ? | No? | No? | ? | No?
Padlock view | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
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Max. resolution | 640? | ? | 640? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ?
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My source of information:
All publisher's web site
PCME (www.pcme.com): Excellent, detail and unique information, esp. Su-27 2.0.
Computer Game S+ (www.cdmag.com): Good E3 list and previews.
OGR/Gamepen's E3 site (www.e3.net): Good E3 list
Combat Sims (www.combatsim.com): Good stuff, a little slow when loading. :)
Computer Gaming World - Air Combat Summer (cgw.gamespot.com): Great stuff.
Next Generation (www.next-generaion.com): Some nice previews.
The Adrenaline Vault (avault.com): Fine previews. Good for screen shots.
Robin G. Kim's E3 article: Great stuff!
Special mention for those offered little help:
GAMECENTER of C-Net (www.gamecenter.com): Lot's of stuffs, but poor article
titles make that site very difficult to use.
PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com): Too brief.
Sierra (www.sierra.com): Why are they hiding the tech-spec of RB2????
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