PCGH: 26 years of pixel planes/jets

[Fr3ak]

PCGH had a look at the last 26 years of digital planes and jets development.

1982:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/medium/2008/05/1982_Jetset.gif

2006:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/medium/2008/05/2006_IL2sturmovik1946.jpg

Link to the picture gallery:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,642284/Wissen/PCGH_Special_26_Jahre_virtuelle_Fluggeraete/&menu=browser&entity_id=164340&image_id=817164&article_id=642284&mode=article&overview=yes&page=1
(Click the pictures to enlarge them)

Link to the article (German):
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,642284/Wissen/PCGH_Special_26_Jahre_virtuelle_Fluggeraete/

[XS Janus]

Looks about the same.
:D

Those are some cool articles you are posting.
Thanks!

[tiro_uspsss]

could u please state which games the pics come from when u make these threads? :) cheers!

[DarK Nerevar]

I like this kind of comparisons. Good work:yepp:

[Pisu87]

could u please state which games the pics come from when u make these threads? :) cheers!
Just hold your mouse pointer over an image for a second and you get the name of the game.

[takamishanoku]

God i loved Strike Commander! 132 kills all on guns!! What a game, still the best flight sim i've ever played

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/medium/2008/05/1995_Strike_Commander.gif

[BrownTown]

The amazing thing for me is looking back at games I used to play and seeing just how bad the graphics were, in my mind I remember at hte time thinking they looked so realalistic, but then looking back and they are all so crappy looking. Does just go to show you that graphics aren't what make a game fun, I had just as much fun at 256 colors 300x400 resoluton games as I did anything released today. Also kinda makes you think whats gonna be out in 10 years that will make us look back and think that the games we play now look like crap :p.

[largon]

I'm not sure what Magic Carpet (http://www.pcgameshardware.de/&menu=browser&image_id=817193&article_id=642284&page=2&show=original) is doing in this article...
:p:

No F29 Retaliator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F29_Retaliator)?

[RaZz!]

all these screens made me remember the old "pixelated" days :D

i've just thought about a game i played back then, but that isn't in the picture gallery - and i can't seem to remember its name... it was a helicopter/chopper game, it had like 6 colors (green, brown, yellow, grey, white, black lol). you had to do missions in deserts etc... hell, this description sounds like every $rand chopper game lol :(

*edit* i found it :D its name is LHX ATTACK CHOPPER
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/46

hehehee, and it's running under winxp without any issues. LOL! nice :D

[junkun13]

no 2008?

[pitata]

All hale IL2 - sturmovik greatest game of all :bows:

I've probably reinstalled it over 6 times since 2001.

[Bobsama]

I played that Night Hawk: F117A Stealth Fighter game. Old shareware version. Awesome game. :up:

I think I also player F-22 Raptor, or was that F-22 Raptor III? I think it was the latter--my friend from grade school and I tried it a few times.

I definitely played Freespace 2 MANY times--it's my favorite game of all time! Anyone who has played...
it's AWESOME (http://www.hard-light.net/) (<--link)!

They missed Flight Simulator 2000 and 2004, though. Played Flight Simulator X. THey're missing F-16 MRF too...

[largon]

Seeing the pic of Magic Carpet brought back some memories from almost 15 years back...
The sound of wind blowing, chattering of the people below, chime of the mana spheres...

[Dainas]

Lame, Lock On deserved allot more shots than that. The SU25 from LOMAC; Flaming Cliffs deserved it alone.

[Swatrecon_]

I was pissed they didn't have Rogue Sqaudron 2. That game looked better than most on there.

[Ego]

Noobs...
I remember playing (Psilon: Flight Simolator) "game" Published: 1982 on zx spectrum 48K graphics way much better then above

Here's a link
http://www.supplementbuzz.com/video__UTyyps_cCk.html