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I still have my Flanker 1&2 cd's for old times sake, I'd love to find an app so I can install them on my Windows 7 64 bit system. That Papa Doc image brings back memories of the 'heated' debates that used to rage on the comp.sys.ibm.pc-games.flight-sim newsgroup over which sim was better between Falcon and Flanker fans :)

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Flanker 1 and 2 CD's are still on my shelf next to Black Shark and Flaming cliffs DVD's. And they will remain there for quiet some time. Legends never die...

 

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"See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89.

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I was one of those guys who refused to install W95 and was therefor stuck with the Flanker 1.0 DOS_demo for months... until I couldn't wait any longer and had to join the Dark Side...

 

Flame wars on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flightsim. EF2000 vs Flanker... no contest, really :). Endless discussion on shaded polygons vs textured graphics.

 

Good times at the Big Bear meet in Apeldoorn, Holland... Sheesh...almost 20 years ago...

"It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..."

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Flame wars on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flightsim. EF2000 vs Flanker... no contest, really :). Endless discussion on shaded polygons vs textured graphics.

 

Yeah we didn't need them fancy schmancy textured polygons, they will never catch on :lol:

 

Maybe one day we could get a 'legacy mode' for DCS World, just coloured polygons, no textures just for old times sake :D

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Maybe one day we could get a 'legacy mode' for DCS World, just coloured polygons, no textures just for old times sake :D

 

You mean this? :lol:

 

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I was one of those guys who refused to install W95 and was therefor stuck with the Flanker 1.0 DOS_demo for months... until I couldn't wait any longer and had to join the Dark Side...

 

Flame wars on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flightsim. EF2000 vs Flanker... no contest, really :). Endless discussion on shaded polygons vs textured graphics.

 

Good times at the Big Bear meet in Apeldoorn, Holland... Sheesh...almost 20 years ago...

Captain Chaos!

 

Hi Bas! What a fantastic time we had in Apeldoorn! I hope all is well!

 

Another blast from the past: Big Bear 1998... http://www.combatsim.com/review.php?id=432


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Missed flanker 1 and 2 somehow, I was playing Falcon 3 at the time even though it looked much more dated than Flanker.

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My box looks slightly different from the images posted above, but I guess the content is the same.

 

It's a thing of beauty :D

Sure is! Probably the difference is North American and European retail versions.

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Missed flanker 1 and 2 somehow, I was playing Falcon 3 at the time even though it looked much more dated than Flanker.

I never flew F3... my first PC was a win 95 box and the first software I put on it was Su-27.

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The interlacing flicker in that video gave me a headache..

 

lol, Boot Disk coding took longer than game installs.


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I never flew F3... my first PC was a win 95 box and the first software I put on it was Su-27.

 

I was on DOS 6 till 1997. :D

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My box looks slightly different from the images posted above, but I guess the content is the same.

 

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It's a thing of beauty :D

 

Yes that's the box I had, must have been the European release box cover-art.

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Flanker 1.0 was a thrilling experience. I still remember the first mission, where you flew along the costline for 10 minutes at 10 m height, then the jump over the hill, where the hell broke loose. You had only seconds to escape back over this hill - within that time you had to strike three radar stations ... good old times :)

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If you guys want nostalgia from the last 10 years...watch this:

 

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I remember seeing this in my grade 12 high school and I lost my mind...was blown away by the graphics. What a huge difference it is compared to FC3...but at the same time...look at how similar the terrain is.

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What times when we were flying Flanker 1.0 and watching the famous Anatoly Kvochur videos that came with the CD:

 

 

In the times of Flanker 2.0 we were dreaming to have this graphics, now we are well above it:

 

 

And I would like to have this music back as intro theme :D (Ok, Ok I'm exaggerating):

 

Roberto "Vibora" Seoane

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