Chuck Yeager's Air Combat

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1991)

Genres:Simulator
Story:50 accurate historic missions. Become an ace in one day like Yeager in World War II, fight Sabres high over the Yalu River in Korea, fly in the biggest air battle of Vietnam. Korean War. Jet aircraft dominate the skies. Tactical updates on call. You have a Sabre in your sights, but is he alone? Info windows give you critical data on enemy locations, plane performance, even your opponent's next move. Missiles make their first deadly mark. Accurate flight dynamics. Faster speeds and greater Gs put your pilot skills to the test. Gunning fighters over Germany was hard, but a missile lock at Mach 1 is a whole different ballgame.Show more
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This is a classic retro sim and one I spent many hours on as a kid. You play through 3 campaigns spanning through 3 different eras of air combat. There is also the custom mission editor for all sorts of scenarios. Do you want to try to shoot down a Mig 21 in an old P-51 Mustang? You can in the mission editor. The game can also be scaled to any difficulty level you want from invincibility and unlimited ammo, to a real challenge if you want. This game should have been on GOG years ago, it very much fits the description of a Good Old Game!
user avatar@4ng3luser avatar@4ng3l
January 31, 2025
Sure, graphics are dated and there are few planes, but I have put on this tons of hours. I had the original and for me this is one of the very best, non arcade, simulator. It includes a mission editor and you could activate some tricks like unlimited ammo, easy aiming, invulnerability or easy landing. I can remind still the voice of Chuck Yeager saying some tips prior to begin a mission, like "Remember, the first is the man, and then the machine".
user avatar@DerekJR321user avatar@DerekJR321
January 31, 2025
This was the very first game i got for PC. I got a 286 12mhz PC with a whopping 4mb of ram and a 40mb hard drive. I put in many many hours playing this game. My favorite aspect was setting up your own missions. I would set up huge flights of bombers and attack them over and over. This game is an absolute classic and while its "quaint" compared to modern sim games, its still incredibly fun.
user avatar@Lister108user avatar@Lister108
March 20, 2025
My family got the CD for this game as part of a Greatest Hits for Mac collection one Christmas. It went with our recently bought Power Macintosh 6100. Apple famously didn't have many games for it in the 90s, so we were happy get a variety that also included classics like Syndicate or obscure ones like Absolute Zero and The Labyrinth of Time. It was a great flight sim and the only game I remember my dad ever playing a lot on the computer.
user avatar@jason_c_ouser avatar@jason_c_o
April 20, 2025
For some reason this was available on our computer lab in elementary school. We were running old Macs, with Apple At Ease, and this was among the games installed among the usual suspects like Oregon Trail and Number Muncher. It stood out as one of the only 3d games available, and it was fun!
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