WWII Air Combat Flight Simulators

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1984 - MicroProse / Sid Meier

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1988 - LucasFilms / Lawrence Holland
The first part in a trilogy of WWII flight simulators released by LucasFilms (now called LucasArts), Battlehawks 1942 focused on key battle in the Pacific theatre. Unlike these days, this game came with a 127-page manual full of photos and historical data on WWII.

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1989 - LucasFilms / Lawrence Holland

1   7  

1990 - LucasFilms / Lawrence Holland

Prelude's rating:

2   6.5  

1991 - Electronic Arts

Prelude's rating:

3   9  

1992 - Dynamix / Damon Slye

Prelude's rating:

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1992 - Dynamix / Damon Slye

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1992 - MicroProse

3   9.7  

1993 - Dynamix / Damon Slye

Prelude's rating:

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1993 - Kesmai

The first online multi-player flight simulator was launched back in 1986 for the Atari ST and Amiga, ran on the GEnie network (internet was not widespread yet), and cost $10/hr to play. In 1993, a PC version with SVGA graphics was released.

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1993 - MicroProse

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1994 - MicroProse

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1994 - Origin Systems

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1994 - Rowan

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1995 - Philips Interactive

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Feb. 1997 - Kesmai

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Nov. 1997 - Kesmai

An update the the world's first online multi-player flight simulator series, AWIII finally upgrades the very basic and much criticized graphics of the earlier games.

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Jun. 1998 - Interactive Magic

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Oct. 1998 - MicroProse

6   6.8  

Nov. 1998 - Microsoft

Prelude's rating:

3   7  

1998 - Electronic Arts

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Jan. 1999 - Eagle Interactive

Luftwaffe had the makings of an interesting, offbeat simulator, but without some serious patching and a complete re-issue, it will remained nearly unplayable.

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Mar. 1999 - ParSoft Interactive

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Oct. 1999 - Psygnosis

Late in the game during a surge of WWII flight sims released in the late 90s, Nations entered a crowded field, offered nothing new to the masses, and its flawed flight model kept the simulation fanatics away.

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1999 - Interactive Magic

Newer version of the online multi-player WWII flight simulator WarBirds. This version simply adds more aircraft a player can control.

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Feb. 2000 - Psygnosis

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Oct. 2000 - Microsoft

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Nov. 2000 - Rowan

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Nov. 2000 - Wayward Design / MicroProse

9   7.8  

Nov. 2001 - 1C Maddox

Prelude's rating:

2   0  

Mar. 2002 - Looking Glass / Mad Doc

Looking Glass spent 2.5 years developing this game, until Electronic Arts pulled funding from it. A deal was reached to have Mad Doc Software finish developing the simulator, and Xicat would publish it.

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Sep. 2002 - iEntertainment Network

This new version of the online Multi-player WWII flight simulator WarBirds adds a lot of graphical and terrain enhancements, more detail to the planes, and an expanded and very detailed offline pilot training academy.

3   6  

Oct. 2002 - Microsoft

6   8.7  

Mar. 2003 - 1C Maddox

Prelude's rating:

4   6  

Nov. 2003 - LucasArts / Lawrence Holland

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Dec. 2003 - Activision

Based on the WarBirds III engine, this simulation funded by The History Channel revolves around the Battle of Britain in 1940.

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Sep. 2004 - Shockwave

This add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 makes it about as real as can possibly get to fly one of the famous WWII heavy bombers.

2   9.5  

Oct. 2004 - 1C Maddox

From the developers that brought out the award winning IL-2 Sturmovik flight sims, Pacific Fighters is based on the same engine and shifts the campaign over to the Pacific theatre. And just like IL-2, it has also generated a massive amount of online modding and communities centered around this sim.

Prelude's rating:

1   0  

Aug. 2005 - Shockwave / A2A Simulations

A re-make of Rowan's Battle of Britain, it entered a small market while most sim fans were busy modding their IL-2 and Pacific Fighters. But due to its historical accuracy, it remains popular among WWII enthusiasts, and won several awards including SimHQ's Best of 2006 award.

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Jun. 2006 - Shockwave

This add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X brings incredible realism to flying many of the famous WWII fighter planes.

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Feb. 2007 - Wild Hare

A modified version of Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory, this game had a lot less focus on realism and more so on arcade-style gameplay for novice players.

3   10  

Mar. 2007 - 1C Maddox
Rather than release new versions, 1C Maddox pushes out new IL-2 releases as compilations. This latest includes all previously released IL-2 games and add-ons, all patches, as well as new aircraft and a 1946 'what-if' scenario complete with all concept prototype aircraft that were on the drawing boards when WWII ended. This DVD compilation also includes Pacific Fighters, a stand-alone game, but needed to take advantage of this simulator's massive online modding community.

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