Classic Personal Computer (PC) Games

I’m back to give you another review on F-19 Stealth Fighter. This is a game produced by MicroProse Software, Inc. and was co-designed by the famous Sid Meier. A first person flight simulation for PC that actually is like the real thing. What I meant by the real thing is like a [...]

Wing Commander is a first person flight simulation shooting game. With a science fiction story line and scenes, Galaga fanatics willbe jumping right into its cockpit and fly.
 
The intro movie of this game is quite good for its genre. It makes youfeel like watching old movies like Star Wars. Journeys into spacewith all kinds of [...]

Test Drive is perhaps the longest running driving simulation franchise in the history of computer gaming. The first version came out in 1987 and the most recent game bearing the name was released last 2006. “Standard” game play options in current games such as being chased by police, playing a radio, and getting to use [...]

Very well executed helicopter simulator. This game featured 4 helicopters that the player can use on varied missions:

AH-64A Apache Gunship – Attack helicopter with tons of firepower
UH-60 Blackhawk – Gunship/Cargo/Passenger Helicopter which replaced the venerable Huey of the Vietam War.
V-22 Osprey – Just recently in service Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft..converts from a helicopter to [...]

Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat is a 1991 computer aircraft simulation game produced by Electronic Arts. Chuck Yeager’s name appears since he was a technical consultant in the game and his digitized voice is featured in the game, giving encouragement and praises before and after missions.
The game is characterized for its good balance of an action [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:Headroom
GAME PUBLISHER:Mixx Entertainment
Copyright 1997, Headroom
Graduation is a great “life sim” from Japan that is almost as good as Princess Maker 2, although it is far less known in the West. The English translation is quite horrible, but at least there are few grammatical errors, and the [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Kirk Ewing
GAME DEVELOPER:Traffic Management
GAME PUBLISHER:Traffic Management
Copyright 2004, Traffic Management
No doubt one of the most controversial games ever made, JFK Reloaded is a shareware game made by a Scottish company called Traffic Management that lets you recreate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Released on the 41st [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:P.F. Magic
GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape
Copyright 1996, P.F. Magic
One of the best and most underrated “virtual pet” programs ever made, Oddballz is a great program that deserves much more notice. Description from HOTU contributor David J. and a comprehensive review at MacNN says it all about this underdog:
“P.F. Magic [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:BAO Ltd.
GAME PUBLISHER:Microsoft
Copyright 1995, BAO Ltd.
BAO’s Flight Simulator Flight Shop (FSFS) is a great add-on for Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 5.1 that not only ‘fixes’ many bugs and incomplete features in the original release (such as blocky coastlines and ATC features), but allows you to create custom [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Jeffrey Ventrella
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2003, Jeffrey Ventrella
Gene Pool is a very cool artificial life simulation from Jeffrey Ventrella, designer of Darwin Pond which was reviewed earlier on this site. The blurb on the designer’s official game page says it all:
“Gene Pool is an artificial life simulation in [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Mr. Chubigans
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2004, Mr. Chubigans
The Sandbox of God is a fun “god simulation” from Mr. Chubigans that is inspired by Grow, a fun on-line Flash game coded by Japanese group EYEZMAZE, although Mr. Chubigans curiously chose not to credit this inspiration in the README [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Brad Wardell
GAME DEVELOPER:Stardock Systems
GAME PUBLISHER:UBI Soft
Copyright 2004, Stardock Systems
The Political Machine is a fun 2004 US election simulation from Brad Wardell/Stardock Systems, makers of excellent underdogs like Galactic Civilization and Entrepreneur. Using a modified version of the engine that underlies our HOBF inductee The Corporate Machine, Stardock [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:Maxis
GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts
Copyright 1998, Maxis
Yet another entry in Maxis’ popular “Sim…” series, SimSafari is a fun game for kids that let you build your own park and camp area, populating them with animals of your choice.
As befits a game designed primarily for kids, SimSafari is very [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Soji Yamakawa
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2004, Soji Yamakawa
Fans of diehard flightsims should stop reading about now, this is not the game for you. However, those wishing more entertainment than realism might be interested in YS Flight, CaptainYS’s ambitious project.
As the game features both civilian and military airplanes, it [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:Graphic Simulation
GAME PUBLISHER:Graphic Simulation
Copyright 1997, Graphic Simulation
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 is Graphic Simulation Corp (GSC)’s first flight sim released on PC, and it is a very realistic and highly underrated sim. Jim Pedicord’s review for CD Mag explains why die-hard armchair pilots should take a look:
“Every so [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Gilman Louie
GAME DEVELOPER:MicroProse
GAME PUBLISHER:Hasbro
Copyright 1998, G2 Interactive
Arguably THE most realistic flight simulation ever created, Falcon 4.0 suffers many bugs at the time of release, but fortunately thanks to a “leaked” source code in 2000, the game is now being actively updated and improved by many groups of [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Allan Kirkeby
GAME DEVELOPER:InterActive Vision
GAME PUBLISHER:InterActive Vision
Copyright 1997, InterActive Vision
Search and Rescue is a fun helicopter simulation offering a variety of mission type that is not commonly depicted in games: rescue operations. Billed ambitiously as “the greatest and most realistic helicopter flight sim ever!”, the game does not [...]

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GAME DESIGNER:Rick Rashids
GAME DEVELOPER:Microsoft
GAME PUBLISHER:Microsoft
Copyright 2000, Microsoft
Allegiance is a superb and innovative massively multiplayer space combat simulation from Microsoft that pushes the genre’s envelope in many areas. In contrast to most multiplayer space combat games, Allegiance stresses the importance of team-based decisions and strategies than mere reflexes. This [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:Graphic Simulation
GAME PUBLISHER:Empire Interactive
Copyright 1997, Graphic Simulation
F/A-18 Korea is an ultra-realistic flight simulation that deserves much more notice than it received. The comprehensive review at GameSpot says it all about this underdog that rivals Falcon 3.0 in breadth and depth:
“As you’ve no doubt surmised, F/A-18 Korea [...]

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GAME DEVELOPER:Advanced Productions
GAME PUBLISHER:Advanced Productions
Copyright 1997, Advanced Productions
Fading Footsteps is a very little-known “wolf simulation” along similar lines as Sanctuary Wood’s Wolf, but is a much inferior game (and therefore somewhat deserving of its obscurity status). Billed as one entry in a short-lived series of computer games [...]