Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (PC/DOS) 1991, EA

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a flight combat simulation. Fight over 50 missions with Chuck Yeager's advice on your side. You can use the mission builder to create your own missions if the history-based missions don't offer enough challenge. Replay modes let you fast forward and rewind through a recorded battle, including a 3-D "cube" visualization that helps analyze what happened.

[@parkeway]

Came back here to say RIP to one of the world's greatest pilots. Many hours spent playing this one...Godspeed Chuck Yeager.

[@SmarterImpact]

Yup me too. Grew up playing it.

[@Minifly771]

The world lost a hero today

[@Chiraq312boi]

Same.

[@MDevion]

Same!

[@Chaun1998]

o7 C. Yeager! Your cyno is lit pilot

[@MyFavoriteDisease]

Just look at the credits at 0:41... two programmers, two sound guys, one person for graphics and a handful of others. Small teams like this one made entire flight sims back in the day and the results were awesome. Think about MicroProse, Digital Integrations and the likes. The ground-breaking work these people did can't be honored enough.

[@kingkoolkris]

and there was no "day 1 patch". it simply worked

[@RoyalFusilier]

The spirit of small teams doing amazing things in gaming is alive, it's just in the independent sector now ofc.

[@Detroittruckdoctor55]

@@RoyalFusilier DCS is so in depth, it feels like a job lol

[@mennnok]

Yes I was also looking in amazement since I never heard of this game and it was EA. The instruments are working, there is sound feedback, a map, external view camera and it all runs just fine.

[@Cambone13]

What's even more impressive is this game shipped on a SINGLE FLOPPY disk. This much game is insane for that tiny amount of storage.

[@pbmdh]

If I remember back in my younger days, this was a DOS game, and when you started the game you had to enter some information that was inside the game manual, like the wingspan of a b52 bomber, otherwise the game would not start.

[@Mike9201984]

LOL yes!!!

[@theneurochemist5267]

"Copy Protection" at its best

[@Toolsquare]

Yes Right. I remember this point. As a new 10 years old french geek, i've needed a lot of time to understand that but finaly access to hours of fun!!

[@Felamine]

When I was a kid I bought a computer from a garage sale (I remember when Windows 95 came out, people were practically giving their old 486's away for the new Pentium PCs), and it had this game installed in the hard drive. However the game didn't come with the manual. So in order to get around the trivia screen I bought a book: The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. It had specs on almost all of the planes featured in the game. Any time a new trivia question came up, I wrote it down as well as the answer. I kept restarting the game until I was sure I had the answers to most of the questions. Life was hard before the Internet.

Unless you had a cracked version...

[@hurricanedt77]

I played the crap out of this game when I was a kid. 31 now. I think this was the first game I fell in love with. I still watch these video's from time to time just to remember.

[@grainyday]

same here - I was 13-15 year old and studied the manual with pocket dictionary - but I learned everything and was unbeatable :))) loved dogfights with new modern machines.

[@amcdonal86VT]

I am 33 and also played this game a lot. The whole thing brought back so many memories.

[@glennmurray.]

Great memories playing this one🙂👍

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

We used to have contests at work (after work, of course) to see who could land the space shuttle the fastest. I got pretty good at it. My turn just took just a few seconds but I landed it without crashing. It was fun, fun, fun!

[@L3eh123]

I had an old 386 and this brings back the memories 🥲

[@RightCenterBack321]

Who's here after hearing the news Yeager passed away?

[@robertlawry434]

Sure are!

[@MegaShinzero]

Me too

[@86Doza]

"It's a great day for flying!"

[@DeathBlossom867]

I literally hear that in my head every time I walk outside on a calm spring day with clear skies.

[@Ronald-ui7ii]

@@DeathBlossom867 haha me to

[@Mike9201984]

"You bought the farm."

[@Finaldecay]

This honestly was my favorite gaming experience for a long time and I had one mission on it that I think I will remember for the rest of my life. I did a mission and I don't remember the plane I was flying but it was a WWII sim. I had a lot of enemies and it was really an intense dog fight. Some where in the middle of the dog fight I got shot by two rounds from the gun of an enemy fighter and I remember that there were two gun holes in the glass of my cockpit. I struggled but in the end shot every plane down. I was trying find the airport but I think I was running out of fuel so I landed in the grass and before I could celebrate my pilot bleed to death! I was blown a way at the emotions I had because I had struggled so hard to win that battle and I won, and I landed safely and yet I still died... I remember just sitting there, I took a deep breath and said, well at least I killed some Nazis before I died. It was an amazing experience. What a game!

[@NeilNadelman]

Had to look this game up after hearing the news of Chuck Yeager's passing today.

[@kevinbarber1361]

True classic game from my childhood, I played this game for hours, bet I still got this and Tornado somewhere in the attic

[@miniaturesandstuff5209]

I played this game when I was about 8 (1994), and I was so impressed by it. I only ever flew the F4 Phantom, and this is the game that taught me the phrase "There's always next time..." 😁

[@mauriziomorri9553]

Same thing here and same age! I remember the mission in which you had to shot down bombers during WW2 - I even made myself a paper passport with my name and written “Bomber Ace” , so many memories with this game!

[@canman87]

I used to play the absolute hell out of this in the early 90s. The sights and sounds are just like I remember them, lol. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@richtaylor6039]

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat was my fave air combat game of all time along side Gunship 2000 for when I wanted to fly Helios 😀

[@MikeyFire]

It’s because of this game that I have had to change my y-axis to inverted on every video game, for the last 30 years.

[@BolianAdmiral]

Thanks for posting this! I used to play head-to-head matches every day with my teacher during the lunch hour in high school! I have the game on my old Mac still installed! Great memories!

[@jaredkaye3669]

I use to play this game. It would record 10 minutes of your flight for playback. The game came with an awesome book with more information on the planes. I also played a car game called stuntz.

[@Paganitzu]

Stuntz was awesome. Chuck Yeager, Stuntz, and Wolfenstein 3D that was my childhood.

[@coogelbahn]

Stuntz? In german it was "Stunts", in Original "4D Sports Driving" - horrible on a Intel 286 ;-)

[@danjohnston3422]

"There I was in my F4 Phantom at 30,000 feet when I jumped five ME163's and five ME 163's and five ME163's. The guys in those planes were excellent." Good times. :)

[@tiporari]

You win! Loved doing that sort of stuff. That and blasting friendly bombers with unlimited missiles.

[@Zehnuss]

Laughing my ass off what good memories

[@adaniel2224]

I forgot you could make missions!!

[@GZA036]

It's such a cool and clever way to set up scenarios. Let's use "old fighter pilot war story" as our device for the mission generator lmao

[@spearPYN]

This one blew my mind back in the day... now we got BMS and DCS.

[@TakumiFujiwara80]

i remember how much i play with these game. My greatest satisfaction was stalled the plane with nose up, then full burner while capt. tomb and mig 17 pass under my plane .... it feels so much randy cunningham , i always watch the replay too many times and patting myself ("well maybe i don't have to say, but i made a dawn good manouver to make the more agile mig17 pass in front of me).

[@TheCivildecay]

man this brings back memories!

[@raymondyee2008]

Memories indeed this game was part of how I got into liking PC air combat games when I was young.

[@spladam3845]

It's strange to see the game running so smoothly.

[@CraigDirty]

this game was groundbreaking for 1991

[@Flying_Acehole]

and underrated

[@Jared.rock138]

One of the games I played as a child. Oh the nostalgia. Thank you for posting

[@1teamski]

Ahhh yes! My go-to game for a long time. This was groundbreaking and downright fun!

[@tgrkiller]

I remember plaything this game all those years ago, never forgot Chuck his name after that. The game was awesome. RIP Chuck, may you always fly high.

[@ycfong759]

One of the games I played often back then. RIP.

[@johnhersom6002]

My god, this brought back so many memories from my childhood. I played so many hours of this game as a child. Thanks for sharing

[@CousinHubertRetrogaming]

I cam here to pay an hommage to Mr Yeager who passed out today. He will be missed. godspeed .

[@Otokichi786]

I remember playing this game on a 80386SX desktop, usually flying World War II missions. It's a giant leap to IL-2 Sturmovik, which makes Chuck Yeager's Air combat look/sound like Pong by comparison.

[@RoyalFusilier]

Oh hey, it's literally my childhood. Thanks for this.

[@tiporari]

What a fantastic game this was. One of my all time favorites. All on a 1.44mb floppy too. So many hours spent on it.

[@Cambone13]

It blows my mind they got this whole game onto a single floppy.

[@Paganitzu]

I spent hours playing this game when I was young. I never had a joystick so I learned to place with a dodgy trackball mouse.

[@MightyGreedo]

I played with only my feet!

[@timesnewlogan2032]

My father talks about playing this game, back in the day. Apparently, you could shoot enemy pilots if they bailed out, and he would say "You might want to see someone about that."

[@fighterace2688]

Great sound when the B-17 explodes

[@anthonyabrew2225]

As a 23 year old who plays the heck out of modern flight games like war thunder, this game is quite impressive and I would probably even play it for a good amount of time today. I am shocked this was available in 1991

[@archieohare]

320x200 pixels were enough for everything.

[@dronemoodbr]

R.I.P. Chucky...

[@milgeekmedia]

Spent long hours on this with my Apple Mac Performer 600 - when I was supposed to be completing design assignments for university! ...I still passed! Brilliant game.

[@2345allthebest]

I owned this game. I remember trying to update it once with a 2.3 MEGABYTE file. It took about 6 hours on a Hayes 2400 baud modem

[@ronaldwatson1951]

You brought back some great memories, I truly enjoyed this game. Good video

[@gaguy1967]

an awesome game. I had it back in the 1990s

[@EssentialXIII]

Dude, what a trip. I played SO much of this game as a child. The sound of the engine idling at takeoff seriously took me back. Cheers for that. :)

[@Adamthome1]

Insane to see it again after about 30 years......I have no desire to play again, haha, thanks for sharing

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

RIP Chuck Yeager, you were The Fastest Man Alive.

[@djrocc-jamaica3527]

I loved this game, felt really realistic, like you were actually airborne!

[@joo9750]

It looks and sounds so real. Thanks Chuck!

[@s4cells4cell7]

Godspeed chuck.... rest in peace

[@popov07]

Rip today for Chuck Yeager !

[@ravengaming4143]

These graphics look good to me.

[@mrorange159]

Ah this game takes me back to when i was a kid. I would play this for hours. I remember enjoying flying as high in to the sky as I could with the jet fighter planes and then soaring downward until my wings broke off off XD so much fun

[@GZA036]

This game was so awesome. The copy protection required you to answer random questions about airplane specs. "What was the service ceiling of the ME-262?"

[@Fooney1]

This game is still better than modern flight games. It had interesting missions. Things like surviving and making it home mattered and were fun.

[@Crunch104]

RIP Yeager! Lots of inspiration from a true hero!

[@tomasrosenberg3430]

OMG!! I loved this game! :D So many memories...

[@lancervi1762]

Absolutely loved this game!

[@MrWilliam8004]

My favorite flying game. It even fit on a 3 1/4 floppy.

[@MrWilliam8004]

@wlod nat it's been a long time.

[@VenomShadows305]

That's honestly pretty impressive for '91. I would've thought this was somewhere closer to 96-98.

[@kentleinbach2146]

LOVED this in the day. I couldn't believe how realistic the simulator was. The clouds were amazing! It was a leap forward. How times change..... RIP Chuck.

[@ithinkihadeight]

RIP Chuck

[@chrisfit]

The first pc game I ever played. Thanks!

[@tomasauren918]

I remember this game well, thank you.

[@Martin-mz9ne]

Good old days. I spend so many hours playing this game. It was one of the best back then.

[@aseventura8976]

Man, I remember looking through the back of the book to find the answer to the question so I could start the game, then spending hours shooting planes down by myself in my bedroom when I was like 7 years old.... This brings back sooo many memories

[@XRPcop]

Wow did that just bring back so many core memories from when I was 11. I played this game for HOURS a day while my dad was still in the Marines. He had to go on base all day so this was the first thing I did when I woke up. This and Doom. The sounds when the game loads. It brought back the memories instantly to the front of my brain.

[@ChrisTingom]

Loved this game as a kid.

[@Bunnybun177]

Thanks for the memories RIP

[@MatadorMedia]

holy shit i used to play this game for hours. forgot about it until today. thank you.

[@Nuculer9001]

I totally loved this game!

[@derringerbow6414]

Man this brings back memories. Hell of a great game for it’s time. And educational

[@mirkovic]

Back when it was first published, graphics were cutting edge!

[@TPSTraining]

Loved this Game as a kid! 36 now!

[@blacksunapocalypse]

I remember flying in the 3rd person view at takeoff, turning, and driving off over the land in to the horizon while the camera stayed in position... Then I got lost and couldn't figure out how to change the camera angle.

[@OzFeralFlattener]

blacksunapocalypse I used to do the exact same thing! Lost count how many times i purposely drove into the mountains just to watch the amazing crash effects :D

[@lsk-nf7um]

First game I ever used with my sound blaster. It definitely puts a smile on my face. i486DX2-66 8MB RAM Sound Blaster 2.0 MS-DOS 5.0👍

[@jlefave100]

Godspeed Sir.

[@HALEdigitalARTS]

My brother got a Leading Edge 486 when we were in college and this came bundled with it. We played the heck out of this, later Wolf3D, and finally Doom when it came out. Easily shaved half a point off our GPAs...

[@16jan1986]

I love this game a big part of my childhood

[@greenmarin3]

Oh man. Played this for countless hours as a kid. For some reason I recall the graphics being lifelike haha. Nostalgia goggles.

[@briansweet8904]

As soon as you choose the MiG-21, I knew you were a cool guy. Did you ever play SU-25 Sturmovik?

[@thriftweeds]

+Brian Sweet Haha thanks, yes i remember playing it not much but yes, in around 1990-92? was the last time... and LHX Attack Chopper too! :) and i didnt remember the controls well, like for instance how to lock and fire AA missiles

[@steveos111]

This game was fantastic. Massive nostalgia seeing this again..... probably haven't seen it since 95 at least

[@lordflashheart3680]

The one the only CYAC! “It’s a great day for flying”. Man I spent some hours playing this! 😊 Edit: It also had by far the best flight model of the time.

[@AllboroLCD]

I got this game and a Gravis joystick (basic black 2 button) for xmas 1993. Many hours just crashing planes : D The stick also came with a commander keen disk too, double score that year! I wasnt allowed a console game system when I was little. Early entry to PC master race by default!

[@mcd3424]

Reddit told me about this game. Came to pay my respects. F

[@Audiomancer]

I had the flight trainer when I was a kid, good times. I liked it when it would show Yeager's face, and then you would read....You just dug a hole halfway to China....Nice auger job...You bought the farm on that one. Good stuff:)

[@glennmurray.]

RIP Chuck You were one hell of test pilot in your days.

[@TheNightRider_A320]

Rest in peace Chuck Yeager!!!!

[@ARKHAMxMaverick]

RIP Sir! I used to love this game.

[@Titch58]

RIP Chuck - I used to play this game a lot on my Mac Performa 630. What a machine to have many hours on this game, Check 6!

[@compmanio36]

Never played this on PC but we had this game in our computer lab at school, and played the heck out of it over Appletalk on our Macs

[@chrisconsorte7893]

RIP Chuck Yeager!!!

[@vermin1970]

bought this, could never get it to work on my old PC. :-) Here I am checking it out 30 years later lol.

[@asddsa7976]

Wow, this game looks very good for a game relised back in 1991.

[@compljnk]

RIP Chuck Yeager.

[@cegp9942]

Как же это было круто в то время! Thanks.

[@angrywalrus6523]

Ceg

[@martinda7446]

Now this looks extremely playable and authentic...Gonna find a way to play it...

[@my737simulator]

RIP General Yeager. :(

[@chungboto]

The first computer game I loved

[@particles343]

I would play this game for hours.

[@blueskys6265]

Finally bought the farm on that one!!!

[@Anenome5]

Omg, this was the perfect flight sim. I'm still disappointed that modern sims don't play like this one!