Military Simulation Games that Made me Join the Army - 90's GAMES ROCKED!

A big part of my childhood was enjoying military roleplay and simulation games from the big contenders for the times which were"
Mircoprose
Novalogic
Janes
These three games manufacturers helped define the interest and love for military hardware and equipment and it gave me goosebumps on the back of my neck as a young boy playing these games. Not only enjoying them for fun, but learning about how weapons, aircraft, ships and tanks worked. The games taught me a lot and allowed me to join the army with a keen interest in guns. I saw a F-22 fly when I was a young kid with my dad at the Duxford airshow (I think it was there) and loved knowing I could see the jet I watched fly in the game by Novalogic. But what really defined my love for tanks was Armored Fist 2 and 3! What incredible games for their time. R.I.P Novalogic! you are missed.
Ironically Microprose is coming back into the forefront again which is nice to see!
Enjoy the games! Let me know if you played any of them back in the day!
Hope you enjoy!!
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[@_Matsimus_]

What was you favourite childhood military game when you grew up? Did you have any fond memories of these games? Let me know your thoughts!

[@pyeitme508]

Metal Gear Solid😂

[@treebush]

Metal Gear Solid series, World in Conflict, Company of Heroes, Red Alert 1 and 2 and this old flight sim in the 90s with an a10 warthog

[@Buzzle.]

War Thunder, its giving me the will to fight and watch real russian tanks join the Sputnik program.

[@jk7504]

Generals Zero Hour

[@ibnewton8951]

I’m really old and for those that can remember it was DOOM played on MS-DOS and was thoroughly enjoyed. Those Nazi’s were bitchin’😅

[@CCRipberger]

I loved the "Command and Conquer" games. Namely, "Red Alert" and "Generals."

[@facu_dica1146]

Go to sleep sarge, it's 1 in the morning 😂

[@Hybris51129]

The Command and Conquer series and Silent Hunter submarine games really helped solidified my interest in military history and hardware.

[@SirBeaverHUN]

The Delta Force 2 intro is always going to be my favourite. It doesn't have too much to do with the game itself, but it was still the first ever military game I played that got me hooked onto the series which led to the Arma series.

[@fwfs]

Oh, the nostalgia! All those video game series like Rainbow Six, Comanche, Silent Hunter, F-22 Lightning II, Operation Flashpoint, Ghost Recon, and even Splinter Cell. Those 90s to early-2000s games similarly defined my passion for things military and military history. Of course, they all look very simplistic nowadays, but our kid brains thought it was all special operations, dogfights, tank battles, submarine warfare, and high speed, low drag, stuff. Then you grow up...and some realize that it's not about the cool stuff you see in movies or video games, but there's something higher than yourself to be served. Service comes in many forms (not all of them military), but we're indebted to those who put others before themselves.

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

YES. Janes Combat simulations. I miss that series. They just dont make games like those anymore.

[@gOtze1337]

Novoalogic was the best in the late 90's, Delta FOrce and Armored FIst

[@infamousfalcon588]

I've played all of these except for Sudden Strike and B17: The Mighty Eighth. I would add M1 Tank Platoon 2 there as well!

[@direwolfgaming4905]

God i remember getting the Delta Force Black Hawk Down game when I was a kid! The game was a masterpiece!

[@shaider1982]

Falcon 4.0's setting suddenly becomes so relevant. Ahh, Rogue Spear, brings back memories.

[@JohnSmith-jj2yd]

This brought a smile to my now grey-bearded face. Played so many of those. Stand out memories for me were Jane's F-15, Israeli Air Force, USNF 97, Jane's 688i and Sub Command, European Air War, il-2, Rogue Spear, OG Ghost Recon, SWAT 3, Silent Hunter, commandos... I could go on... I still never forget the first time I saw the box for Jane's Longbow in a store and realised you could actually play a game where you could fly these birds, blew my mind, but didn't get a PC for another three long long years...

[@coderider3022]

Loved Jane’s IAF and USAF ! Doing LGB missions were cool . Have have fleet command even now ! Rainbow six, making my own missions and go codes etc.

[@RonLWilson]

For me I played and still play mostly hex based table top wargames such as Advanced Squad Leader, Panzer Grenadier, The Last Hundred Yards, etc. plus a lot of John Tiller operational level computer games.

[@penial_smasher_500]

I was born just after most of these came out, wish i got to experience them when they were brand new

[@mr-huggy]

All these games from the 90's and 2000's form the likes of Novalogic and now we have the like's of DCS, Arma, War Thunder etc etc continuing in the tradition.

[@grahamtotte7133]

Battlefield 1942!! The graphics might not be as slick as the modern iterations of this game but it is superior in other ways.

[@LittleMakwa]

I loved the og call of duty 3. It started my CAF journey as it was one of the only games I had were you could play as the Canadians. good times.

[@AverageGamerStoner]

Police Quest : SWAT 2, GoldenEye 007, Rainbow 6, Metal Gear Solid, and also Command & Conquer : Red Alert 2 absolutely ooze nostalgia, to name a couple.

[@pyroshilov8474]

I adore that this vid is just a comp of intros/trailers for great games of the time. super stoked to see R6 Rogue Spear on the list. that game alongside Urban Operations and eventually even the console based R6 Lockdown solidified my adoration for Tac/Milsim shooters and even inspired projects in the work god damn i miss the Original Rainbow Six. i was lucky enough to find install files online and through some know-how, get it running (almost) perfectly and the sheer nostalgia wave is overwhelming. the Museum rescue, the oil ship, just perfect

[@MrTea221]

I remember my kid brain thinking I had to hide the game manuals to the JANES sims so that classified info wouldn't fall into enemy hands

[@heavyassaultcollectables1731]

You know what made me join the Military, the Movie "Stripes " with Bill Murray. It wasn't anything like the movie.

[@ughettapbacon]

I still own and have played Fleet command in the last 2 weeks

[@kkang2828]

I'm Gen Z, so I missed that first golden age of military simulation. Thankfully though, it seems the genre is heading into a second golden age in the 2020s, with many games of the 90s and 00s getting or set to get a reboot/sequel/spiritual successor.

[@thundermonkey5640]

It was these games and the commanche gold plus jane f15 that made my childhood. I wish I could play them again

[@Windows11Official]

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 1 & 2, Ace Combat 2 & 3 are my childhood, although I suck at them

[@matdyke5046]

I apologize for so many posts, but this is reliving the best parts of my childhood and teenage years! I was so into the Jane’s flight sims i worked all summer to buy the thrustmaster HOTAS combo for $350 😂

[@garrettflaherty5440]

God the third one with James brought me back with the book

[@georgiabowhunter]

The game M1 Tank Platoon and the book Team Yankee are the reasons I became an Abram’s tanker.

[@meinfaustkampf8221]

Hell yes, classic stuff.

[@catmus1506]

OFP…. Brilliant. I got it from GOG last year. Loved playing this game when I was “younger”.😊

[@redrum707monkey]

glad to see some one else played the same games as i did growing up 😎👍 Janes made great sim games back then they only do Mil-Info nowadays.

[@455cui]

f-22 lightning 2, usaf, op flashpoint, ghost recon, splinter cell, vietcong

[@StuSaville]

SSI's Steel Panthers series, the Chris Roberts game Strike Commander and Team Yankee

[@christianpethukov8155]

I had Steel Panthers 2, with modern warfare. Like playing miniatures on a screen.

[@jamesgornall5731]

But then, in early Summer 2001, "Operation: Flashpoint" appeared on the scene, and nothing would ever be the same again

[@chimpzorz]

Command & Conquer on Saga Saturn is what got me into gaming. all the C&C games, MoH allied assault, return to castle wolfenstein, CoD 1 & 2, total war games mainly shogun and Rome gave me a love of military history. and World in conflict, probably one of the most underrated RTS games on all time

[@matdyke5046]

All the Jane’s simulation games were my go to for years!

[@Tomek1001]

Gunship 2000 - spend countless hours on it in early 90's. Commodore Amiga (A500 and A1200). Best helicopter sim ever!

[@wnose]

The finest military game I ever played was something called Natural Selection 2, a futuristic FPS. Now about 10 years old. It was really 2 games in one: you could play the FPS side as a soldier or an alien. The objective of the game was to seize and hold territory. The other half of the game was playing as commander. You had a top down perspective and had to devise strategies, coordinate plans and react to events IN REAL TIME. Communication was vital for success. It's one of the few games where you could experience the "commander's crisis" - when the whole team is looking at you for leadership and orders. This is what I meant by the "commander's crisis" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXrUgWisnZZomdE

[@PytonPagom]

Canon fodder, LockOn and OPF - nothing can beat the fun and feelings from those times !

[@baileygregory9192]

Just think of it, an entire generation of recruits who got inspired to join from playing warthunder and wanting to see irl tank manuals lol

[@ChristopherSloane]

Played many of these

[@jdenoe69]

Gunship 2000 is the king and always be king of helicopter flight simulations.

[@kimjongoof5000]

My inspiration for wanting to join the army was a North Korean cartoon called "Squirrel And Hedgehog", which is a more violent furry animal version of GI Joe. I chickened out at the last minute, because I didn't want to live far from home nor wake up at 4 in the morning every day. That, and my grandpa was in the Chinese navy and my cousin in the Chinese PLA and I wanted to follow their footsteps at first

[@TheOriginalJAX]

Didn't own a PC in the 90's so didn't get to play sims much really, Played Rainbow Six on PlayStation and bunch of other stuff but nothing listed here but cool nice to see you have a bit of nostalgia for that time if nothing else. Personally I like to pretend like the 90's was a figment of my imagination but that's me.

[@potatoman5742]

Mine was Army Men series, those green plastic men made me jump into military histories.

[@gclinster]

I remember most of these. This is a great compilation!

[@fireline4765]

Ghost recon ( the first one) Black hawk down A Vietnam War game whose name escapes me.

[@treadheadpete4770]

Sudden Strike and Command and Conquer were great games!

[@Marinealver]

and that is how you make Life Altering Mistakes classic Rainbow6 was the best. I'd still take Rogue Spear over Siege

[@deforesttappan6478]

One if not two of the games you mentioned in the video! The other are first time for me!! As for games I enjoyed! COD up to Advanced Warfare two of the Rainbow Six games Command and Conquer series well most of them along with some Sci-fi base games too. Oh and some games that will never be released don't ask!

[@MeMe-ph1wd]

Childhood era 1970-1988, We had 1980's Commodore Vic 20, some arcade games.

[@Spidyy]

F-22 Lightning 2 and Sudden Strike marked me. And of course Operation Flashpoint! I would add Hidden and Dangerous to the list. :]

[@cheesebottle2844]

I told my military recruiter war thunder made me join! Can't wait until he calls me back.

[@nickc7320]

The thumb nail was a flashback to my childhood

[@christianpethukov8155]

Perusing the comments, I see no one has mentioned Jane's Navy Fighters or Fighters Anthology!

[@jeremy4800]

The movie Star Ship Troopers made me join

[@AlexSDU]

I've played some of these games. And some I cannot play because they were not available in my city/country, or my PC lack the capability to play them. My 1995's NEC Powermate computer was running on Windows 3.1.1 with 486 processor, not even a Pentium 1 processor. Hearing their themes sure bring back nostalgia. Too bad I didn't see any SSI brand games in the video. I've played a lot of their games, like Panzer General, Allies General, Fantasy General, Steel Panther series and Silent Hunter.

[@mikepembo8297]

I never joined but loved Falcon 4.0 Delta force 2 Top gun fire at will Desert and jungle strike (Amiga I think) Rainbow 6: rogue spear Jane's fleet command The Falcon game I'd spent most of my childhood on. Wasn't a healthy kid and spent a lot of time inside - this game kept me from boredom 🤣 Edit, I commented before finishing the video and pleased to see some of my favourites in there! Game devs don't probably realise the reach of their work and how it's left an indelible positive mark on a generation.

[@tonikaihola5408]

Falcon 4 manual was a tome! Loved learning all that 🎉

[@mikepembo8297]

@@tonikaihola5408 Honestly I preferred reading that manual than studying for GCSEs :D Same as MS Flight Sim. I had different charts for the airports and practically memorised the taxiways, runway #s, elevations etc. Wish I could go back to those days.

[@SteelbeastsCavalry]

Hell.... YEAH!

[@jklappenbach]

Ahhh, those midi flutes.

[@dubuyajay9964]

The intro to the first game hits differently due to...recent events. Edit: And 22:45 and 23:51.

[@Jason-fm4my]

Tom Clancy's SSN for me.

[@HeinrichVenter88]

Wow yeah lots of nostalgia, although didn't have a pc with the requirements for the flight sims I do remember Sudden Strike and the Command and Conquer series from the late 90's, also the Delta Force series..."simpler" times

[@tonikaihola5408]

Falcon 4 Su-27 C & C + Red Alert Rainbow Six Delta Force Comanche Longbow F15 Strike Eagle

[@spectreandromedus8661]

Really hoping that Micro Prose remasters Gunship after the Mighty 8th reboot. My fav winXP sim

[@matdyke5046]

The game Jane’s Fleet Command helped encourage me to join the navy!

[@matdyke5046]

Omg! Super Battle Tank!!!

[@johnwalsh4857]

Me played board wargames from avalon hill SPI, GMT and other stuff rather than PC games, however my goto PC game fave wargame of all time is Operational art of war .

[@andrewsmall6834]

For me, the winners are EASILY "world in conflict" and the "Red Alert" games.

[@manfredconnor3194]

Just checking in here, after a long time. How did things go with your injury? I hope you have made a full recovery? Good luck with everything in 2024!

[@RandomDeforge]

this is like a video version of a word salad.

[@abdou.the.heretic]

Perks of being born in a third world nation was having those games burned on bootleg disks and stuff for cheap, I spent countless hours cursing the controls of Armored Fist and Comanche but I look at those days fondly now, I don't think modern gaming does it for me despite all the graphics and mechanics, I'm not that 90s kid anymore.

[@Tertius_Oculus]

You forgot Jane's Longbow mate...

[@bigd711]

I'm still playing Falcon 4.0 today (albeit BMS)

[@davidjhall5315]

Team America. Fcuk yeah. Here to save the mother fcuking day.

[@pyeitme508]

What ya thoughts of Call to Arms?

[@colhubbard9348]

How you gonna play every intro to almost every game i owned growing up. 😅 how you gonna leave out nuclear strike tho?

[@davidhoskin6144]

What are you currently playing?

[@dubuyajay9964]

I guess the Command & Conquer games don't count due to the sci-fi elements. :(

[@austinporter6701]

Operation flashpoint never got yo play the first one but played the shit out of dragon rising fighting the pla

[@stepbruv8780]

No ARMA?

[@_Matsimus_]

Well the OG was Operation flashpoint, but yes I played arma also

[@johnmoe2806]

Many old memories from a long time ago. Can't get over how crap everything looked. Luckily our imagination fixed any pixelation and boxy graphics back then.

[@rymoe6299]

Why you wearing My cap badge MR Thought you were workshops?

[@_Matsimus_]

I’m artillery…….

[@rymoe6299]

@@_Matsimus_ oh! Thought ya were workshops mate Ex Rapier here

[@hardyanpajero69]

👍😎🍺🍩🪖

[@slavaslava4821]

Ukraine2024 - best simulator of the year. Let's go!

[@duckman12569]

Our generations war propaganda was far superior to what Zoomers get today. Some eGirl dancing in camos on tik-tok.. Gimme a slammin RTS any day