Flyboy Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Was going through some old files and had the covers of these clipped Lee, Snaggle, Stuka and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Mouse Pad: Lee, Flyboy, Stuka and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Very cool! Have great memories of those games. Flyboy and Snaggle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 SWOTL.... I can hear the music in my head. That was the first real computer based game I played. I still have my code wheel.... didn't have the heart to throw it away. Snaggle and Flyboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razwald Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 I recall having the Red Baron issue. I remember I would read Computer Gaming World in the search of the next game I was going to blow my allowance on. Snaggle and Flyboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted September 3, 2023 Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 I was hooked when I first was introduced to SWOTL. Then MicroProse "Aces of the Pacific came out and I bought it to run on my buddies 386 (he had SWOTL) and he said... man... I don't think that is going to run on this machine, I don't have the memory for it. I thought it was akin to Nintendo.... you bought it, you plugged it in and it worked. HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH.... So... the guy I was flying with at the time lead off the conversation that night with "MAN.... the AA credit union makes it TOO EASY to get money. I was talking with XXXX and he said... just go in and tell them you want $3,000 for a dirt bike and they will give it to you." So... I went in and said I wanted $3,000 for a computer and she said... ok, just a minute. She busied herself around the office and came back about 3 minutes later and handed me a check for $3,000 and said sign here, this is what we take ouf of your check each month, thanks for coming in. SO... I got one of those 10,000 page COMPUTER SHOPPER magazines that weighed about 12 lbs and picked out a Dx 486/33 with the CAD upgrade (from 14" to 15" monitor) and twice the RAM and it was there in a week. I did everything I was supposed to do... and installed Aces of the Pacific and BLRRRPPPP.... it didn't run. I was PISSED. I called the salesman and he said... OH MAN... did we get you QEMM for that? I said... what is that?? HE said .... don't worry, I will make you a copy of mine and over night it to you and you will have it first thing in the morning. He did... and I installed QEMM and it ran like a spotted ape. Imagine doing that today... making a bootleg copy of a memory manager and mailing it out FedEx overnight. Klaiber, Flyboy and Snaggle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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