1942: Pacific Air War - Still the Best There Is

[SpaceGameJunkie]

If you're talking the best flight sim that models WWII pacific air combat? I don't think you can beat 1942 in terms of playability and content. 

[JediMaster]

I really liked the strategic aspect it had which reminded me of Carriers at War (a great strategy game from SSG) on a smaller scale.

There were some important differences with competitor Aces of the Pacific.

I have a saved post, I didn't save it but my friend did because he liked it and sent it to me years later, of something I wrote about AOTP's second update in Sept 1992 on Prodigy (if anyone still remembers that service):

"Oh, I've the second patch and it's ok, the frame rate problem is here to stay!

I shoot down planes, I dodge the flak, I like to land at sea.

I wish the stupid wingmen would not run into me!

He shoots down planes, he dodges flak, he likes to land at sea.

He wishes the stupid wingmen could fly better than he!

Oh, he has the second patch and it's ok, the frame rate problem is here to stay!

The tail gunners are perfect shots, they always shoot at ME

But when they fly on my side, worse shots you'll never see!

Oh, he has the second patch and it's ok, the frame rate problem is here to stay!

My Nick is smoking from the nose, my Wildcat pulls 8 g's

Would the folks at Sierra/Dynamix fix the dumb flight model please?

Oh, he has the second patch and it's ok, the frame rate problem is here to stay!

The "aces" that are in this game are anything else but!

I'd have more trouble in the air against my neighbor's mutt.

Oh, he has the second patch and it's okaaaaaaay, his lousy wingman's blown him away!"

[Trooper117]

Never tried Pacific Air War... might go have a look at it, thanks...

[SpaceGameJunkie]

1 hour ago, JediMaster said:

I have a saved post, I didn't save it but my friend did because he liked it and sent it to me years later, of something I wrote about AOTP's second update in Sept 1992 on Prodigy (if anyone still remembers that service):

 

Okay that's bloody amazing. 

[SpaceGameJunkie]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

Never tried Pacific Air War... might go have a look at it, thanks...

You can get it on Steam or GOG!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/347230/1942_The_Pacific_Air_War/

https://www.gog.com/en/game/1942_the_pacific_air_war

[wheelsup_cavu]

2 hours ago, JediMaster said:

I have a saved post, I didn't save it but my friend did because he liked it and sent it to me years later, of something I wrote about AOTP's second update in Sept 1992 on Prodigy (if anyone still remembers that service):

Lol, that lament could have been written for just about any sim in the last two decades.

 

Wheels

[Daniel Prates]

I bought it as a teenager when it came out, was it 1995 or so? A few years ago I still had the two printed manuals, one a "pilot's handbook" and the other a historical booklet. Six pale-gray installation disks! 

[Amiral Crapaud]

Aye, I am one of those for whom PAW (and TF1942 before it) was a turning point in my taste for video games and history. It is an important part of my cultural identity and my values as a gamer. Warm single player memories which will follow me until the end.