F-16 Falcon Strike(webchrono.pl)
120 pointsby starkparker7 hours ago4 comments
  • unwind29 minutes ago
    Cool!

    I love seeing new games for "retro" machines, it's awesome that people keep pouring time and love into them after all these years.

    I'm not super familiar with 8-bit Atari machines, and found the designation "classic unmodified 8-bit ATARI XL/XE" a bit imprecise. Tried looking up specs on Wikipedia [1] but was unsure what to settle on. Perhaps the original 1200XL would match? Or the 800XL which seems to improve on the 1200XL even though the naming suggests the opposite ... Or the 65XE, or both then I guess since the latter is compatible with the 800XL, but in an updated case?

    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computers#1200XL

  • p_ing7 hours ago
    Nice! It's like a Falcon 1.0.

    And btw, Falcon 5.0 is in development :-)

    • PonyoSunshine6 hours ago
      Woah what? Can you tell me more about Falcon 5.0? I used to play 3.0 back in the day and was a super huge fan of it.
      • p_ing6 hours ago
        Microprose owns Falcon again. I don't think there's much official information yet, but Falcon does have a dedicated spot on their official Discord with the Falcon 5 developer chiming in now and then.

        https://steamcommunity.com/groups/microprose/announcements/d...

        • ekianjo4 hours ago
          I tried it at a game show last year. At least a demo with VR headset and full cockpit.
      • roygbiv22 hours ago
        Falcon 4.0 BMS is probably the best F16 simulator out there right now and it's 'free'
      • simfan4386 hours ago
        1. The Microprose brand has been resurrected focused on reviving classic 90s and 2000s sim type games. They gave an interview in PC Pilot magazine a while back confirming they were working on Falcon 5, which will be an F-16 and F-35 sim, sitting between War Thunder and DCS World on the realism scale.

        2. Meanwhile the fans have modded Falcon 4.0 into a modern F-16 and F-15 simulator comparable in many ways to sims like DCS World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4lHUJ1ft0

  • deeg5 hours ago
    This has absolutely nothing to do with the game but the F-16 has always been my favorite military plane. Beautiful and sleek.
    • cwillu3 hours ago
      Until they strap on those god awful conformal fuel tanks
  • oliyoung5 hours ago
    Love this! All I've ever wanted is a modern version of Chuck Yeager's Air Combat