Retro Dogfight

Brian Rubin
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Three old guys talk old flight sims.

Episodes

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    13 – F-22: Air Dominance Fighter

    Hey friends, welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight! In this episode, Chase, Denny and I tackle something a little bit different. Back in 1997, Digital Image Design released F-22: Air Dominance Fighter, the much-anticipated follow-up to my personal favorite jet sim, EF2000. There was a bit of a hullabaloo at the time as this game shipped with static missions, whereas EF2000 had a lovely dynamic campaign. It did, however, lead to the lovely Total Air War, a year or so later.  Now, all that said, you can imagine our surprise when F-22: ADF, out of the blue, popped up on Steam a few months ago, published by none other than the new folks at MicroProse themselves. Furthermore, this wasn’t just some barely-emulated cash-grab like so many other classic releases. Oh nay nay. This was a fully reverse-engineered, modern Windows program, with new features like head tracking! So, we have a unique situation here. Not only are we talking about a classic flight sim, but we’re also kind of treating this as a review of a current product, something we’ve not done before. I therefore hope you’ll enjoy this change of scenery, as it were, before we return to our regularly scheduled programming. Speaking of which, next time, as we’re no longer sticking to a chronological format, we’ll be tackling our favorite sims, starting with mine: Gunship 2000Which you can find on Steam and GOG.  Thank you so much for listening! We just love doing this, and we hope you’re enjoying it as much as we are. See you next time! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 13 – F-22: Air Dominance Fighter first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 6min

  2. 1 APR

    12 – The (Remaining) F-15 Strike Eagle Series

    Hello my friends, and welcome this episode of Retro Dogfight! First off, I have to apologize for my audio. Just before recording, I discovered that Windows had, for some reason I still don’t understand, lowered my gain in the Windows audio settings. I only figured it out about a week or so AFTER recording this, but for this particular episode, my audio is a bit soft, and for that, I apologize. Now, for the episode itself, we tackle the remaining two MicroProse F-15 Strike Eagle games, namely: F-15 Strike Eagle IIF-15 Strike Eagle IIIIt’s fascinating how different these two games are, and as such, how different our reactions to them are. Overall, they’re delightful games that deserve your time, and I hope you enjoy our discussion about them. For our next episode, we’ll be doing something a little different. The folks at the Air Dominance Project have spent the last several years getting several old DID games working under modern Windows, and this has led to the Steam release of: F-22: Air Dominance FighterWhich we’ll be talking about next time, as both a look back and as something of a review. We’re very excited to cover this important Steam release.  Thank you so much for listening. We love making this show and love the community we’re building. See you for the next episode! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 12 – The (Remaining) F-15 Strike Eagle Series first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 10min

  3. 1 MAR

    11 – The A-10 Tank Killer Series

    Welcome, my friends, to this episode of Retro Dogfight! Today, Chase, Denny and I will look back at one of Dynamix’s earliest flight sims, and its sequel: A-10 Tank KillerSilent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer IIThese games came out almost a decade apart, but you wouldn’t know it from how they played. It’s kind of a shame. I had so much fun, back in the day and now, playing the first game, so we’re left wondering…what happened with its sequel?! It leads to a fun discussion where we have a mostly fun time kinda crapping on the second game, and deservedly so, but you’ll have to listen for the rest. On our next episode, since we covered the first game a while back, we’ll finish out the F-15 Strike Eagle series, specifically: F-15 Strike Eagle IIF-15 Strike Eagle IIIAs always, thank you so much for joining us on this, as I like to call it, road trip through these classics. We’re having so much fun revisiting these sims, and I hope you’re having as much fun as we are hanging out with us. Until next time, check your six!  *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 11 – The A-10 Tank Killer Series first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1 hr

  4. 1 FEB

    10 – Q&A

    Hello, my friends, and welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight! This time, as it’s the holiday season when we recorded this one, Chase, Denny, and I took a break from playing a game to answer your questions, and my goodness, did you folks have a lot of awesome questions.  Thank you so, so much to everyone who sent in so many amazing questions. We had so much fun answering them. So much so that this ended up being our longest episode yet, at almost two hours long! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we had recording it! Next up on the show, we’re gonna tackle Dynamix’s classic A-10 Tank Killer series, which includes: A-10 Tank KillerSilent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer IIAgain, thank you so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the episode! *Art by my wife, Nicole E., done in Canva The post 10 – Q&A first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 48min

  5. 1 JAN

    09 – The Air Warrior Series

    Hello, my friends, and welcome to this latest episode of Retro Dogfight! In this episode, we look at the seminial massively multiplayer flight sim series that began in 1998, the Air Warrior series! This includes: Air WarriorAir Warrior IIAir Warrior IIII learned a LOT during this episode. For example, did you know this was the first graphical massively multiplayer game? Before this, it was all text-based games like popular multi-user dungeons, or MUDs. I had no idea! Even though these were primarily multiplayer games, there’s a lot of single-player fun to be had here, and if you have patience, these can be very educational sims. There’s a lot to love here, and a lot of fun to discover. Air Warrior III, for example, has hundreds of missions and many campaigns, and is definitely worth exploring if you have an interest in flight sims covering the time periods these games cover. Next time on the show, we’re gonna zag a bit and answer your questions! Thank you so much for sending in so many wonderful questions! We can’t wait to answer them!  Thank you so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show! The post 09 – The Air Warrior Series first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 10min

  6. 01/12/2025

    08 – The Jetfighter Series

    Hello, my friends, and welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight!  This one is a doozy, my friends! Last episode, we looked at the much-beloved Amiga-only F/A-18 Interceptor by Robert Dinnerman. I wasn’t aware of this at the time, but he then went on to create the long-running and popular Jetfighter series, which spanned seven games over seventeen years! So, we decided to take on the daunting task of not just talking about one game in the Jetfighter series, but the ENTIRE SERIES. This includes: JetFighter: The AdventureJetFighter II: Advanced Tactical FighterJetFighter IIIJetFighter: Full BurnJetFighter IV: Fortress AmericaJetFighter V: Homeland ProtectorJetFighter 2015This series began in 1988, the same year as the F/A-18 Interceptor, and continued through 2005. It’s a fascinating time capsule of not only flight simming, but also video gaming as a whole, from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s, and all the technological changes that occurred during that fast and furious time in gaming. We had a lot of fun talking about this series. Hell, some of us even had fun playing the games. Next time, we’re going to discuss a series that is important not just to multiplayer flight simming, but to multiplayer games as a whole: The Air Warrior series! Also, as I mentioned previously, we’re doing a Q&A! We’re taking your questions — up until December 15th, 2025 — and we’ll then record an episode answering them to the best of our ability. It should be a fun change of pace that we hope you enjoy! Thanks so much for listening, my friends, and we’ll see you next time! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 08 – The Jetfighter Series first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 35min

  7. 01/11/2025

    07 – F/A-18 Interceptor (and an Education on the Amiga)

    Hello my friends, and welcome to this latest episode of Retro Dogfight! I first have to make an apology. There was a heat wave going on in Los Angeles as we recorded this, so I had a fan going directly on me. I tried my best to hide it, but you can hear it a little bit whenever I talk, so, apologies on that. For the actual episode itself, welcome to the first episode in which we talk about only one sim! The legendary: F/A-18 Interceptor Which came out in 1988 for the Amiga. Now, I never owned an Amiga, but both Chase and Denny were deep, deep, deep into the Amiga ecosphere, so not only are they very familiar with this sim, they take us on something of a deep dive into the history of the Amiga itself. Now, never having owned an Amiga myself, I was fascinated to hear all this history about the meteoric rise and similarly quick fall of this legendary series of computers. I hope you find it as enlightening as I did.  Oh, and don’t worry, we also discuss the sim.  Next time on the show, we’re gonna kind of stay in-theme. F/A-18 Interceptor was conceived by a bloke called Robert Dinnerman, who went on to create and produce most of the entries in the long-running Jetfighter series.  So, in what will surely be a feat for us, we’ll be discussing the entirety of the Jetfighter series in the next episode. It’ll be a fascinating discussion, as it’s something of a time capsule covering late 80s and 90s flight sim gaming.  So, thank you so much for listening. We hope you enjoy the show, and we’ll see you next time! PS. We’re going to record a Q&A! You can use the contact form or the Discord or the comment form to ask us questions!  *You can find the Amiga books we discussed here. *Cover provided by MobyGames   The post 07 – F/A-18 Interceptor (and an Education on the Amiga) first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1 hr

  8. 01/10/2025

    06 – F-19 Stealth Fighter and F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0

    Welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight, my friends! Today we’re talking about two classic MicroProse sims that are near and dear to my heart: F-19 Stealth Fighter (Steam, GOG)F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 (Steam, GOG)F-19 was a seminal flight sim for me personally, as it was the first combat-oriented flight sim I ever purchased, and played it for years after its release. It honestly spoiled me for combat flight sims going forward. Its sequel/remake/refresh, F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0, came out three years later, in 1991, and I skipped it back in the day, because I figured, I had F-19, why did I need this? That was a mistake on my part. Tune in to find out whether these sims still hold up, and how my co-hosts felt about them in this fun, lively episode. Next time, we’ll discuss the legendary Amiga sim, F/A-18 Interceptor! Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 06 – F-19 Stealth Fighter and F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 6min

  9. 01/09/2025

    05 – MicroProse Takes Off

    Hey friends, welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight! In this episode, we’ll continue our MicroProse lovefest by looking at three early MicroProse classics, including: F-15 Strike Eagle Gunship Project Stealth Fighter These games are much beloved, early entries in MicroProse’s classic catalog, but were they beloved by us? You’ll have to listen to find out! Hint: Maybe yes, maybe no! Next time, we’ll continue our look at some earlier MicroProse titles — and some of my personal favorites — F-19 Stealth Fighter and F-117A Nighthawk: Stealth Fighter 2.0! I am particularly excited about this because F-19 is a seminal flight sim of mine. I just cannot wait to talk about these games! So, thank you so much for listening, and enjoy the show!! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 05 – MicroProse Takes Off first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 8min

  10. 01/08/2025

    04 – Early MicroProse Sims – The Ace Series

    Hello my friends, and welcome to this episode of Retro Dogfight! In this episode, Denny, Chase and I look at some of the earliest MicroProse sims, namely: Hellcat AceSpitfire AceMiG Alley AceThese games are some of the earliest, if not the earliest, in-cockpit, “3D” and they’re an amazing time capsule of what these early computers can do, with all the issues that come with them. You’ll find that we were impressed with what these games were able to achieve with such limited hardware back in the day, but they were still kind of rough to play. Next month, we’re continuing the MicroProse love with F-15 Strike Eagle, Gunship, and Project Stealth Fighter (the prequel to F-19 Stealth Fighter)! Things are getting serious, folks! Can’t wait to see you for that one. Thank you for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show! *Cover provided by MobyGames The post 04 – Early MicroProse Sims – The Ace Series first appeared on Retro Dogfight.

    1hr 16min
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Three old guys talk old flight sims.

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  • Creator
    Brian Rubin
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Retro Dogfight

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