Mighty Eighth is returning. It has VR and normal mode apparently - B17&B24

[Phantom]

I have to stay alive & not be broke. ;D  In a like vein you may find this VR experience in a Lancaster circa 1943 Berlin Blitz of interest https://store.steampowered.com/app/513490/1943_Berlin_Blitz/

Downloading now - oddly enough I was listening to the original radio broadcast on a Podcast about a week ago - will be interested to see what the visualizers do.

[hellfish6]

I never played this back in the day (SWOTL, A-10 and Gunship 2000 were more my flight sim jam) so what's the big deal about it? Everyone in the wargame/sim sphere seems to be losing their shit about this being remade, but reading the Microprose page on it, I'm not all that fired up. None of the features mentioned really hit me in my warm and fuzzy spot... nothing about crew management or dynamic campaigns.

[JasonPratt]

The original definitely had dynamic campaigns and crew management. It was also the first real attempt at a study-sim (with clickable cockpits) for the B-17, and not only for that in several variations but also for key escort and interceptor craft (including the Me-262!) It was very much an attempt at updating SWOTL in that regard, though without the special experimental craft.

[Jarhead0331]

The crew and aircraft management portions of the game were a separate game all unto themselves. In fact, you could probably skip the flight sim parts and just focus on managing your crew in flight and the airplane as it takes damage or runs into mechanical problems. It was a deep, but approachable game in so many unique ways. I'm sure it had warts, but for the life of me, I can't remember a single one.

[hellfish6]

I just noticed the original is on Steam. I'm gonna have to give it a spin.

[Jarhead0331]

I just noticed the original is on Steam. I'm gonna have to give it a spin.

Its on GoG, as well.

[Gusington]

Someone mention the Me262?

[JasonPratt]

Yep! -- a nice study-sim of that craft for the time, too!

What I recall about the game, was the glaring number of unpatched bugs, which sometimes caused difficulty in playing -- manual navigation never seemed to work right for example (I mean even within expected ranges of errors from operator error).

To be clear, I never even bothered playing the escort/interceptors, only the bomber (in its variants).

[Gusington]

 :dreamer:

[Father Ted]

What I recall about the game, was the glaring number of unpatched bugs, which sometimes caused difficulty in playing -- manual navigation never seemed to work right for example (I mean even within expected ranges of errors from operator error).

I have to admit that that is my only memory of the game (I'll get out of town before you all come for me with pitchforks and torches)

[Millipede]

As mentioned above, the original is available on Steam and GOG and if you're interested, here's an amazing tutorial series. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6qAKzfD-icnl7cMeIR_ldvH6twjQdtI
He does ramble on and there are 24 videos but any questions that you might have are definitely covered.

[JasonPratt]

Yes, highly recommend Ikranka's tutorials. The game seems to be more patched since back when I was playing it.

[Staggerwing]

It may not be well remembered now, but The Mighty Eighth had a 1992 forerunner also published by Microprose called simply 'B-17 Fliying Fortress'. It had the sim aspect as well as the crew management stuff. It was on both the Amiga and Atari ST, as well as DOS:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/b-17-flying-fortress

[Sir Slash]

Way back before that I played Mattel's Intellivision's B-17 Bomber with the voice modulator that's pretty close to what I'm seeing here. I spent almost all my paycheck to get it but it was worth every penny.  :dreamer:

[FarAway Sooner]

A 10 member crew of Grogheads?  :o  Over the target, almost to Bomb-Drop, cut your speed, and then.... "Hey guys, look at that naked girl on the bomber next door"! Followed by, "She not your type, she has breasts". Then, " Hey, is that a Mc Donald's down there"? "No dummy, it's a... Vendy's. This is Germany after all". "Dongle factory at 3 O'clock. Made you look". 

ROTFLMAO!!