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SiriusHardware · 15th Aug 2021, 11:34 am

I have two original boxed copies of FOTI, one for the Atari ST and one for the PC. Once I'd got used to 'flying' with an analogue stick on the PC, I couldn't get away with trying to use a switched stick for flight control.

FOTI was a 'hardcore' flight sim and one of the first that I can remember with comprehensive two player modes for two linked machines. Players could either take opposing sides (A6 or F-4 vs. Mig) or fly a mission on the same side with both players flying A6s, both flying F4s, or one player flying an F4 as escort for the A6, which didn't have any air to air weapons, at least in the early stages of the war. If this is a complete boxed copy that nightowl is offering then it comes with a decent, heavy manual, as all flight sims of that era did.

FOTI was the forerunner to perhaps the greatest ever PC combat flight sim, Falcon 3.0 / Falcon 4.0.

A great game if you like that sort of thing.

15th Aug 2021, 11:34 am	#3
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,556	Re: anyone got an Amiga they still use? I have two original boxed copies of FOTI, one for the Atari ST and one for the PC. Once I'd got used to 'flying' with an analogue stick on the PC, I couldn't get away with trying to use a switched stick for flight control. FOTI was a 'hardcore' flight sim and one of the first that I can remember with comprehensive two player modes for two linked machines. Players could either take opposing sides (A6 or F-4 vs. Mig) or fly a mission on the same side with both players flying A6s, both flying F4s, or one player flying an F4 as escort for the A6, which didn't have any air to air weapons, at least in the early stages of the war. If this is a complete boxed copy that nightowl is offering then it comes with a decent, heavy manual, as all flight sims of that era did. FOTI was the forerunner to perhaps the greatest ever PC combat flight sim, Falcon 3.0 / Falcon 4.0. A great game if you like that sort of thing.