Fighter Jet
Posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 5:06 amCan anyone recommend a good fighter jet Simulation Game?
I’m looking for a birthday present for my future father-in-law, and he is a huge fan of airplanes/fighter jets. He has the movie Top Gun cranked up and on the big screen in the “man room” every time I’m at his house.
I’m looking for a game that he can possibly play through his dvd player (do they even make something like this?), but will settle for something on the computer.
Please include links for the games and joystick/controller you recommend as well.
Thanks!
Being an avid flight-sim gamer, I would suggest the game Lock-On by Ubisoft. It has the most realistic graphics of any fighter-sim on the current market. This, of course, is for computer.
If you’re willing to go the whole nine yards, you should buy him an XBOX-360 (they sell for US$199) and then get him Ace Combat-6. It usually comes with a joystick-throttle set. You Can also buy him Blazing Angels 1 and 2 after you get him the joystick-throttle.
If you’re will to wait till November 2009 (which I highly doubt that You Are!!!), you can buy the new Tom Clancy game, H.A.W.X., which from the trailers and reviews sounds extremely good.
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Fly A Jet Fighter: A Unique Experience As Business Incentive Or Reward
Many companies search for new motivation programs and incentives to reward top employees as well as key clients. Common incentive programs, however, suffer from a “been there, done that” phenomenon. Let’s face it: Would you be excited about an invitation to go go-karting, maybe for the tenth time in your life?
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About the Author
John B. Appleseed lives in Tampa Bay, Florida. He’s working for a major U.S.-Carrier and a freelance blogger. John is interested in individuals who fly a jet fighter. Fly fighters has always been his dream. He knows how it feels to fly a fighter jet and is enthusiastic about the possibility to fly MiG jets.
