Quick and dirty attempt to replicate the visuals of late 80s / early 90s flight simulators, using as a reference MicroProse's F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 (1991).

https://ruben3d.github.io/retroflightsim/dist

You need node.js installed globally (I have been using 14.16.0).

$ cd retroflightsim
$ npm i
$ npm run build

Start the local web server:

$ cd retroflightsim
$ npm run serve

Then open localhost:8000 in your web browser (tested on Chrome/Linux).

The generation of choice will simulate the experience of a game of that era:

• 286/CGA: mid-80s
• 286/EGA: late 80s
• 386/VGA: early 90s
• 486/SVGA: mid-90s before texture mapping

Choose your keyboard layout, for users using AZERTY or Dvorak keyboards.

Use the OSD settings to select the keyboard layout.

QWERTY (default):

• W/S: Pitch
• A/D: Roll
• Q/E: Yaw
• Z/X: Throttle

AZERTY:

• Z/S: Pitch
• Q/D: Roll
• A/E: Yaw
• W/X: Throttle

Dvorak:

• ,/O: Pitch
• A/E: Roll
• '/.: Yaw
• Q/J: Throttle

The system supports a single device connected only. If the device has less than four axes the keyboard can be used to complement the missing controls. Joystick information displayed in the OSD help.

• Axis 1: Pitch
• Axis 0: Roll
• Axis 3: Yaw
• Axis 2: Throttle

• T: Select target

• N: Day/Night
• 1: Cockpit
• 2: Exterior follow
• 3: Exterior left/right
• 4: To/from target

On reaching the limits of the detailed scenario the player position wraps around.