Third Wire Productions Inc. is a
C corporation
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based in
Austin, Texas
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, United States; it is an independent
software development
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company founded in 1999 to create multimedia entertainment, such as
amateur flight simulators and
strategy video game
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Although many types of video games can contain strategic elements, the strategy ...
s.
Products
Third Wire is the developer of many
computer game
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s, including ''
First Eagles: The Great War 1918'' and ''
Strike Fighters: Project 1''. There are other products outside of the combat sim genre, a notable example of these projects is ''First Flight: The Wright Experience Flight Simulator'', which is a
Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation List of aviation pioneers, pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flyin ...
'
Flyer simulator for reenactors.
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Strike Fighters: Project 1'' (2002)
*''First Flight: The Wright Experience Flight Simulator'' (2003): A training tool developed for Wright Experience Centennial test pilots and now available for the public.
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Strike Fighters: Gold'' (2004)
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Wings Over Vietnam'' (2004)
*''USAF: Air Dominance'' (2005): A recruitment game developed for the
US Air Force
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(not for public sale).
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Wings Over Europe
''Wings Over Europe'' is a combat flight simulator game set during the Cold War era where the USSR has attacked NATO forces in West Germany. It was developed by Third Wire Productions and released for Microsoft Windows in 2006.
The US release ...
'' (2006)
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First Eagles: The Great War 1918'' (2006)
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First Eagles: Expansion Pack 1'' (2007)
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Wings Over Israel'' (2008)
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First Eagles: Gold'' (2008): A combo pack containing ''
First Eagles'' and ''Expansion Pack 1''.
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Strike Fighters 2'' (2008): An update to ''
Strike Fighters: Project 1'' to run on Windows Vista.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam'' (2009): An update to ''
Wings Over Vietnam'' to run on Windows Vista.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Europe'' (2009): An update to ''
Wings Over Europe
''Wings Over Europe'' is a combat flight simulator game set during the Cold War era where the USSR has attacked NATO forces in West Germany. It was developed by Third Wire Productions and released for Microsoft Windows in 2006.
The US release ...
'' to run on Windows Vista.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Israel'' (2009): An update to ''
Wings Over Israel'' to run on Windows Vista with Direct X 10 support.
*''First Eagles 2'' (2010): An update to ''
First Eagles: Gold'' to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 1'' (2010): First of the expansion packs for ''Strike Fighters 2'' series, requires ''Strike Fighters 2 Israel'' stand-alone or merged with other ''Strike Fighters 2'' series to run, adds Operation Kadesh, and 3 new flyable planes: Mystère IVA,
Meteor F.8, and
P-51D Mustang
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
.
*''Wings Over Israel Add-on'' (2010): an add-on to the Wings Over Israel, it adds Mystère IVA,
Meteor F.8, and
P-51D Mustang
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
as player-flyable aircraft.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 2'' (2010): Second of the expansion packs for ''Strike Fighters 2'' series, requires ''Strike Fighters 2 Europe'' stand-alone or merged with other ''Strike Fighters 2'' series to run, adds a hypothetical 1956 campaign, and 3 new flyable planes, as well as several variants:
English Electric Lightning
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F.1/2/3/6, Hawker Hunter F.1/2/4/5, F-100A/C.
*''Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic'' (2012): New title in the ''Strike Fighter'' series to include new terrain engine, better graphics and
F-14A Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic aircraft, supersonic, twinjet, twin-engine, Tandem#Aviation, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for t ...
as player flyable.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 3'' (TBD): Third expansion pack will add the
Mirage F1
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During the 1960s, Dassault commenced development of what would become t ...
as a player flyable aircraft.
See also
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Jane's AH-64D Longbow
''AH-64D Longbow'' is a realistic Combat flight simulation game, combat flight simulator of the Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64D, AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. Released on June 3, 1996, for the PC, this simulation was developed at Origin Sys ...
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Jane's Longbow 2
''Longbow 2'' is the sequel to '' Jane's AH-64D Longbow'' from ''Jane's Combat Simulations.'' The game was developed by Origin Systems with executive producer Andy Hollis on board, and released by Electronic Arts on November 13, 1997.
Gamepla ...
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European Air War
''European Air War'' is a combat flight simulator developed and published by MicroProse and published for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It is a sequel to '' 1942: The Pacific Air War''. It simulates the Battle of Britain, and the Allied Air offensi ...
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References
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External links
Third Wire websiteCombatACE: Online Community and download site
American companies established in 1999
Companies based in Austin, Texas
Video game companies of the United States
Video game development companies