Third Wire Productions Inc. is a
C corporation 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 games.
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'
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
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
(not for public sale).
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Wings Over Europe
''Wings Over Europe'' is a PC combat flight simulator game set during the Cold War era where the USSR has attacked NATO forces in West Germany.
The US release of the game is called ''Wings Over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot'', however, the tag lin ...
'' (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 PC combat flight simulator game set during the Cold War era where the USSR has attacked NATO forces in West Germany.
The US release of the game is called ''Wings Over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot'', however, the tag lin ...
'' 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.
*''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 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
The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It was capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufa ...
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, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after t ...
as player flyable.
*''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 3'' (TBD): Third expansion pack will add the
Mirage F1 as a player flyable aircraft.
See also
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Jane's AH-64D Longbow
''AH-64D Longbow'' is a realistic combat flight simulator of the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. Released on June 3, 1996, for the PC, this simulation was developed at Origin Systems. ''AH-64D Longbow'' was the second simulator released ...
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Jane's Longbow 2
''Longbow 2'' is the sequel to the best-selling ''Jane's AH-64D Longbow'' from ''Jane's Combat Simulations'', developed by Origin Systems with executive producer Andy Hollis on board, and released by Electronic Arts on November 30, 1997.
Gamepl ...
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European Air War''
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