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EF 2000: Special Edition

Windows - 1996

Super EF2000 is the last game made by Digital Image Design (DID), one of the most venerable flight sim companies before it was bought out in 1997.

The game is the excellent graphical upgrade of DID's earlier EF2000 v2.0 for Windows 95, which puts you in the cockpit of the EuroFighter, one of the world's most sophisticated fighters. The excellent graphical details that DID is famous for are more breathtaking and smoother than ever in this underdog. The scenery does not magically bend and distort as you fly closer to it. Numerous details, such as diamond shock-waves from the afterburners as well as visual distortion from the heat, are accurately modelled in the game. You can even see the cockpit glow from the external view.

From the pilot's seat, you can zoom out and get a wide angle look at the instrument panel, HUD, and terrain. You can even see yourself reflected in the cockpit's canopy! Cloud tops are true to life and reveal a cobalt blue sky that darkens with altitude. Missiles or planes that strike the water make plumes of white mist, not repetitive and unrealistic orange explosions a la Wing Commander. Even the runway environment is accurate, as are the runway lights.

The game world is more dynamic and varied than previous DID games. Combat can take place at night, day, storm or clear. You have a small but comprehensive range of wingmen commands for combat, formation flying, tactical and recovery. Training missions have been well laid out and they are recommended (although I can never get the hang of in-flight refuelling). Tactics do make a difference in this game, as you have the choice to influence the outcome of the campaigns based on your performance.

In every respect, Super EF2000 is a must-have for every serious flight sim fan. It's a sadly forgotten underdog that is worthy of our Hall of Belated Fame, and will keep armchair pilots happy for months on end. Two thumbs up, way up!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Benjamin 07 Sep. 2025

This is very complicated. This Special Edition is supposed to be for Windows, but people here are talking about Reloaded, which seems to be a way to run the DOS 3dfx version via DOSBox, and also saying that the Windows version (here) does not support 3dfx, but then again, this is a proper Windows (D3D?) version here? Can somebody clarify? (For now I'll just download everything and see what happens)

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Cash Money 22 Sep. 2024

I like the games and i want gta game free download

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Brian Rubin 09 Jan. 2024

Ohhh, thank you for adding the Reloaded version, since its home shut down recently.

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TheManticore 09 Oct. 2023

Guys, I checked the download links on the archived page and they should be working fine, get them there before they are deleted too:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220401184140/http://community.combatsim.com/topic/32832-ef2000-reloaded/

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Adrian 09 Feb. 2023

Does anyone have a copy of "EF2000 Reloaded". Download links are dead as combatsim forum was removed?

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Titou 21 Aug. 2022

It is such an astonishing game for such an old computing environment ! It is still playable today even with today's standards (I run it on a Windows 11 laptop with 8 Go RAM which is considerably more than enough).

The installation guidelines provided in the following comments have proven to be wise and adequate.

Thank you everybody.

Have fun.

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SERPA 23 Nov. 2021

FOI O MEU SIMULADOR PREFERIDO POR VARIOS ANOS.

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bryan 10 Oct. 2021

follow this guide to install ef 2000 on windows 64 bit https://community.combatsim.com/topic/55049-another-easy-way-to-install-super-ef2000-on-64-bit-windows/

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Perry Rhodan 18 Jun. 2021

Use Ef2000 Reloaded to play the game. Has a special version of DOSBOX that allows you to play the 3dfx version full screen at higher resolutions.

https://taw.fandom.com/wiki/Running_EF2000_on_a_Modern_System

It's a shame the Win95 version doesn't support Glide/3DFX.

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Gozarteum 25 Apr. 2021

this is the first great game that I played 25 year ago, let us see how does it feel now.. Bye

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Downloads

Windows version
RIP Version
United Kingdom English
69 MB
ISO Version
United Kingdom English
466 MB
EF2000 Reloaded Setup
United Kingdom English
64 MB

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