Ford Simulator 7.0 - 1996 Virtual Showroom CD-ROM

Seems like I remember how you could do things like a drag race in the really early Ford Simulator, and it made a big difference what car you chose.

John Covil

You know there is a German saying "Mit Ford fährt man fort und mit der Bahn zurück" Which roughly translates to: With a ford you drive away and with the train back.

Ezydenias

Well, you've been around since the early days of YouTube content reviews which deserves props, even if you dislike the passage of time in itself :P

Lindsay Michelle

Argh, don't remind me. I disagree with the passage of time.

LGR

Thanks for making this available, can't wait to get my hands on it, I love virtual catalogs. Here's a link to a Virtual Taco Bell from 1997. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990508201945/http://www.jelloboy.com:80/taco/taco.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19990508201945/http://www.jelloboy.com:80/taco/taco.htm</a>

Chris Munch

Thanks LGR! What would we do without you....

Christopher Bassett

Buick Dimensions! I have a bunch of those as well

LGR

I used to play with these simulators back in the DOS days.. I seem to remember a Buick simulator that was kind of cool because it simulated the center screen on some of their more advanced cars that had a CRT screen in the center console such as the Regal and Reatta.

The 8-Bit Guy

I sort of miss the days of floppy disk and CD advertisements/freeware... just doesn't have the same sort of nostalgia just finding everything on the internet nowadays. I remember that old Ford Simulator review the most out of your oldest reviews for some reason; must be all that super exciting car simulation! And I can't believe it's going to be 10 years since you started making videos on Youtube o.o

Lindsay Michelle

I've been looking for some more multimedia CD titles to play on my Compaq 4/66 (486DX2 66) and I can't wait until tomorrow when I can burn this, and play it under Windows 3.1!

Agreed, Harrison Ford Simulator needed more civilian plane crashes at least

LGR

Such false advertisement. Where's the part where you insist your fan-favorite character to be killed off? What about when you rescue trapped civilians with your own private helicopter? There's not even a section where you just start wearing an earring for a while.

Pablo Rodriguez

This is fascinating to see vehicles we had here in Australia, but with different names, and vehicles we never got here. I'd love to check this out for comparison to what we had here, such as our Ford Falcon, witch was our 'family car' with 6 cylinder and v8 versions.

Troy Wilkins

That store clerk has 'Deranged Serial Killer' written all over his face... Thank you for sharing this odd piece of software history, Clint!

LJFox

A program about nothing, yes

LGR

So what you're saying is that it's the Seinfeld of programmes.

Gary Leigh

Definitely check back tomorrow then, I'll be sharing the disc contents for everyone, including scans of the packaging

LGR

It does seem to be a bit of a vestigial limb at that point. Simply there because all the others had it.

LGR

Look for an archive.org link tomorrow!

LGR

I like how the buildings in this "game" are smaller than the road signs. If you're not going to put any effort in to it, why have it on the disc at all? Just so that you can call it a simulator?

Wow, I LOVE this product... Especially owning a 1996 Ford F-250... I want it to play with it with those 90s Ford vehicles that had such an imprint on my life. The Taurus/Sable was manufactured in my Metropolitan hometown(Atlanta) which has now been demolished. (Plant) The good times....

Christopher Bassett

Are you going to be archiving this? I’m sure the rest of the internet is just dying to get their hands on this lol

Zachary Outen

Check back tomorrow for a download link!

LGR

Possibly but I'm not 100% sure! It will only load under Windows from directly through the main menu. There is a separate "ARCADE.EXE" program that I assume it's opening, but it doesn't run under DOS and pops up an error if you make the attempt.

LGR

I can't help it, it's like watching a train wreck. A train wreck that's an advertisement for 90s vehicles.

LGR

So from what I gather the game is still MSDOS running as a PIF pointing to the EXE. Is that correct?

You’ve been playing Ford simulators for 27 years… and you still haven’t learned from your mistake? LOL! :P

Nicholas Wilson

I'll be first in line for a Tesla interactive CD-ROM

LGR

Hehe, it's on the verge of being Oddware, yeah. Most places seem to classify them as games though, although I don't totally agree.

LGR

Elon Musk take note. :D

Steve Lovelace

Ford simulator? Are you sure this doesn't classify as oddware? because it's certainly odd to me.plays like a racing game but it's not marketing it as a racing game? Not good enough to be a racing game?

Terry Lee

Even stranger that the game itself didn't change since Ford Simulator 4.0, for the most part

LGR

Nothing quite like a video that's maybe 100px across and accompanied by cheesy, possibly synthesized saxophone music to sell someone a car

LGR

Hard to believe, but it's true

LGR

Yeah the Ford Racing series is an interesting thing into itself! I got the first one on PS2 back in the day

LGR

I do indeed! Been looking for a boxed copy for many years before I review it.

LGR

Great vid Clint. Not sure if you know about it but on steam there's Ford Racing 3 which you might like. It even uses a controller to make it easier although that's debatable.

Bryndal Dwyre

btw LGR do you have Driver's Education '98 from Sierra Entertainment because i remember playing on my old windows me pcs it let you drive in a open world and i laugh at it when the drive insector is mad at you and wants to get out of the car or lets you know to slow down.

Mmm, that's what I like to do when driving, listening to saxaphones.

Keiron Wedlin

I hear that if you buy a candy bar at every gas station on the map... Nothing happens

avfusion

I want it. Hype for your upload on Archive.org

Clemente d'Angelo

Haha! Do you mean to tell us you DON’T want to buy a luxurious sedan from listening to that smooth, sexy saxophone? You are weird, Sir! 😂🙈😘

Anders Enger Jensen

On what planet were the marketing department living on when they allowed this to go out? I mean the FMV and spec sheets, fair play, but the game??? Jesus.

Tim Hugall

This is seriously ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ, I'm gonna have to find it myself.

its nice to find a rare game