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David Florance for Compute! said "shortcomings are easily outweighed by the sheer delight this program brings." [4]Jason Durbin for PC World said of v. 2.13 "for the timid types who wouldn't be caught living or dead at 10,000 feet, Microsoft Flight Simulator is an excellent way to enjoy the thrill of flight vicariously."
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and differed significantly from Microsoft's other software, which was largely business-oriented.
Precision Manuals Development Group (often abbreviated as PMDG) is a commercial add-on aircraft developer for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, [1] Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, [2] and X-Plane [3] series. The company was founded by Robert S. Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to develop the software to the point where it could be used ...
Flight Simulator II [1] [2] is a video game developed by Bruce Artwick and published by Sublogic as the sequel to FS1 Flight Simulator.It was released in December 1983 for the Apple II, [3] [4] [5] in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers [6] [5] and Commodore 64, [7] [5] [8] in 1986 for the Amiga [9] [10] [5] and Atari ST, [11] [12] [5] the Atari XEGS as a pack-in title in 1987, [13] and in August ...
Sublogic released the flight simulation program FS1 Flight Simulator for the Apple II in 1979, followed by the more popular and widely ported Flight Simulator II in 1983, and Jet in 1985. In 1982, Flight Simulator was licensed to Microsoft , and through 2006 Microsoft released major updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator approximately every ...
FS1 Flight Simulator is a 1979 video game published by Sublogic for the Apple II. A TRS-80 version followed in 1980. FS1 Flight Simulator is a flight simulator in the cockpit of a slightly modernized Sopwith Camel. FS1 is the first in a line of simulations from Sublogic which, beginning in 1982, were also sold by Microsoft as Microsoft Flight ...
Microsoft Flight Simulator 3 improved the flight experience by adding additional aircraft and airports to the simulated area found in Flight Simulator 2, as well as improved high-res graphics, and other features lifted from the Amiga/ST versions. The three simulated aircraft were the Gates Learjet 25, Cessna Skylane, and Sopwith Camel.
An immersive sim (simulation) is a video game genre that emphasizes player choice. Its core, defining trait is the use of simulated systems that respond to a variety of player actions which, combined with a comparatively broad array of player abilities, allow the game to support varied and creative solutions to problems, as well as emergent gameplay beyond what has been explicitly designed by ...