Flight Sims of the 1980's < The Flight Simulation Museum





Add-ons for the Microsoft series of civil simulations - 1980 - 1989 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 Before 1980 Title - Flight Simulator 1 Host Sim - SELF Release Date - Before 1980 Developer - Bruce Artwick Publisher - SubLogic Comments - Flight Simulator 1 was one of the first flight sims released for personal computers. A whole generation of flight simmers was hooked for life on the wire frame graphics and the "dogfighting" in the Sopwith Camel. The Graphical spendour rested mainly in the mind of the player - but it was a beginning! 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Title - Flight Simulator 2 Host Sim - SELF Release Date - Developer - Publisher - Comments - At the time, there were three 6502 versions of FSII. There was one for the Apple II, one for the Commodore 64 and one for the Atari 800. When the the Atari ST and Amiga were introduced (which ran the Motorola 68000 processor), new versions were released for those machines, for the Tandy and for the MacIntosh through Microsoft. The versions of FSII for the 6502 processor DID have solid filled graphics not just wireframe. There was only *6k memory allotted for scenery* so a sophisticated system of loading parts of the scenery was devised. The whole FS world was big enough to properly place and scale landmarks and airports relative to each other. That was accomplished by a brilliant hybrid coordinate system that Bruce Artwick developed. Also, the simulation was sophisticated enough to support instrument navigation. 1986 1987 1988 Flight Simulator 3 1989 Title - Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 Host Sim - SELF Release Date - Developer - Publisher - Comments - Flight Simulator launched thousands of airmchair pilots into their virtual careers. It even sparked the interest in a real aviation career for some. Title - Microsoft Flight Simulator Aircraft and Scenery Designer Host Sim - Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 Release Date - 1989 Developer - Publisher - Comments - It was the open architecture of the Microsoft flight sims that encouraged the publication of utility programs like this and got thousands of flight fans the world over involved in making the Flight Sim World more and more realistic. 1990s - Civil flight sims Email MiGMan with your experiences or any information related to this sim.



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Before 1980

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