20 Years of Military Flight Simulations on the PC
by Len "Viking 1" Hjalmarson
The beginnings
1971 - Intel's first microprocessor
An unknown company - Microsoft
Steven Jobs fired
AirWarrior born
The Growth Years: 1990 - 1996
A-10 Tank Killer
Microsoft Flight Sim 4
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
F-117A Stealth Fighter
ThrustMaster
Damon Slye at Dynamix
TFX required 4MB
Tornado
ThrustMaster’s F16 TQS
Su-27 Flanker cult
Electronic Arts and Janes
3dfx
The Mature Years: 1997-2000
Combatsim.com founded
3d wars heat up
Voice Control!
SimHQ.com founded
European Air War
DEBRIEF
F15
WW2 Fighters
Total Air War
Microsoft's first Combat sim
The Pace picks up
Falcon 4.0
USAF
Enemy Engaged
Su-27 Flanker 2.0
3DFX and Nvidia
AMD
Nations
F/A-18 by Janes
Helicopters
Combat Flight Sim 2
Jetfighter 4
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The New Millenium
B-17 Flying Fortress 2
Battle of Britain
Eurofighter Typhoon
Online gaming
Fighter Ace III
IL-2 Sturmovik
HOTAS Cougar
Geforce 3
LOMAC
The future?
Final Word
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