History of flight Similator

It was 1982, when Microsoft bought the rights of the IBM version of Flight Simulator SubLOGIC, mortgage company first developer Bruce Artwick who was created in 1976. The same year, Microsoft began heading after more than two decades, has become much more than the game. Even then, the model of the flight may be considered quite realistic and setting is left to the imagination, many in the Monochrome vector graphics.

Version 2.0 (introduced in 1985) adds the possibility of using the joystick and is widely circulated for many platforms.

Version 3.0 of the 1988 introduces the first multiple Windows and 3D effects as the first version, which has some commercial successes, but version 4.0 began the trend for the development of additional products from individuals and companies outside of Microsoft.

You can enjoy the graphically appealing version will have to wait until the 1993 with the release of version 5, which merged with accurate flight models of some graphic scenes, which takes care of both interior and exterior of the cockpits of aircraft in this version, options have been introduced, the management of the weather or shadows created by the rising and setting sun. Introduced in this version is the use of realistic scenarios (although according to parameters other than those present).

From version 5 onwards, the database of airports are adding more and more versions are suitable for the speed of the hardware evolution through the introduction of more and more airports, navaids, weather conditions can be downloaded online can fly almost the same with real climatic conditions become more with more game in the tool that allows you to learn the basics of flight with features, including teaching. These later versions is the second name supplied by the operating system (or year) in which they were intended.

To this date, the latest version, X is published October 13, 2006, when, thanks to artificial intelligence, a new graphics object from the sky, nature, animals, (which move and are new to Flight Simulator) and thousands of these airports (managed by the realistic ATC), reached the heights of the unrivalled realism. But this requires at least Windows XP, it does not work with Windows 2000 and earlier.

After the economic crisis in January 2009 during the restructuring of the company ACEs Studios (responsible for the development of the product) are closed. In 2010, Microsoft announced the arrival of a new Flight Simulator, inspired by the famous series of Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Flight called.

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