Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator is developed by Asobo studio and was published by Xbox Game studios. 

The Microsoft Flight Simulator was directed by David Dedeine, was programmed by Alain Guyet, designed by Damien Cuzacq; Artist was Patrice Bourroncle; Composer was the Finishing Move.Inc and the series were Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The platform was used like Microsoft Windows, open XR, Xbox One, X box series.

It is also known as Amateur Flight Simulator. It the most broad-gauge home flight simulator available in the market. And it programs for the Microsoft Windows operating system, and earlier, it was seen for programming for MS-DoS and Classic Mac OS.

It is the best Flight Simulator, and hence it is the longest-running product in the market. It significantly differed from the other Microsoft software because early it was the part of Microsoft Application Portfolio, which was broadly business accustomed.

It is the longest-running PC video game series of all time. It is this long that it has been running for the last 38 years.

Series of Microsoft Flight Simulator

In 1977 Bruce Artwick started flight simulator development.  Su logic was his company that initially distributed personal computers. Alan M Boyd in 1981 Artwick was approached by Microsoft for creating a graphically demonstrated and definitive game; at that time, 8-bit computers and 16-bit computers were in their developing stage like Apple II and IBM PC.

The flight simulator 1 was marketed for IBM to Microsoft in 1982; the Artwick company licensed the flight simulator version. The maintenance and creation of a department responsible for the Flight Simulator series in 2009 closed down the Aces Game Studio.

Later in 2014, Microsoft granted permission to Dovetail games to launch the Gold edition of the Flight Simulator by the name of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Microsoft Flight Simulator X Steam.

In 2019 with the simple title Flight Simulator  Microsoft announced the new installment at E3. Which, at a later date was ported to Xbox Series X, which was initially released for PC. But the Xbox series has been decided to be launched in the 2021 summer.

Microsoft announced that the Flight Simulator would be launched on 18 August 2020. But from 12 July 2020, they started the preorder of the same. Microsoft announced the 3 different versions of the Microsoft Flight Simulator under the title of Standards, Deluxe, and Premium Deluxe.

And this title was given because this will provide the gamer to choose their airports and airplane and many other incremental sets of gameplay features.

The timeline for the Microsoft Flight Simulator

It first Microsoft Flight Simulator was launched in 1982, and the was Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0, then in 1984, Microsoft came up with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0, in 1986 they launched a special Microsoft Flight Simulator for Macintosh, then in Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 in1988

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 in1989
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 in 1995
• Microsoft Flight Simulator Windows 95 in 1996.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 in 1997
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 in 1999
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 in 2001
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 – A century Flight in 2003.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X in 2006
• Microsoft Flight Simulator Steam Edition in 2014.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 in 2020.

Bruce Artwick In 1976, began writing articles by the name of Microsoft Flight Simulator about the 3D computer graphics program.

When a magazine editor told Bruce Artwick and the subscribers want to buy the program, it strikes Bruce to change it into the game, and hence he opened the sublogic cooperation to incorporate his work in 1977.

And immediately, the company began the selling of the game in computers like 8080 and Altair 8800and IMSAI. Then the sublogic company began selling for apple like it released the FS1 Flight Simulator for the Apple II.

The TRS-80 version was released by the sublogic in 1980. And in CGA graphics by Microsoft, which was licensed by IBM PC version was released as the first Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 1.0.

It was the first of its unusual type that it is not an application system that will require the operating system, but it displaced the installed one as long as the program was running because it has an operating system of its own.

There were some unofficial compatibility tests for new PC clone software models; they were Lotus 1,2,3, but earlier, there were less than 100 % IBM PC compatible systems for the flight simulator.

For the Flight Simulator II in Apple II, the Sublogic continued to develop the platforms so that it could be ported in 1983. And they were able to build some fantastic platforms like Commodore 64, MSX, and Atari 860 in 1984. And the platforms like Amiga and Atari ST in 1986.

Microsoft began the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Meanwhile, Bruce Artwick had left Sublogic, and to continue his work on Subsequent Microsoft’s Releases; He founded the Bruce Artwick Organisations.

Microsoft went on to encompass the use of 3D graphics and graphics hardware acceleration advancement features, and they reached commercial maturity with the 3.1 Version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The advancement was going on by adding the flight simulation software and adding features. And we say features they have added the augmented scenery and new aircraft types like this Microsoft continued to add the newer versions in the Microsoft Flight Simulator.

And this advancement has been increased more when there were more aircraft, tools, and scenery in the 2000 and 2002 versions, which was Asa available in the two types, “standard” and ” professional” editions.

But in 2004, which was the 9 editions of the Microsoft Flight Simulator, they had only one edition, but it was marked as the celebration of the 100 years powered flight.

Flight Simulator X, which was released in 2006, returned with the dual version edition. The versions were ” standard” and ” Deluxe. “

The feature started detailing the popular cities, major landscape, and scenery, and there were about 24,000 airports. There were varying details, and the flying area encompasses the planet earth.

The gameplay sparse as details become landscape where the flight simulator moves away from the population Centre particularly outside the United States. There was a variety of scenery offered by different websites to add on to remedy this.

As we have stepped up into the 21st Century, there were so many technological advancements and improvements that can be seen, and the latest version and sophisticated technology were incorporated like the weather simulation, and with the growing technology now you download the real-world weather data that is available in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000.

For making it more real, they have included air traffic control and the air traffic environment; these are the new interactive environments these are the new features.

To make it more real, they have added modern-day Boeing 777 and some models of historical aircraft like the Douglas DC-3, which contains some interactive features like challenges, interactive lessons, and an aircraft checklist. 

The advancement in technology is so fast that they have added the two latest versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator that has a ‘Kiosk‘ mode; this application allows to be run in electronic Kiosks which are located in public places, which means the game zone which is available in the shopping malls.

They upgrade the game so fast that the variety of Microsoft Flight Simulator adds on both free and commercial and fan-based too.

Microsoft Flight 

In 2012 the Microsoft released the new version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator by the Microsoft Flight, which was developed by the coalition ( a Microsoft Game studio in Vancouver); it was specially designed to replace it as it was not a part of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series and the there target was to attract the new users into the flight game which were simple to be used by the users and the incompatible with Flight Simulator and adds on the existing user does not allow them to use like including aircraft’s, photography scenery and objects.

On July 26 in 2016 the Microsoft canceled the further development of Flight.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

It is the second most recent release and the most major release made by the Microsoft Flight Simulator, and they kept the name Microsoft Flight Simulator X. It was developed for the preview in Direct X 10 and Window Vista it includes features like graphics engine upgrade and compatibility. This was the last game developed by Ace’s game studio, which was released on 17 October 2006 in North America. 

It also has two versions of the game, both on to the DVDs. The ” Deluxe ” contains the new Garmin G 1000, which has 3 cockpits, missions, additional aircraft, and integrated flight instruments. Multiplayer mode has capabilities of tower control and has airports and details of the higher versions of the cities. There were main graphical improvements and a software development kit(SDK).

Hence the Microsoft has released the demo of Microsoft Flight Simulator X which contain 2 mission, 2 aircraft, and 3 airports. This was compatible with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista.

Closure of Ace Game studios 

On January 22, 2009, it was reported that the development team was heavily affected by the Microsoft cuts that had been laid off, which was the indication that the entire team of Microsoft flight is a simulator. Hence it was marked as the closure of Ace game studio on January 26. Microsoft resourced with our strategic priorities and said that the decision was difficult in the post of the official FS insider website. However, Microsoft said that the Microsoft flight simulator would be available in the retailer store and web store. And also said that the teams of the flight simulator remain the same and will be remembered for a long time, and will keep inspiring people.

Microsoft third party developer 

Aces Game studios announced Microsoft ESP ( Enterprise Simulation Platform) in late 2007. With the use of technology in the flight simulation, the development platforms and companies will have to create the product by the closure of Ace’s game studio in 2009 January. In late 2009 Lockheed Martin announced that it has negotiated with Microsoft a licensing argument to purchase the intellectual property, including the Microsoft codes for the game of the ESP products. 

The fight Simulator X SP 2 the commercial-use version, then Lockheed announced the new product, which was based on ESP source code, would be called Prepare 3D. 

And Lockheed hired the original members of the Aces Game Studio to continue the development of the product. He released this version in November 2010.

Dovetail Games and Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

On 9 July 2014, Microsoft, through Dovetail Games, announced that Microsoft had permitted the Dovetail Games Studio to dethe Microsoft Flight Simulator Series,  and as announced in late 2014, the dovetail games released the flight simulator x gold edition on steam and titled it Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition.

It was released on December 18, 2014, it is was released that includes content that provided the original FSX gold edition, which includes the FSX Deluxe edition acceleration package of expansion and both official services packs and repackages in one bundle in a single installation. The steam edition includes all standards of steam facilities, including overall multiplayer support to go through. 

Microsoft Flight 2020

On June 9 in 2019, as the part, E3 conference announcement made by Microsoft and they revealed that they would bring the flight simulator series with an updated release. And they named it Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. With the collaboration with the Xbox YouTube channel, Microsoft launched a new website and a teaser video on the channel.

With new features and versions which were developed by the Asobo studio, which was the lead developer, the tight integration of ground satellite data and Microsoft own Azure AI into simulator engine generate and real photography graphics. Hence they released the game in July 2020.