Microsoft Flight Simulator began life as a set of articles on computer graphics written by Bruce Artwick in 1976 about a 3D computer graphics program. Main article: History of Microsoft Flight Simulator In 1982, Artwick’s company licensed a version of Flight Simulator for the IBM PC to Microsoft, which was marketed as Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.00. Boyd who was interested in creating a ‘definitive game’ that would graphically demonstrate the difference between older 8-bit computers such as the Apple II and the new 16-bit computers like the IBM PC still in development. In 1981, Artwick was approached by Microsoft’s Alan M. His company, subLOGIC, initially distributed it for various personal computers. In January 2009, it was reported that Microsoft closed down the ACES Game Studio, which was responsible for the series.īruce Artwick began the development of the Flight Simulator in 1977. Microsoft Flight Simulator may be the longest-running PC game series of all time. It was an early product in the Microsoft portfolio – different from its other software which was largely business-oriented – and at 25 years is the longest-running franchise, predating Windows by three years. It is one of the longest-running, best-known and most comprehensive home flight simulator series. Microsoft Flight Simulator (sometimes abbreviated as MSFS or FS) is a series of flight simulator programs for the Microsoft Windows operating system, although it was marketed as a video game.
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