It is difficult to believe these days, but Microsoft Flight Simulator started life decades ago. The current version has developed from that very first version Microsoft Flight Simulator v1.0. Although it was named version 1.0, the Microsoft version of the flight simulator software was not actually the first version of the program.
The Microsoft simulator actually evolved from earlier software developed to simulate flight. Bruce Artwick is credited with starting the interest and development of flight simulator software back in the 1970’s. He expressed his interest by writing articles on the topic. After realizing there was indeed a market for a program that simulated flying an aircraft Bruce set about to make his ideas real.
It was an ideal time to start on the development of computer flight simulators, as computers were becoming cheaper and had enough power to perform the calculations needed. Bruce founded Sublogic corporation to develop and market his flight simulation software. The first version of the software only ran on the Apple II and TRS-80 and was released in 1980. It was a very limited simulator, had very basic graphics and it covered only a small area, but it turned out to be one of the most popular computer games of the time.
In 1982 Microsoft got interested in expanding its games and entertainment products and reached an agreement to license the software developed by Sublogic and adapt it to the PC. The version was released as version 1.0 and featured major improvements - the wire frame graphics were no more, they were replaced by solid graphics in color. The scenery was modeled on the real world, an improvement over the previous defined area that was available to fly over. It was also possible to add scenery into the program and expand the world in which you could fly. Additional features that were added for the first time included dynamic weather, so the pilot could experience flying in all weather and wind conditions. It was also possible to set the time of the flight, to gain practice flying during the day or night.
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