Flight Simulator II (1983 video game)
A landmark flight simulator with solid-color graphics and real-world scenery.
Flight Simulator II is a video game developed by Bruce Artwick and published by Sublogic. It was released in December 1983 for the Apple II, with later versions for other platforms including the Atari ST in 1986. The game is notable for its solid-color graphics and real-world scenery, a departure from earlier wireframe flight simulators.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Sublogic
- Publisher
- Sublogic; Atari Corporation
- Designer
- Bruce Artwick
- Genre
- Amateur flight simulation
- Platforms
- Apple II
- Atari 8-bit
- Commodore 64
- PC-98
- Amiga
- Atari ST
- Tandy Color Computer 3
- Modes
- Single-player
Facts from the source article.
Development
After the release of Flight Simulator for the IBM PC, Sublogic backported its improvements to other computers as Flight Simulator II. This version uses solid colors instead of wireframe graphics and includes real-world scenery limited to a few areas in the United States. It allows loading additional scenery from floppy disks; Sublogic released twelve Scenery Disks covering the continental United States, plus four others for Western Europe, Japan, Hawaii, and San Francisco.
Reception
InfoWorld in 1984 praised Flight Simulator II for the Apple as a complicated but exhilarating game and stated it was superior to Microsoft's version. InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers recommended it as the best flight simulator for the Atari 8-bit. Roy Wagner in Computer Gaming World called it outstanding and an excellent example of programming and documentation. II Computing listed it ninth on its top Apple II games list in late 1985, and it was Sublogic's best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987. In 1996, Computer Gaming World ranked it the 79th-best computer game ever released.
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