[HN Gopher] The History of Microsoft Flight Simulator
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The History of Microsoft Flight Simulator
Author : doener
Score : 28 points
Date : 2022-08-21 13:09 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (s-macke.github.io)
(TXT) w3m dump (s-macke.github.io)
| sohkamyung wrote:
| Here's an article on the history of flight simulators on home
| computers by Jimmy Maher [1]
|
| [1] https://www.filfre.net/2021/01/the-dream-of-flight/
| daviding wrote:
| I bought the 1982 version.
|
| Today I'm sat in VR [1] with MSFS [2], flying over photogrammetry
| scenery streamed from the cloud, using consumer flight controls
| [3] modelled on a real Boeing 737 [4], talking to an air traffic
| controller in Portugal (I'm in Seattle) [5], checking my Nav
| charts [6] and checklists [7] as I go, just having a good time
| playing pilot for fun, as I like the buttons.
|
| Things have come a long way in the last 40 years; will be crazy
| to see what the next 40 do.
|
| (I've included the links for people not familiar with the hobby
| as that's always interesting)
|
| [1] https://www.hp.com/us-en/vr/reverb-g2-vr-headset.html [2]
| https://www.flightsimulator.com/ [3]
| https://www.thrustmaster.com/en-us/products/tca-yoke-pack-bo...
| [4] https://pmdg.com/pmdg-737-700-for-microsoft-flight-
| simulator... [5] https://www.vatsim.net/ [6]
| https://navigraph.com/ [7]
| https://flightsim.to/file/32315/pmdg-737-700-summarised-norm...
| stuart78 wrote:
| The window crack patters when you crash are forever burned into
| my mind. Which is to say I loved playing the '88 version when I
| was a kid, but I never quite mastered the subtle art of not
| crashing.
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