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In the 80s, I used to play the subLOGIC Flight Simulator II on my father's Apple //e. Later, I wondered whether this was a predecessor to Microsoft's Flight Sim
by dasKrokodil 7y ago
In the 80s, I used to play the subLOGIC Flight Simulator II on my father's Apple //e. Later, I wondered whether this was a predecessor to Microsoft's Flight Simulator. Apparently it sort of was:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Simulator_II_(subLOGIC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Simulator_II_(subLOGIC)
- pvg 7y agoOh interesting, I assumed the original MSFS was a port/enhancement of FS2 from the various 8-bitters. But apparently it was the other way round.
- pohl 7y agoThis brings back memories. I still have the paper subLOGIC Flight Simulator documentation that came with my copy for my TRS-80 Model I. The blocky graphics made it so that it only looked good if you were banking.
- Jeema101 7y agoI think the original MS Flight Simulator was essentially a licensed version of subLOGIC Flight Simulator. Side note: subLOGIC also made another combat-oriented one around that same time called Jet which I think used the same engine as MS FS and subLOGIC FS because all of them could use the same scenery disks as I recall...
- nineteen999 7y agoPlayed this as a kid (or it's predecessor FS1 perhaps?) with wireframe graphics only on an Olivetti M21 with monochrome screen. subLOGIC also released another very addictive game, "Night Mission Pinball". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttoAfg7Ehc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttoAfg7Ehc These two games were my first encounter with PC gaming, along with the Infocom games (zork etc).