[HN Gopher] The History of Microsoft Flight Simulator ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-08-23 23:00 UTC)