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The game sold about 800,000 copies in its first five years.
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667:"Byte Magazine Volume 09 Number 03 - Simulation"
655:. October 26, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
627:. February 1, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
175:– This image is of FS 1.0 displaying color on a
534:"Springtime In Atlanta Beats Fall In Las Vegas"
669:. March 26, 1984 – via Internet Archive.
641:. April 26, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
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417:See King's Quest image for sample images
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603:"AT&T 6300 PERSONAL COMPUTER"
580:"Amiga, Atari Ready PC Emulators"
482:Lockwood, Russ (September 1985).
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179:. The game does have support for
154:. It is the first release in the
457:"Tandy's Magnificent Concession"
248:Microsoft Flight Simulator (1.0)
16:1982 flight simulator video game
605:. InfoWorld. pp. 49, 53–54
532:Dvorak, John C. (12 May 1986).
428:Advertisement (December 1982).
763:Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
680:Lynch, Dennis (July 1, 1988).
388:Hockman, Daniel (April 1987).
140:Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
27:Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
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436:. pp. Inside front cover
398:. No. 36. pp. 32–34
354:World Video Game Hall of Fame
191:Around the years of 1981–82,
714:"Microsoft Flight Simulator"
559:. InfoWorld. pp. 47, 50
270:. The starting airport was
1038:Microsoft Train Simulator 2
254:in one of four US regions:
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230:. If a computer could run
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134:Microsoft Flight Simulator
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1024:Microsoft Space Simulator
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920:2004: A Century of Flight
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323:Hartley G. Lesser for
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517:28 February
494:26 February
434:PC Magazine
370:- Jan, 1983
367:PC Magazine
272:Meigs Field
260:Los Angeles
236:Lotus 1-2-3
90:Platform(s)
66:Designer(s)
1103:Categories
1056:Developers
892:Windows 95
724:The Strong
440:21 October
375:References
316:said "the
252:Cessna 182
195:contacted
185:monochrome
148:video game
768:MobyGames
461:InfoWorld
348:inducted
344:In 2021,
297:Reception
193:Microsoft
183:, but in
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1068:Sublogic
777:PC World
402:23 April
313:SoftSide
242:Gameplay
201:Sublogic
160:series.
110:Genre(s)
47:Sublogic
834:History
467:19 July
360:Reviews
352:to its
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256:Chicago
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866:(1986)
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782:Review
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152:IBM PC
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