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FS1 Flight Simulator

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210: 248:, it was their first product after forming Sublogic, has black and white wireframe graphics, with very limited scenery consisting of 36 tiles (in a 6 by 6 pattern, which roughly equals a few hundred square kilometers), and provides a very basic simulation of one aircraft. 32: 299:, and said that "although there are other flight simulators, the Sublogic program remains unique for the built-in dogfight game. While raving about the simulation, reviewers have called the game 'difficult', 'challenging', and 'next to impossible'". 289:
No. 31. Mishcon commented that "all things considered, this is single most impressive computer game I have seen. It creates a whole new standard. I most strongly urge you to buy it and see for yourself".
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Sublogic advertised that the $ 25 FS1 "is a visual flight simulator that gives you realistically stable aircraft control", with a graphics engine "capable of drawing 150 lines per second".
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capability. Because of the TRS-80's limited memory and display, the instrument panel was dropped and the resolution of the cockpit window display reduced.
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version followed in 1980. FS1 is the first in a line of simulations from Sublogic which, beginning in 1982, were also sold by Microsoft as
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Sublogic later released updated versions for both the Apple II and TRS-80 on
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is a flight simulator in which the player pilots a somewhat modernized
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https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue56.pdf
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Proctor, Bob (March–April 1982). "You Too Can Be an Ace!".
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A2-FS1 Flight Simulator with British Ace - 3D Aerial Battle
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Index


Developer(s)
Sublogic
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)
Bruce Artwick
Stu Moment
Programmer(s)
Platform(s)
Apple II
TRS-80
NA
Genre(s)
Amateur flight simulator
Single-player
video game
Sublogic
Apple II
TRS-80
Microsoft Flight Simulator
5 14 inch diskettes

Sopwith Camel
Bruce Artwick
Stu Moment
University of Illinois
TRS-80
rudimentary graphics
The Space Gamer
Computer Gaming World

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