Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000

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Summary: cccccooooooolllllleeeeeesssssttttttttttt game
Review: This is the best game! Besides the 20,000 different airports you can go to, it is a major sightseeing fun factor. You can fly by the statue of liberty, under the golden gate bridge, past the white house, and over the grand canyon. If this game hade a six star rating, I would vote that much. The only complaint is that in n.y., some skyscrapers and stuff stand out, while the rest seems to be a million feet below you. It's just the resoloution. But besides that this the best game ever made! I highly suggest you buy this game as soon as you can.

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Summary: Excellent Product!
Review: This products reflects 17 years of Flight Simulator history. New 3D Landscape, Real-world weather, two more planes (4 more on pro ver), High resolution destinations and much more. If you have played FS98, you will feel the difference. The worst part is it has EXTREMELY HIGH System Requirements. I have PIII 600Mhz, 128MB Ram & 16Mb V3 3000. Frame rate was 18-24 at 1280X768 when i first played it (Full Screen increases perfromances). Then i read it on the manual that for the best performance upgrade your drivers and install FS2000 upgrade too. Then the frame rate was 28-36. WOW! I'd recommend PIII 550-700 128MB RAM and 16-32MB VRAM for acceptional performance.

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Summary: DIM SIM
Review: Two years ago I tried Flight Unlimited on an old power mac. It was soooo much better than MS Flight Simulator 2000. I now have a P3 866 with 128DRAM, so this machine should work well with MS FLT SIM 2000, but no such luck. The graphics are slow and choppy and generally pathetic. Even when I fooled around with the settings I couldn't make the sim work as well as Flight Unlimited did on an old mac two years ago! This is a prime example of bigger not being better. Bill Gates should try fast foot or dry cleaning and stop producing ugly software. Buy Flight Unlimited and wait for MS to learn how to fly. I've been a licensed pilot for 18 years, and MS FS 2K is a real lead balloon.

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Summary: Flight Simulator 2000
Review: Well if you are a commercial pilot then you and only could really enjoy this. I could not endure the slow going of this software. Sorry but unless you enjoyed being bored to death hunt for something else!!

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Summary: Microsoft Flight Sim 2K Pro edition
Review: What pushes the 2K Pro. past the middle star in the 5 star rating is the additional air craft. There may be more detailed scenery but the details are no better than the vanilla 2000 and you still can't land the whirly bird on a building top without incurring a "building crash". A word of caution: If you are planning to get any of the flight sims bundled with a computer check to be sure they include a Pilot's Handbook. Gateway does not and wont get it for you either. You have to find and buy after-market books on everything in order to fully enjoy your system.

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Summary: What Happened?
Review: When i first installed this game, i had high expectations for it. It sounded way better than 98. But then, i started playing, and the view from the cockpit was very jumpy and unclear. i have a pentium II 400 computer that more than exceeds the requirements. But still, the game is extremely slow and prevents you from exploring. For instance, the game is almost not playable when i create a thunderstorm. But other than being slow, it is rather decent. the graphics do look superb(when the game is working, that is)and the game itself is more complex and exciting than 98. But i recommend that you have a pentium III computer with alot of RAM.

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Summary: Navigation aids particularly helpful
Review: With basically all VFR and IFR nav aids in the database, it is an excellent tool for practicing cross country flights, devloping a routine (I am a student pilot) and executing a flight plan. With *real* weather, and the GPS indicators for gs, you can even "fly" the flight using the same VOR frequencies you will use in the air. I am amazed at this software.