Microsoft Flight Simulator 98

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Summary: Awesome Game
Review: This is a great realistic simulation game!!

Rating:
Summary: Great game
Review: When I bought MS Flight Simulator for windows 95, an older version of Flight Simulator, I was really glad I did. It had some incredible sounds and the airplanes were very realistic-like nothing else out there at the time. Then, I bought Flight Simulator 98 at amazon.com and I realized that they had improved a lot and the sounds were even more realistic. This simulator really shows what is like to fly the incredible aircraft included in the pack. Another thing that really matters is the system requirements. I also bought MSFS 2000 and my computer did not run it. I tried everything, but the system requirements were to heavy. Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 requires THE SAME as the older 95 version. It is a great game and you should buy it. You'll have a lot of fun.

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Summary: The coolest game, but only in 1998.
Review: When I first got this game in 1998 it was the coolest game on earth. Now that Flight Simulator 2000, and 2000 Professional Edition are out, it isn't the best.

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Summary: Cool Planes, Bad Graphics and Handling
Review: Yeah the planes might be cool, but all the other graphics stink. It looks like you're high above the city, when you're really 2 inches from crashing into it! Another thing is when you're in the air and you slightly tap a turn key, the plane starts going all over the place. And when the planes crash some of them don't even break!! Bad game Don't get it.

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Summary: Gret entry in the series
Review: Your sitting at the control wheel of a Cessna Skylane sitting at the southern end of Meigs Airport on a sunny but otherwise nondescript sort of day. In the distance, the mammoth hulk of the Sears tower looms. For many flight simulator fanatics, this has been the start-up screen as far back as 1987 (when I got my first copy of FS1. FS98, is the 7th incarnation of the game and, though it starts just like every previous version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, the difference is how much farther it will go. As can be expected, FS98 allows you to fly more planes than before, from more airports than you knew existed and with greater graphical realism than you could have expected. If you're unsatisfied with what's offered on the game (including the sailplane, 737, Learjet, and the Bell Jetranger helicopter) or the scenery available, a host of 3rd party files (both free and pay ware) is widely available. There's so much offered on FS98 in terms of location and aircraft, that you may easily resist the impulse to drop cash for the latest "new" version of MSFS (and for a new system to run it). Currently, my top adventure involves reenacting the "Deathstar Trench-run" using a Long EZ kitplane and the Ginza district of Tokyo. The helicopter is a bit of a disappointment - it's the first helicopter to come with the game, but sim pilots have been able to fly 3rd helicopters on MSFS since 1992, and the Jetranger included on FS98 doesn't seem to fly that much differently than the one I downloaded for FS4b back in 1995. Game controllers weren't much of an issue for the game, which is to be expected since joysticks and other input devices have to be recognized by Win95, which like FS, is a solid Microsoft fixture. For the helicopter, though, you may want to invest in a set of rudder pedals. I ran this program with few problems and acceptable frame-rate on my P166mmx, though more power (and hardware acceleration) is never something to balk at. Unless you're running a Celeron with 450Mhz, you probably won't have enough power to run FS98's successor, FS2000, though you might be able to run Combat Flight Simulator, Europe. CFS relies on a somewhat upgraded graphics engine and more demanding play, but also offering the ability to run 3rd party aircraft, scenery and adventure files. With FS2002 expected to be released for the holiday season, the price of FS98 could take a further hit.

Rating:
Summary: Gret entry in the series
Review: Your sitting at the control wheel of a Cessna Skylane sitting at the southern end of Meigs Airport on a sunny but otherwise nondescript sort of day. In the distance, the mammoth hulk of the Sears tower looms. For many flight simulator fanatics, this has been the start-up screen as far back as 1987 (when I got my first copy of FS1. FS98, is the 7th incarnation of the game and, though it starts just like every previous version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, the difference is how much farther it will go. As can be expected, FS98 allows you to fly more planes than before, from more airports than you knew existed and with greater graphical realism than you could have expected. If you're unsatisfied with what's offered on the game (including the sailplane, 737, Learjet, and the Bell Jetranger helicopter) or the scenery available, a host of 3rd party files (both free and pay ware) is widely available. There's so much offered on FS98 in terms of location and aircraft, that you may easily resist the impulse to drop cash for the latest "new" version of MSFS (and for a new system to run it). Currently, my top adventure involves reenacting the "Deathstar Trench-run" using a Long EZ kitplane and the Ginza district of Tokyo. The helicopter is a bit of a disappointment - it's the first helicopter to come with the game, but sim pilots have been able to fly 3rd helicopters on MSFS since 1992, and the Jetranger included on FS98 doesn't seem to fly that much differently than the one I downloaded for FS4b back in 1995. Game controllers weren't much of an issue for the game, which is to be expected since joysticks and other input devices have to be recognized by Win95, which like FS, is a solid Microsoft fixture. For the helicopter, though, you may want to invest in a set of rudder pedals. I ran this program with few problems and acceptable frame-rate on my P166mmx, though more power (and hardware acceleration) is never something to balk at. Unless you're running a Celeron with 450Mhz, you probably won't have enough power to run FS98's successor, FS2000, though you might be able to run Combat Flight Simulator, Europe. CFS relies on a somewhat upgraded graphics engine and more demanding play, but also offering the ability to run 3rd party aircraft, scenery and adventure files. With FS2002 expected to be released for the holiday season, the price of FS98 could take a further hit.