Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0
The fifth take on the Flight Simulator series. This version added SVGA graphics, textures in certain areas, sound card support, and two new flight areas, Paris and Munich. This was the final DOS-only release.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 is a simulator developed by The Bruce Artwick Organization, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.
What Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 is
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 is a simulator game developed by The Bruce Artwick Organization and released in 1993. It was published by Microsoft Corporation. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The fifth take on the Flight Simulator series. This version added SVGA graphics, textures in certain areas, sound card support, and two new flight areas, Paris and Munich. This was the final DOS-only release.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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