Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is the culmination of nearly 25 years of the landmark Flight Simulator franchise—the most significant addition to date. Flight Simulator X immerses you in a beautifully rich and…
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a simulator developed by Microsoft Game Studios, released 13 October 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Microsoft Flight Simulator X is
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a simulator game developed by Microsoft Game Studios and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) is a 2006 flight simulation video game originally developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight and the tenth installment of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, which was first released in 1982. It is built on an upgraded graphics rendering engine, showcasing DirectX 10 features in Windows Vista and was marketed by Microsoft as the most important technological milestone in the series at the time. FSX is the first version in the series to be released on DVD media.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Microsoft Flight Simulator X holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Microsoft Flight Simulator X launched on 13 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Need for Speed: Carbon. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2, Need for Speed: Carbon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Microsoft Flight Simulator X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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