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The Cockpit

The Cockpit is a Simulation game, developed and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1988. Though the game is limited to simulating runway landings only. After a successful touchdown…

1 February 1988

The Cockpit is a simulator developed by Compac Inc, released 1 February 1988 on MSX.

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What The Cockpit is

The Cockpit is a simulator game developed by Compac Inc and released in 1988. It was published by Nidecom Soft. It is available on MSX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Cockpit is a Simulation game, developed and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1988. Though the game is limited to simulating runway landings only. After a successful touchdown you can progress to other airports around the country, each with increasing difficulty in the way of wind interference. The graphics and controls are quite basic, but the game still aims to provide immersion during each short landing sequence. The later versions on X68000 and PC-98 feature control tower speech and higher resolutions which add further realism to the simulation.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did The Cockpit come out?
The Cockpit was released on 1 February 1988 for MSX.

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