Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight for Windows (2003)

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Microsoft Game Studios

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1st-person, 3rd-person (Other)

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Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator

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Description

As the name suggests, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, is that year's version of the popular simulator from Microsoft and celebrates 100 years of flight. Flight Simulator 2004 includes 9 historical aircraft such as the Wright Flyer from 1903, DC-3, Vickers Vimy, Curtiss Jenny and the Ryan NVP 'Spirit of St. Louis’ that you can pilot and new challenges centered around the historical aircraft. It includes a new help system called 'Learning Center' and an improved ATC, and a new dynamic weather system. The GPS systems in Flight Simulator 2004 have been completely overhaulled and are now based on real world Garmin 500/295 GPS systems.

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Screenshots

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Windows The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny " from the 1918 Hell's Stretch historic flight. The flight can be paused to allow the date, time, weather, view and even the plane to be changed via drop down menus

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Windows This is the airport selection menu. It can be accessed when creating a flight or during a flight. The next plane will be flying from an airstrip in Australia

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Windows Opening up the 'Spirit of St Louis' from the 'Century of Flight' menu brings up the story of Charles Lindberg's epic flight. From here the player can follow a link to the recreation of the flight.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Windows The cockpit of the Boeing 737. On the display just below the windscreen are seven icons, one of them is labelled in this shot. These are toggle switches which display additional instrument panels.

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Alternate Titles

"模擬飛行 2004：百年飛行史" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
"模拟飞行2004：飞行世纪" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Un siècle d'aviation" -- French title
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Un secolo di Aviazione" -- Italian title
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Das Jahrhundert der Luftfahrt" -- German title
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Cien Años de Aviación" -- Spanish title
"Flight Simulator 9" -- Working title

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User Reviews

Simply superb!	piltdown_man (205203)
The most amazing Flight Simulator release	A.A. Fussy (127)

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Critic Reviews

Armchair Empire, The	Oct 11, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Oct, 2003		90
GameSpot	Jul 28, 2003	8.8 out of 10	88
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Jul 31, 2003	83 out of 100	83
Gamesmania.de	Sep 23, 2003	82 out of 100	82
UOL Jogos	Sep 01, 2003		80
GameSpy	Jul 29, 2003		80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Dec 22, 2003	16 out of 20	80
PC Zone Benelux	Oct, 2003	78 out of 100	78
Gamesdog	Dec 15, 2003	7 out of 10	70