Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Windows)

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Description

Microsoft Flight Simulator X or FSX is the tenth version of Microsoft's line of civilian flight simulators. It updates the series to take advantage of up-to-date technologies including DirectX 10 and features much improved graphics and multiplayer support in the form of "Shared Skies" feature, which allows multiple players to share the cockpit.

The standard version is aimed at casual players and features 18 planes, 40 high-detail airports, 28 high-detail cities and 30+ structured missions.

The player can choose between flying predefined missions or free flight anywhere he or she wants in single player or multiplayer mode. The whole world is modelled in the game and in this version the maximum altitude is 100 million feet. New aircraft in this version include Airbus A321, DHC-2 Beaver floatplane, Boeing 737-800 and a new ultralight, Air Creation Trike 582 SL.

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Alternate Titles

• "模擬飛行 10" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "FSX" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: Civilian
• Games for Windows releases
• Microsoft Flight Simulator series
• Middleware: Bink Video

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Critic Reviews

Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 23, 2006	18 out of 20	90
Worth Playing	Dec 09, 2006	8.9 out of 10	89
PC Action (Germany)	Nov 22, 2006	85 out of 100	85
4Players.de	Nov 13, 2006	85 out of 100	85
GameZone	Oct 11, 2006	8.4 out of 10	84
G4 TV: X-Play	Nov 07, 2006		80
Video Game Talk	Oct 05, 2006		80
Gaming Age	Nov 22, 2006	B	75
VGPub	Nov 06, 2006	7.3 out of 10	73
Eurogamer.de	Oct 24, 2006	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Microsoft Flight Simulator X appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2006 – #2 Best Simulation of the Year

Later Licensing

When Microsoft closed the ACES studio in 2009, Lockheed Martin licensed the source code and has continued to develop the simulator, releasing updated versions under the name 'Prepar3d' (P3D) - not intended for gaming/entertainment, but available with Professional, Developer and Academic licensing - the latter applicable for self-education purposes, just as the original title. Existing add-ons for FS-X are not guaranteed to work in P3D but many add-on developers have released conversion tools to make their products compatible.

Related Web Sites

• Flight Simulator X (Official site)
• Flight Simulator X - Wikipedia (article in the open encyclopedia)