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A2-FS2 Flight Simulator II, subLOGIC
(Information provided by Jos Grupping, who runs the Flight Simulator History website, in an e-mail received in January 2005.)
"In 1982 the first example of the new generation of Flight Simulator was released, however not for the Apple, but for the new IBM PC only. This version was again created again by subLOGIC, but was sold and marketed by Microsoft. It featured a more or less complete aircraft panel with eight gauges and a radio stack. The scenery showed a picture of the real world, or at least small parts of it. After fierce complaints by Apple users who felt left out in the dark, in 1983 subLOGIC itself issued a similar, improved version for the Apple II, called Flight Simulator II, and shortly thereafter released versions for the Commodore 64 and Atari 400. Improvements made were not only in the quality of graphics but also in functionality."
(For the complete story on the development of Flight Simulator please pay a visit to the Flight Simulator History website: http://fshistory.simflight.com/)
The front cover of the manual for the Apple II version of Flight Similator II.
The disks for Flight Simulator II.
Flying over O'Hare Field in Chicago.
Take off from Meigs field in Chicago.
Flying towards Meigs field.
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17 Jan 05