FS1 Flight Simulator

TRS-80 cover art

Developer(s)| Sublogic
Publisher(s)| Sublogic
Designer(s)| Bruce Artwick
Stu Moment
Programmer(s)| Bruce Artwick
Platform(s)| Apple II, TRS-80
Release| Apple II

* NA: December 1979[1]

TRS-80
1980
Genre(s)| Amateur flight simulator
Mode(s)| Single-player

FS1 Flight Simulator is a 1979 video game published by Sublogic for the Apple II. A TRS-80 version followed in 1980. FS1 Flight Simulator is a flight simulator in the cockpit of a slightly modernized Sopwith Camel.[2] FS1 is the first in a line of simulations from Sublogic which, beginning in 1982, were also sold by Microsoft as Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Sublogic later released updated versions for both the Apple II and TRS-80 on 5 ​1⁄4 inch diskettes. The updates include enhanced terrain, help menus, and a bomb sight.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development
* 3 Ports
* 4 Reception
* 4.1 Reviews
* 5 References

## Gameplay

Apple II screenshot

## Development

Computer-graphics specialist Bruce Artwick and pilot and marketing student Stu Moment were roommates at the University of Illinois. Released for the Apple II computer as A2-FS1 Flight Simulator with British Ace - 3D Aerial Battle,[3] it was their first product after forming Sublogic,[4] has black and white wireframe graphics, with very limited scenery consisting of 36 tiles (in a 6 by 6 pattern, which roughly equals a few hundred square kilometers), and provides a very basic simulation of one aircraft.

Sublogic advertised that the $25 FS1 "is a visual flight simulator that gives you realistically stable aircraft control", with a graphics engine "capable of drawing 150 lines per second".[5]

## Ports

The simulator was later ported to the TRS-80 Model I under the name T80-FS1,[6] which has only rudimentary graphics capability. Because of the TRS-80's limited memory and display, the instrument panel was dropped and the resolution of the cockpit window display reduced.

## Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed FS1 Flight Simulator in The Space Gamer No. 31. Mishcon commented that "all things considered, this is single most impressive computer game I have seen. It creates a whole new standard. I most strongly urge you to buy it and see for yourself".[2]

Bob Proctor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and said that "although there are other flight simulators, the Sublogic program remains unique for the built-in dogfight game. While raving about the simulation, reviewers have called the game 'difficult', 'challenging', and 'next to impossible'".[7]

Flight Simulator sold 30,000 copies by June 1982, tied for third on Computer Gaming World's list of top sellers.[1]

### Reviews

* SoftSide[8]
* 80 Micro[9]
* Moves #56, p25[10]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Inside the Industry" (PDF). Computer Gaming World: p. 2. September–October 1982. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1982&pub=2&id=6. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mishcon, J. (September 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (31): 28.
3. ↑ "sublogic_a2fs1_manual". https://fs1.applearchives.com/manuals/sublogic_a2fs1_manual.pdf.
4. ↑ Hockman, Daniel (April 1987). "Bruce Artwick's Flight Simulator / You've Come A Long Way, Baby! / The History of an Epic Program". Computer Gaming World (36): 32–34. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1987&pub=2&id=36. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
5. ↑ "New for the Apple II & TRS-80... the subLOGIC FS1 Flight Simulator!". BYTE: 94. January 1980. https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-01#page/n95/mode/2up.
6. ↑ "Flight Simulator". https://www.mobygames.com/game/18186/flight-simulator/screenshots/trs-80/389479/.
7. ↑ Proctor, Bob (March–April 1982). "You Too Can Be an Ace!". Computer Gaming World 1 (3): 32–33.
8. ↑ "SoftSide Magazine Issue 28 (Convoy)". January 1981. https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-28/page/n95/mode/2up.
9. ↑ "80 Microcomputing Magazine August 1981". August 1981. https://archive.org/stream/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-08/80Microcomputing_0881#page/n25/mode/2up.
10. ↑ https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves Issue56.pdf

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