...where we came from.  I admit - I do my fair share of complaining because I want 60fps from my mid-grade machine with FSX cranked up (to which, clearly, I do not come close).  But when I came across this link, it brought me back 15 years when I spent countless hours in front of a VGA monitor with 256 colors looking at similar screens.  A walk down memory lane, perhaps?  We've got it good and it will only get better (though not without the obligatory head-banging sessions we have all gone through with each advance in software and hardware technology - neither of which are ever quite in synch with the other...)

http://fshistory.simflight.com/fsvault/msfs3.htm

BTW, I think that's snow falling 

Well, I can honestly say I never used FS3.

Began with FS4, using it a while, then life kept me away from simulations of any types and rediscovered FS with FS98.

At the time it was a quantum leap, even if compared with FS95 (of which I saw at the times some screenshots on the net).

Another quantum leap was from FS2000 (that I did not buy nor use, like I'm going to do with FSX) to FS2002.

Who know if we will see a quantum leap ever again. Hope in FS11. Comparing FSX to FS2000 (the two HAVE a lot of similarities, under the hood), who knows... maybe FS11 will be deserving of attention like FS2002 was.

I hope.


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Nope, those were the clouds. Quite a difference even with FS98, huh?

I have had every FS since the 3, and I can tell you it has come a long way.

ashaman - my observation of "snow" was a tongue-in-cheek response to the graphics of the day.  Thanks for replying, though...I'm having fun no matter what they say...

For Xmas, 1984 I got a Commodore 128 and Flight Simulator II. I loved that sim. Since then I have owned FS98, FS2002, and FSX. FSX is the best ever. If I was happy with FS2, I can definitely be happy with FSX. The only complaint I have had with FSX is the logbook corruption glitch but I fixed that and can't complain about anything else.

woah way before my time...before i was born in fact...i started on FS98, then ive had each FS since and for the time of release for each sim they where the best and then the next came....obviously....

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I know, almost all the answers I write are tongue in cheek too. The one you talk about no less.


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This is why we're here. To have fun.


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I've downloaded all the old sims on that page and found after a little search the 5.1 too (which links on that page do not work). Going to install them on my old P233Mx laptop for when I'm outside (it has no 3D acceleration, so FS98 works poorly on it).

Do any of you know if FS95 has fallen among the abandonware too by any chance?

If I am remembering correctly......... which at my age begins to become a problem  .......... my first flight sim program ran on a Sinclair ZX-81 with the 16K RAM module.  (yes that is a K not an M)  

Stock machine came with 2K of RAM!    


Ah... those were the days.

best,

....................john

My first sim i flew was FS 4, later i got Flight Unlimited 2 which was a great sim and after that Flight Unlimited 3 but that was very buggy in my opinion ( taxiways that dissapeared and stuff).
After FU3 i got FS 2000 and had great fun putting planes and other stuff into it i ran that until we got a new pc in late 04 and that could let me fly FS9.
FS9 is now shelved for FSX

My logbook problem was different than yours. My logbook got corrupted and wouldn't let me even play the game. If my memory serves me correct, you're having problems with it not logging flights. I don't know how to fix that. Mine logged bad data and I had to go in and fix the bad data. The logbook appears to have major problems on a couple of levels.