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History of Microsoft Flight Simulator
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<p><i><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/cAoGr0lI">Microsoft Flight Simulator</a></i> began as a set of articles on computer graphics, written by <a href="/facts/Bruce_Artwick/HRgFHcqb">Bruce Artwick</a> throughout 1976, about flight simulation using 3-D graphics. When the editor of the magazine told Artwick that subscribers were interested in purchasing such a program, Artwick founded <a href="/facts/Sublogic/9HY0KUtI">Sublogic Corporation</a> to commercialize his ideas. At first the new company sold flight simulators through mail order, but that changed in January 1979 with the release of <i>Flight Simulator</i> (FS) for the <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a>. They soon followed this up with versions for other systems and from there it evolved into a long-running series of computer flight simulators. </p>