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Q133746: Flight Simulator for MS-DOS: New Features in Version 5.1

Article: Q133746
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.1
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Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.1 
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SUMMARY
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The following article lists new features included with Microsoft Flight
Simulator version 5.1.

MORE INFORMATION
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The new features of Flight Simulator are as follows:

CD-ROM Version Only
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1. Included on CD-ROM are more than 100 new airports divided into the following
  areas:

   - Africa
   - Asia
   - Europe
   - North America
   - Oceania
   - South America

2. World-Wide Scenery Objects that include the following:

   - Visit Moscow, Russia and see Red Square
   - Stop off in London and see Big Ben
   - Scenery packs of Japan, Caribbean and an enhanced version of Europe
   - Scenery Boosters provide a more efficient way of loading scenery

CD-ROM and Floppy Disk Versions
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1. Flight Challenges:

   - Fly cross-country.
   - Practice spin recovery.
   - Land on the Aircraft carrier Nimitz.

2. Scenery Manager:

   - Use the new Scenery Manager to add old or new scenery.

3. 16-Bit Sound Support:

   - Must be 100 percent Sound Blaster compatible.

4. 64-bit Video Support:

   - Fully supported ATI Mach 64.

5. Improved Scenery:

   - Improved resolution with the default scenery.

6. Lower Conventional Memory requirement:

   - In most cases 500K free can run Flight Simulator.

7. Improved Setup Detection:

   - Offers you the option to make a boot disk.

8. Visibility option:

   - Lowering visibility simulates low visibility flights and landings.

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Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim510DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.1
Issue type        : kbinfo

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