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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 19906
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 95
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.8
Model: 030-00281
UPC: 659556176365
EAN: 0659556176365
ASIN: B00002S7IH
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Amazon.com Review
Flight Simulator 98 may not be the newest entry in this venerable civilian flight simulation series, but you sure get a lot for your money. Never mind that thousands of airports scattered around the entire earth are available for your exploration, or that you can use several prop planes, jets, or even a helicopter (oh, and don't forget the sailplane) to get there. Forget about the detailed avionics, online play, and smooth 3-D accelerated graphics. The real draw of this simulation is its open-ended design and phenomenal gaming community that has designed thousands of new planes, cockpits, graphics packs, and scenery enhancements that are all available for free on the Internet. Take air-traffic control, for example, which is completely missing from the initial release of Flight Simulator 98 (unless you are flying one of the canned adventures included with the game). Last time we looked, there were nearly a dozen add-on packages that tack an air-traffic control model onto the game, either for free or for a small shareware fee. There are programs that let players plan flights, import real-time weather conditions that change realistically as you fly from place to place, and do just about every other thing you can think of to this simulation. If you never explore the add-ons available online, Flight Simulator 98 is still a fantastic civilian flight simulator that can provides months of high-flying enjoyment. Venture online, however, and this game reaches heights that competing products can't touch. --T. Byrl Baker Pros: - Plenty of planes to fly
- Thousands of add-ons and enhancements available for download on the Internet
- Convincing flight models
Cons: - Many new products compatible with Flight Simulator 2000 won't work with this product
- The lack of built-in air-traffic control makes for lonely skies
Amazon.com Product Description
The world leader in flight simulation for the PC pushes technology and realism beyond the horizon. With a global database of scenery and airports, pilot-tested flight models, detailed instrument panels, and a fleet of challenging aircraft, Flight Simulator 98 is simply as real as it gets.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 nice game but not compatible May 1, 2007
Barb J (MICHIGAN)
Nice game, on a different PC, it is not as compatible as the box leads you to think and the disc is not just a game it is an extension. You need the original game inorder to 'add-on' this one.
Mild fun December 27, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game has fairly bad graphics and unrealistic flight.
For example, I can park a Boeing 747 JUMBO JET on Water without sinking. All the water is blue ground. Flight simulator 2002 beats this game in all catagories except one:crashing. In 98, when you crash your plane flies apart. In 2002 it stays in one piece.
In this game it is almost impossible to land because of the unrealism. In 2002 it is easier but is still challenging.
It is a fairly good game.
 Cool Planes, Bad Graphics and Handling September 29, 2001
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Yeah the planes might be cool, but all the other graphics stink. It looks like you're high above the city, when you're really 2 inches from crashing into it! Another thing is when you're in the air and you slightly tap a turn key, the plane starts going all over the place. And when the planes crash some of them don't even break!! Bad game Don't get it.
 real stuff September 19, 2001
Douglas Cgibson
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
as a private pilot, this is the best, or better than fs 2000 in many ways.
the ifr approches are as real as it gets.
having done real ifr approches in a cessna 172, i recomend it highly.
Flight Simulator 98 September 3, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is impossible to navigate in FS98. Graphics are detailed, but the buildings and the land has no height! It's like flying over a map. The sound is realistic and there is one for everything. With headphones, it sounds like I'm flying. You dont have full control of the aircraft, but you do have control of the rudder, elevators, alierons, spoilers, flaps, autopilot, pitot heat, and thrust. You can request to take off, but ATC just says taxi to a runway of your choice, and about 5 seconds later, tells you that you are clear to take off, even if there is a plane in front of you. Spend the extra $20 and get FS 2000 or better yet get FS2002. Ive heard that the Professional Editions aren't much better than the standard editions.
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