Editing Microsoft Flight Simulator (section)

==Reception==
''Flight Simulator'' has been praised for its realism. ''[[PC Magazine]]'' in January 1983 called ''Flight Simulator'' "extraordinarily realistic ... a classic program, unique in the market". It praised the graphics and detailed scenery, and concluded "I think it's going to [[killer app|sell its share of IBM PCs]], and will certainly sell some [[Color Graphics Adapter|color/graphics adapters]]".<ref name="fastie198301">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vy3cBZkjbZgC&pg=RA2-PA303 | title=Flight Of The 5150: The PC Takes Off | work=PC Magazine | date=January 1983 | access-date=October 21, 2013 | author=Fastie, Will | page=303 | archive-date=December 31, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231225758/http://books.google.com/books?id=vy3cBZkjbZgC&lpg=PP1&pg=RA2-PA303#v=onepage&q&f=true | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[BYTE]]'' in December 1983 wrote that "this amazing package does an incredible job of making you think you're actually flying a small plane". While it noted the inability to use a [[RGB monitor]] or a joystick, the magazine concluded that "for $49.95 you can't have everything".<ref name="malloy198312">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1983-12/1983_12_BYTE_08-12_Easy_Software#page/n283/mode/2up | title=Reviewer's Notebook | work=BYTE | date=December 1983 | access-date=October 20, 2013 | author=Malloy, Rich | page=282}}</ref> A pilot wrote in the magazine in March 1984 that he found the simulated [[Cessna 182]] to be "surprisingly realistic". While criticizing the requirement of using the keyboard to fly, he concluded "''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a tour de force of the programmer's art ... It can be an excellent introduction to how an aircraft actually operates for a budding or student pilot and can even help instrument pilots or those going for an instrument rating sharpen their skills".<ref name="miastkowski198403">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1984-03/1984_03_BYTE_09-03_Simulation#page/n225/mode/2up | title=Microsoft Flight Simulator | work=BYTE | date=March 1984 | access-date=October 22, 2013 | author=Miastkowski, Stan | page=224}}</ref>

Another pilot similarly praised ''Flight Simulator 2.0'' in ''PC Magazine'' that year, giving it 18 out of 18 points. He reported that its realism compared well to two $3 million hardware flight simulators he had recently flown, and that he could use real [[approach plate]]s to land at and navigate airports ''Flight Simulator''{{'}}s manual did not document.<ref name="aarons19841002">{{cite news |author=Aarons, Dick |date=October 2, 1984 |title=A Perfect Flight |page=269 |work=PC Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-tPdHcBE9wC&pg=PA269 |url-status=live |access-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101072736/http://books.google.com/books?id=d-tPdHcBE9wC&lpg=PA346&pg=PA269#v=onepage&q&f=true |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[Compute!]]'' warned "if you don't know much about flying, this program may overwhelm you. It's not a simple simulation. It's a challenging program even for experienced pilots". The magazine concluded that ''Flight Simulator'' "is interesting, challenging, graphically superb, diverse, rewarding, and just plain fun ... sheer delight".<ref name="florance198412">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1984-12-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_055_1984_Dec#page/n147/mode/2up | title=Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC & PCjr | work=Compute! | date=December 1984 | access-date=October 30, 2013 | author=Florance, David | page=142 | type=review}}</ref> ''Flight Simulator 2.0'' was reviewed in 1989 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #142 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon142">{{cite journal|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|journal=Dragon|issue=142|date=February 1989|pages=42–51}}</ref>

''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated in 1994 that ''Flight Simulator 5'' "is closer to simulating real flight than ever before".<ref name="trimble199401">{{Cite magazine |last=Trimble |first=Timothy L. |date=January 1994 |title=The Friendly Skies Of Flight Simulator 5 |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |pages=108–109 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209033110/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>

''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' was reviewed in 2006 by ''[[GameSpot]]''. The reviewer gave the game an 8.4 out of 10 and commented on how it was realistic enough to be used for real-life flight training.<ref>Jeff Lackey, [http://uk.gamespot.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-x/reviews/microsoft-flight-simulator-x-review-6159886/ "Microsoft Flight Simulator Review"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006110455/http://uk.gamespot.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-x/reviews/microsoft-flight-simulator-x-review-6159886/ |date=October 6, 2012 }}, ''[[GameSpot]]'', October 21, 2012</ref>