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| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight | 
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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $23.21
New (15) Used (7) from $19.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  159 reviews
Sales Rank: 1132
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: g13-00079
Model: G13-00079
UPC: 805529390072
EAN: 0805529390072
ASIN: B000096L71
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Dynamic weather system based on realistic atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and dissipate | | • | Worldwide scenery with accurate 3D terrain and auto-gen objects that fill in the world with appropriate buildings and vegetation | | • | Enhanced interactive air traffic control (ATC), including traffic at all airports around the world | | • | Improved support for 3D graphics hardware acceleration in multiple windows and across multiple monitors | | • | For 1 or more players over LAN or Internet |
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Product Description
Flight Simulator 2004: A Century Of Flight celebrates the world-altering invention of powered flight -- by taking you on a tour of great aircraft from the past and present! Complete set of historical and modern-day aircraft to fly, from the Wright Brothers' Flyer I to the Boeing 747-700
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| Customer Reviews: Read 154 more reviews...
 MS Flight Simulator 2004 is perfect for older PCs December 2, 2008
I deliberately purchased FS 2004 instead of the newer version, Flight Simulator X. Why on earth would I buy an old version? Because I didn't want to have to replace my 4 year old computer with a "gaming machine". I downloaded the demo version of FS X and was very disappointed with its slow graphics and overall sluggishness, even with the refresh rate turned down. But FS 2004 works great on the PC I already have. Graphics are snappy, and I can even keep a bunch of browser sessions running in the background (helpful for looking up AirNav information).
Nice Sim and loads of fun to play ! September 3, 2008
I had bought this as an upgrade to an earlier version. It is fun to play with, though quite basic compared to what is available nowadays. It does not require too much of system resources and provides hours of entertainment and some flight learning.
fly high August 2, 2008
The flight simulator is a flexible product. It allows the use of keyboard flying, if you really want a challenge, or accessory flying with a joy stick or any of the many products on the market today. It is expandable by adding new aircraft. I find it to be a wonderful opportunity to take some time flying and get away from the every day office routine. Microsoft has done a wonderful job with the scenery and many other functions while flying the airplane.
Love it. Less taxing on your system than Flight Simulator X April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son Henry and I enjoy flight simulating together. Our last version was 2002, and the 2004 version is far superior. Most noticeable is an increase in the graphics quality of terrain and clouds/weather. The realism of 2004 is certainly acceptable, and is closer to "X" than to 2002.
More importantly, it runs acceptably (even nicely) on lower horsepower machines...I have it on a Sony laptop (1280x768, ~500MHz Pentium M, 512k RAM, XP SP2) with most sliders set to "high quality" (including bilinear anti-aliasing), and we get a pretty reliable 17-18 frames per second (fps). For us, that's a requirement for good control; lower than that and we both get frustrated.
By comparison, "X" on the same machine, with quality set mostly "Low", barely can get 10 fps. So, there's a big difference in performance.
In short, if you've got a machine of limited resources (especially the 3D graphics chip), stick with 2004. It's almost as good as "X", and you won't be frustrated with lower frame rates. Of course, if you've got a fancy new GPU from Nvidia, go for "X"; it's really great.
FS2004 April 10, 2008
The graphics in FS2004 are vastly superior to those in my older, FS2000. Yet, they don't overwhelm my 2-year old WindowsXP machine, as FSX is rumored to do. Very nice, and customizable.
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