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Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 cover

1995 · Microsoft · Simulation

Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1

Flight Simulator 5.1 add the ability to handle scenery libraries including wide use of satellite imagery, faster performance, and a barrage of weather effects: storms, 3D clouds, and fog became true-to-life elements in the Flight Simulator world. This edition was also the first version that was released on CD-ROM and the last for DOS.

Released
31 December 1995
Platforms
MS-DOS
Genres
Simulation
Developers
Microsoft
Publishers
Microsoft
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First personThird person
Age ratings
ESRB E

Keywords

  • flight simulator
  • flight
  • airplane
  • platform exclusive
  • year in the title

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
MS-DOS31 December 1995Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: Scenery PackMicrosoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron

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