Flight Simulator II  (Disk version)
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Disk includes SubLogic scenery disks.

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This flight simulator simulates a real aircraft, the Piper PA-28-181 Archer II. For those with the knowledge, it offers practice with the variables of flight, including the avionics. The Atari ST-release (1986), instead, simulates the Cessna 182RG single engine propeller aircraft and the Gates Learjet 25G twin engine jet. 

The game has more features than first generation flight simulators. Pilots are expected to pay attention to small details. SubLOGIC encouraged the players to go to flight stores and purchase flight-training manuals and aeronautical charts to help them understand the variables within the program. The game is oriented toward pilots-in-training, but there are options for laymen too: an easy mode, and a slightly more detailed reality mode. These modes do not require the same level of knowledge.

Flight Simulator II is packaged with a WWI dogfighting game, called WWI Ace. In this game the plane is armed with bombs, machine guns, and a radar screen. The radar screen is anachronistic for a game set in World War I, but it is there to make the gameplay easier.

Alternate Titles
"subLOGIC Flight Simulator II" -- In-game title
"AM-FS2" -- Amiga title
"A2-FS2" -- Abbreviated Apple II title

Awards

Computer Gaming World 
November 1996 (15th Anniversary Issue) - #79 on the “150 Best Games of All Time” list

Happy Computer 
Issue 04/1985 - #5 Best Game in 1984 (Readers' Vote) (Commodore 64, Apple II and Atari 8-bit version)

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Description from the packaging:

Put yourself in the pilot's seat of a Piper 181 Cherokee Archer and head for the skies! High-speed color 3D graphics provide a spectacular panoramic view as you practice takeoffs, landings, and aerobatics. Complete documentation gets you airborne quickly even if you've never flown before. And when you think you're ready, you can test your flying skills with the World War I Ace aerial battle game. 

Flight Simulator II features include:
Over 80 airports in four scenery areas- New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles, with additional scenery areas available separately.
Day, dusk, and night flying modes.
User-variable weather, from clear blue skies to gray cloudy conditions.
Full flight instrumentation.
VOR, ILS, ADF, and DME avionics.
Navigation facilities and course plotting.
Flight handbook and information manual.


http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/flight-simulator-ii
