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Off we go into the wild blue yonder...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: February 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I upgraded from "classic" Microsoft Flight Simulator to this edition recently. MFS only gets better and better. The best part of the software for me is its incredible adaptability and expansion opportunities. There are dozens of software packages for sale to add on to it and literally thousands of files on internet sites to download. I have spent hours alone downloading a huge fleet of aircraft! If you doubt your computer is fast enough for MFS 2000 or the price is too high right now, this is a stunning substitute for the meantime.

The only criticism I can level at the product is the manual. The '98 edition's manual is a thin leaflet with some maps in it and instructions for installation. My classic edition's manual was thick with instructions on flight and aircraft parts. This info now appears in the "Inside Moves" book that Microsoft sells. A gimmic to get you to buy more? Perhaps. But this product is so stellar, the gimmic is absolutley tolerable. I bought the book too.

What a great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: January 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Really great game. i can now fly all the big jets and dowload airplanes without even leaving my oh so comfy swivel chair. MICROSOFT RULES EARTHLINGS! i play all day with my friend and we fly together over the internet! REALLY COOOOOOOL!

Almost best flight sim on Earth!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: December 30, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The Reason It said almost on the title is because it is almost! fs 98 (Flight Simulator 98) is almost the best for 1 reason: Microsoft has recently (in October) released fs 2000 and fs 2000 p! which have more fuctions (like better graphics more airports and scenery it comes with more aircraft, but in any fs by Microsoft you can download new aircraft, panels,utilitys like scenery, panel, aircraft, adventure creators, and stuff that give you better clouds, and scenery if you choose. I have owned it for quite a while and would rate it the best flight sim to come out (till 2000) One thing better about fs 2000 is you can download weather from the area you live! Also if you have fs95, 98, 2000 2000p you can play online with up to 8 people!

real stuff

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

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.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I bought MS Flight Simulator for windows 95, an older version of Flight Simulator, I was really glad I did. It had some incredible sounds and the airplanes were very realistic-like nothing else out there at the time. Then, I bought Flight Simulator 98 at amazon.com and I realized that they had improved a lot and the sounds were even more realistic. This simulator really shows what is like to fly the incredible aircraft included in the pack. Another thing that really matters is the system requirements. I also bought MSFS 2000 and my computer did not run it. I tried everything, but the system requirements were to heavy. Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 requires THE SAME as the older 95 version. It is a great game and you should buy it. You'll have a lot of fun.

The BEST Flight

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I just finished a flight that was so exciting, it took me 10 minutes to decide if I should quit playing . I love my MFS and I hate to stop playing. My wife hates for me to sit at the computer for hours on end and fly. This game is so realistic that I study my flights to help with my pilot training.

Great simulation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

MSFS98 is a very good simulation. I liked it mainly because I love airplanes. I wish they had more planes though. I really want a 747....

Almost True Flight.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Excellent program. Good coverage of the world's best known places. Flying over the Statue of Liberty, between the Twin Tower of New York, under the Golden Gate Bridge in California, crashing into the Sears Tower in Illinois, landing near the Pyramids of Giza, flying past Big Ben in London or bumping into the White House in Washington D.C. (Sorry, Mr. Prez. The kid was driving with that last one.)

With many more sites around the world, you can fly in what ever manner you want from one place to another with no cares of other aircraft hitting you. (Just don't hit the White House. Wonder what the Queen would say if I rolled my plane onto the lawn of the palace?)

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: November 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great realistic simulation game!!

Flight Simulator 98

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: January 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft Flight sims have always been top of the line, and FS98 is no different. You can take control of a variety of planes, including a 737. The planes are fun to fly, and the frame rates are smooth. In FS95, you could fly out of only 200 airports, but in FS 98 that number has jumped to 2000. One bad thing about this game, is that the planes are almost impossible to control without a joystick. It could take a 737 10 seconds to respond to the command "angle nose up". With a joystick however, these controls respond well and smoothly. Another bad aspect of the game is the ground. In urban areas it is very detailed, but in rural areas, it is a mass of big blocks. Flight Simulator 98 is a great buy, and it still remains the best. Enjoy!

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