Things I did in this game as a kid: 1. Downloaded tons of add-ons, and got the official "Airport 2000" expansion pack. 2. Flew across America routinely. 3. Tied up the phone lines for hours in multiplayer. 4. Downloaded a London double-decker bus with wings. 5. Added GPS98 to the game, making flying long distances much easier. 6. Kept the manual at my side at all times, because of all the airport charts and VOR maps. 7. Started at the top of Japan in a Pan Am 707, and navigated by VOR all the way down to the bottom of Japan (I kept looking at the manual, and all the frequencies, to figure out where I was). 8. Added Area 51, and a Janet Airlines 737-200. 9. Sit and watch the traffic moving at O'Hare (my favorite spot, because that's the only place I remember seeing traffic that moved, other than Meigs). 10. Flew from Hawaii to California in multiplayer once, with a bunch of other guys. I was in a C-5 Galaxy, and we were just cruising along, when my engines just stopped, and I started sinking. I was frantically searching for the problem, and asking the guys for help. One of them said "Maybe you're out of fuel?" I had forgotten that I had Unlimited Fuel turned off (I'd gotten comfortable enough to not use it anymore). I quickly switched it back on, and put a tiny amount of fuel in my plane. The engines started back up, and I made it to LAX. All that fun (and much more) in a game that took up a whopping 100MB.
Things I did in this game as a kid:
1. Downloaded tons of add-ons, and got the official "Airport 2000" expansion pack.
2. Flew across America routinely.
3. Tied up the phone lines for hours in multiplayer.
4. Downloaded a London double-decker bus with wings.
5. Added GPS98 to the game, making flying long distances much easier.
6. Kept the manual at my side at all times, because of all the airport charts and VOR maps.
7. Started at the top of Japan in a Pan Am 707, and navigated by VOR all the way down to the bottom of Japan (I kept looking at the manual, and all the frequencies, to figure out where I was).
8. Added Area 51, and a Janet Airlines 737-200.
9. Sit and watch the traffic moving at O'Hare (my favorite spot, because that's the only place I remember seeing traffic that moved, other than Meigs).
10. Flew from Hawaii to California in multiplayer once, with a bunch of other guys. I was in a C-5 Galaxy, and we were just cruising along, when my engines just stopped, and I started sinking. I was frantically searching for the problem, and asking the guys for help. One of them said "Maybe you're out of fuel?"
I had forgotten that I had Unlimited Fuel turned off (I'd gotten comfortable enough to not use it anymore). I quickly switched it back on, and put a tiny amount of fuel in my plane. The engines started back up, and I made it to LAX.
All that fun (and much more) in a game that took up a whopping 100MB.
Amazing!! What kind of setup do you use? I found a stray copy of flight simulator 98, and I haven't tried it yet.
Thanks! I have FS98 installed on a Windows XP virtual machine using VMWare Workstation Player.