Flight Unlimited is a 1995 aerobatic flight simulator video game developed and published by LookingGlass Technologies. It allows players to pilot reproductions of real-world aircraft and to perform aerobatic maneuvers. They may fly freely, race through floating rings against a timer or take lessons from a virtual flight instructor. The instructor teaches basic and advanced techniques, ranging from rudder turns to maneuvers such as the tailslide, Lomcovák and Immelmann turn.
Flight Unlimited was the first self-published game released by Looking Glass Technologies. It was intended to establish the company as a video game publisher and to compete with flight simulator franchises such as Microsoft Flight Simulator. Project leader Seamus Blackley, a particle physicist and amateur pilot, conceived the game in 1992. He felt that other flight simulators failed to convey the experience of real flight, and he reacted by coding a simulated atmosphere for Flight Unlimited based on real-time computational fluid dynamics. Aerobatic pilot Michael Goulian endorsed the game and assisted the team in making it more true to life.
Flight Unlimited received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success; its sales exceeded 780,000 copies by 2002. Reviewers lauded its realism, flight instruction, graphics and sense of flight, but some criticized its high system requirements. The game was followed by two sequels: Flight Unlimited II (1997) and Flight Unlimited III (1999). A combat-oriented successor, Flight Combat, was released in 2002 as Jane's Attack Squadron after a series of setbacks. Soon after Flight Unlimited's completion, Blackley was fired from Looking Glass. He went on to design Jurassic Park: Trespasser at DreamWorks Interactive and later spearhead the Xbox project at Microsoft.
FlightUnlimited is a 1995 aerobatic flight simulator video game developed and published by LookingGlass Technologies. It allows players to pilot reproductions...
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started publishing their own games under their own label starting with FlightUnlimited (1995). Designed by Seamus Blackley, the game was noted for its realistic...
to create the sophisticated physics system in FlightUnlimited. He is mentioned in the FlightUnlimited manual as follows: As far back as 1992, we started...
This is a list of flight simulator video games, including the developer, versions, and release date. A flight simulator series is flagged as discontinued...
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video game technology and design. Several of their successes, such as FlightUnlimited and Thief: The Dark Project, sold over half a million copies each....
modified version of the one he wrote for Looking Glass's flight simulator FlightUnlimited. At the time, Church described it as "far more sophisticated...
he oversaw such acclaimed gaming titles as Thief, Terra Nova and FlightUnlimited, as well as Ultima Underworld and its sequel. Takahashi, Dean (1 July...
important video game titles including Ultima Underworld II, System Shock, FlightUnlimited, Terra Nova, and Thief. After Looking Glass, LeBlanc went to work for...
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Interplay Entertainment June 17, 1999 Microsoft Windows 89/100 84.36% FlightUnlimited III Electronic Arts September 17, 1999 Microsoft Windows — 88.5% NBA...
Weather effects such as fog and rain were added, and technology from FlightUnlimited III was used to generate the sky and clouds. Thief II was announced...
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 won "Computer Simulation Game of the Year" from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. FlightUnlimited III Fly! "Games...
"Outstanding Achievement in Software Engineering". FlightUnlimited II Sierra Pro Pilot 98: The Complete Flight Simulator "PC World - The Latest Games Now Available"...
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within the HRST program. He recruited H. David Froning Jr., CEO of FlightUnlimited; Leon E. McKinney, world expert in fluid dynamics; Paul A. Czysz; Mark...
jury member. In 1984 she co-wrote (with Eric Müller) FlightUnlimited. In 1986 Carson published Flight Fantastic: The Illustrated History of Aerobatics,...
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flyers launched in 1981. The program offered pass holders free flights and unlimited access to Admirals Club locations for a lifetime. Holders were offered...
2002. Retrieved September 16, 2021. "Appendix B: Top 10 software" (PDF). Unlimited learning: Computer and video games in the learning landscape. European...
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