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Combat Flight Simulator:
WWII Europe Series
Combat Flight Simulator:; WWII Europe Series
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Publisher(s)	Microsoft
Director(s)	Dean Lester
Designer(s)	Rob Brown; Christina Chen; Jonathan Seal; Krishnan Shankar
Programmer(s)	Scot Bayless; Christina Chen; Todd Roberts; Krishnan Shankar; Eric Straub
Series	Microsoft Flight Simulator
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	October 28, 1998
Genre(s)	Combat flight simulation game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series is the first version of all three combat flight simulation games from Microsoft. It was released on 28 October 1998 and it is set in the European Theatre of World War II. This game spawned two sequels: Combat Flight Simulator 2 in 2000 and Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe in 2002.

Gameplay

Combat Flight Simulator features 6 modes, Free Flight, Quick Combat, Single Missions, Campaigns, Multiplayer, and Training Missions. Free Flight allows players to fly around the entirety of Europe. Quick Combat puts the player into the air against waves of AI opponents. Single Missions are missions where you have to take-off to complete tasks, before landing. Campaigns are more elaborate mission sequences. Multiplayer was a mode that allowed you to fly online with other players, fly in formations, and engage in dog-fights. Training Missions are missions that teach you dogfighting techniques and the basics of flight.

Reception

Sales

Combat Flight Simulator was a commercial success.^[2] It was the United States' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,^[3] and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.^[4] The game's defeat of its direct competitor, Jane's WWII Fighters, contributed to the end of Electronic Arts' Jane's Combat Simulations brand.^[4]^[5]

Global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.^[2]

Critical reviews

Combat Flight Simulator was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1998 "Best Simulation" award, which ultimately went to European Air War.^[7]

References

^ "Combat Flight Sim on Shelves". GameSpot. October 28, 1998. Archived from the original on June 14, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Marks, Bob (June 2000). "Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on CFS2". Combatsim. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
^ IGN Staff (August 3, 1999). "And the Winners Are..." IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Brown, Ken (October 1999). "EA Scraps Jane's A-10". Computer Gaming World. No. 183. pp. 44, 46.
^ Geryk, Bruce. "PC Gaming Graveyard; Jane's A-10 Warthog". GameSpot. Toward Multiplay. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
^ Takeda, Kenji (December 3, 1998). "Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series Review". PC Gaming World. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
^ Staff (April 1999). "Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards; CGW Presents the Best Games of 1998". Computer Gaming World. No. 177. pp. 90, 93, 96–105.

External links

[1] "Combat Flight Sim on Shelves". GameSpot. October 28, 1998. Archived from the original on June 14, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[combatsim-2] Marks, Bob (June 2000). "Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on CFS2". Combatsim. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.

[1999half-3] IGN Staff (August 3, 1999). "And the Winners Are..." IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

[janessales-4] Brown, Ken (October 1999). "EA Scraps Jane's A-10". Computer Gaming World. No. 183. pp. 44, 46.

[graveyard-5] Geryk, Bruce. "PC Gaming Graveyard; Jane's A-10 Warthog". GameSpot. Toward Multiplay. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

[pcgw-6] Takeda, Kenji (December 3, 1998). "Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series Review". PC Gaming World. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.

[cgwpremier1998-7] Staff (April 1999). "Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards; CGW Presents the Best Games of 1998". Computer Gaming World. No. 177. pp. 90, 93, 96–105.

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+''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a commercial success.<ref name=combatsim /> It was the [[United States]]' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,<ref name=1999half>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180633/http://pc.ign.com/news/9273.html | url=http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html | title=And the Winners Are... | author=IGN Staff | date=August 3, 1999 | work=[[IGN]] | archivedate=March 5, 2000 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 3, 2020 }}</ref> and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.<ref name=janessales>{{cite magazine | author=Brown, Ken | date=October 1999 | title=EA Scraps ''Jane's A-10'' | issue=183 | pages=44, 46 | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> The game's defeat of its direct competitor, ''[[Jane's WWII Fighters]]'', contributed to the end of [[Electronic Arts]]' [[Jane's Combat Simulations]] brand.<ref name="janessales"/><ref name=graveyard>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818053637/http://www.gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | title=PC Gaming Graveyard; ''Jane's A-10 Warthog'' | archivedate=August 18, 2000 | author=Geryk, Bruce | work=[[GameSpot]] | at=Toward Multiplay | url-status=dead | access-date=April 3, 2020 }}</ref>
 Global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.<ref name=combatsim>{{cite web | author=Marks, Bob | date=June 2000 | title=Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on ''CFS2'' | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065849/http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | url=http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | work=Combatsim | archivedate=August 15, 2000 }}</ref>
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+''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a finalist for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 1998 "Best Simulation" award, which ultimately went to ''[[European Air War]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 | issue=177 | pages=90, 93, 96–105 }}</ref>
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+*''[[European Air War]]''
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History
Civilian simulators	Flight Simulator (1982) 2.0 Flight Simulator (1986) 3.0 4.0 5.0 Windows 95 98 2000 2002 2004: A Century of Flight Wings of Power X Acceleration Flight Simulator (2020) 2024
Combat simulators	Combat Flight Simulator Combat Flight Simulator 2 Combat Flight Simulator 3
Sublogic simulators	Flight Simulator Flight Simulator II
Related games and spin-offs	Microsoft Space Simulator Microsoft Train Simulator Microsoft Train Simulator 2 (cancelled) Microsoft Flight
Developers	Bruce Artwick Sublogic Aces Game Studio Precision Manuals Development Group Dovetail Games Asobo Studio