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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
|title = Combat Flight Simulator<br>WWII Europe Series
|title = Combat Flight Simulator:<br>WWII Europe Series
|image = Combat Flight Simulator cover.jpg
|image = Combat Flight Simulator cover.jpg
|developer = [[Microsoft]]
|developer = [[Microsoft]]
|publisher = Microsoft
|publisher = Microsoft
|director = Dean Lester
|designer =
|designer = Rob Brown<br>Christina Chen<br>Jonathan Seal<br>Krishnan Shankar
|released = [[1998 in video gaming|November 1, 1998]]
|programmer = Scot Bayless<br>Christina Chen<br>Todd Roberts<br>Krishnan Shankar<br>Eric Straub
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|genre = [[Flight simulation]]
|series = ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator]]''
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|modes = Single Player, Multiplayer
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
|released = [[1998 in video gaming|October 28, 1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_10/28_cfs/index.html|title=Combat Flight Sim on Shelves|date=October 28, 1998|website=[[GameSpot]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000614115411/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_10/28_cfs/index.html|archive-date=June 14, 2000|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
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|genre = [[Combat flight simulation game]]
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|modes = [[Single player]], [[multiplayer]]
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'''''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series''''' is the first version of [[combat flight simulator]]s from [[Microsoft]], released November 1, 1998. CFS1 is set in the [[European Theatre of World War II|European Theater]] of [[World War II]].
'''''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series''''' is the first version of all three [[combat flight simulation game]]s from [[Microsoft]]. It was released on 28 October 1998 and it is set in the [[European Theatre of World War II|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==
==Gameplay==
''Combat Flight Simulator'' features 6 modes, Free Flight, Quick Combat, Single Missions, Campaigns, Multiplayer, and Training Missions.
The game is more or less a heavily updated version of the first ([[Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator]]), introducing a drastically large set of features (new and improved), bug-&-glitch fixes, and other more great new stuff and improvements to the game. The game incorporates an active campaign mode, whereby the player may play for the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] (the U.S.A), [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] (Britain) or the [[Luftwaffe]] (Germany) in a campaign beginning from 1939, right after the invasion of [[Poland]]. Based on the player's performance in the [[Western Front (World War II)|North-west Europe]], which spans from northernmost England to eastern Berlin, the player can alter the length, climax, outcome (aftermath result) of the war and other factors of the war. By avoiding the aviational errors of the [[Luftwaffe]] made in the past, and by targeting key targets in British production centers, it is even possible for the Germans to drive the allies back to London and force their surrender. It is also possible for the Allies to make a landing in [[Fortress Europe]] prior to the 6/6/44, or [[D-day]]. The multiplayer game-mode allows players to occupy different stations on the same vehicle.
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==
==Reception==
===Sales===
===Sales===
''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:80/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 | deadurl=yes }}</ref> and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.<ref name=janessales>{{cite journal | author=Brown, Ken | date=October 1999 | title=EA Scraps ''Jane's A-10'' | issue=183 | pages=44, 46 | journal=[[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:80/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 | deadurl=yes }}</ref>
''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>


The game's 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>
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>


===Critical reviews===
===Critical reviews===
{{Video game reviews
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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 journal | author=Staff | journal=[[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>
| rev1 = [[PC Gaming World]]
| rev1Score = 8.4/10<ref name=pcgw>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816211337/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/cfs_uk/review.html| url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/cfs_uk/review.html | title=''Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series'' Review | author=Takeda, Kenji | date=December 3, 1998 | work=[[PC Gaming World]] | archivedate=August 16, 2000 | url-status=dead }}</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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Other than that, there are no more other known critical reviews for this video-game.


==See also==
== See also ==
*''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator]]''
*''[[European Air War]]''
*''[[Combat Flight Simulator 2]]''
*''[[Jane's WWII Fighters]]''
*''[[Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe]]''


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs1/ Official game site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20001110093500/http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs1/ Official website] via [[Internet Archive]]
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/microsoft-combat-flight-simulator-wwii-europe-series ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator''] at [[MobyGames]]

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Latest revision as of 17:56, 21 November 2024

Not to be confused with Combat flight simulator.
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
SeriesMicrosoft Flight Simulator
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseOctober 28, 1998[1]
Genre(s)Combat flight simulation game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

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

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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

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Sales

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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

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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.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Combat Flight Sim on Shelves". GameSpot. October 28, 1998. Archived from the original on June 14, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Marks, Bob (June 2000). "Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on CFS2". Combatsim. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
  3. ^ IGN Staff (August 3, 1999). "And the Winners Are..." IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Ken (October 1999). "EA Scraps Jane's A-10". Computer Gaming World. No. 183. pp. 44, 46.
  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.
  6. ^ Takeda, Kenji (December 3, 1998). "Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series Review". PC Gaming World. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
  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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