Airfight
a.k.a. 0airfight
published by University of Illinois in 1974-01, developed by Control Data Corporation, running on PLATO
type: flight, shooter, simulation
genre: Multiplayer
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player, Internet
languages: eng
genre: Multiplayer
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player, Internet
languages: eng
Description
Airfight is an early 3D graphics-based multi-user flight simulator, created on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Control Data Corporation (CDC) PLATO system in the early 1970s.
The software was the first ever 3D flight simulator and the first multi-player flight simulator. The first version was developed by Brand Fortner with Kevin Gorey in the summer of 1974. After its release, it became the most popular game on PLATO until Empire became more popular. This software probably inspired the UIUC student Bruce Artwick to start the company Sublogic, which was acquired and later became Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Becoro # 2023-09-10 21:38:06 - source
The software was the first ever 3D flight simulator and the first multi-player flight simulator. The first version was developed by Brand Fortner with Kevin Gorey in the summer of 1974. After its release, it became the most popular game on PLATO until Empire became more popular. This software probably inspired the UIUC student Bruce Artwick to start the company Sublogic, which was acquired and later became Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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