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** In TheEighties, the game was a ''de facto'' test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.

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** In TheEighties, the game was a ''de facto'' test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Platform/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.
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** A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]
** The 2020 entry is simply known as ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020''.
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** The 2020 game became one of ''the'' PC games to play (especially for those with Xbox Game Pass for PC or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic as travel became heavily restricted.

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** The 2020 game became one of ''the'' PC games to play (especially for those with Xbox Game Pass for PC[[note]]Renamed as PC Game Pass in 2021[[/note]] or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic as travel became heavily restricted.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Microsoft is intent on releasing the 2020 game's ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' expansion on the exact same month as ''Maverick'' - no DelayedReleaseTieIn for that content. And when ''Maverick'' itself was placed on the shelf (see [[Trivia/TopGunMaverick its Trivia page]]), well...

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Microsoft is intent on releasing the 2020 game's ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' expansion on the exact same month as ''Maverick'' itself - no DelayedReleaseTieIn for that content. And when ''Maverick'' itself was placed on the shelf (see [[Trivia/TopGunMaverick its Trivia page]]), well...
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Microsoft is intent on releasing the 2020 game's ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' expansion on the exact same month as ''Maverick'' - no DelayedReleaseTieIn for that content. And when ''Maverick'' itself was placed on the shelf (see [[Trivia/TopGunMaverick its Trivia page]]), well...
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* LongRunners: If you count the Sublogic-produced ''[=FS1=] Flight Simulator'' from 1979 as part of the series, ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' belongs to the elite group of games with releases spanning across six decades. Even if you don't, the first ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' arrived in 1982, making it older than many of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s classic franchises.

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* LongRunners: If you count the Sublogic-produced ''[=FS1=] Flight Simulator'' from 1979 as part of the series, ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' belongs to the elite group of games with releases spanning across six decades. Even if you don't, the first ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' arrived in 1982, making it older than many of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s classic franchises.OlderThanTheNES.
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* LongRunners: If you count the Sublogic-produced ''[=FS1=] Flight Simulator'' from 1979 as part of the series, ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' belongs to the elite group of games with releases spanning across five decades. Even if you don't, the first ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' arrived in 1982, making it older than many of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s classic franchises.

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* LongRunners: If you count the Sublogic-produced ''[=FS1=] Flight Simulator'' from 1979 as part of the series, ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' belongs to the elite group of games with releases spanning across five six decades. Even if you don't, the first ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' arrived in 1982, making it older than many of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s classic franchises.
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* LongRunners: If you count the Sublogic-produced ''[=FS1=] Flight Simulator'' from 1979 as part of the series, ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' belongs to the elite group of games with releases spanning across five decades. Even if you don't, the first ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' arrived in 1982, making it older than many of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s classic franchises.
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* MultiDiscWork: The physical edition of the 2020 version= comes on an insane ''10'' discs.

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* MultiDiscWork: The physical edition of the 2020 version= version comes on an insane ''10'' ''ten'' discs.
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* MultiDiscWork: The physical edition of the 2020 version= comes on an insane ''10'' discs.

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* KillerApp: In TheEighties, the game was a ''de facto'' test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.

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** The 2020 game became one of ''the'' PC games to play (especially for those with Xbox Game Pass for PC or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic as travel became heavily restricted.
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* DemandOverload: The success of the 2020 game caused flight sticks to sell out in many stores.

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* FanNickname: A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]

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A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]]]
** The 2020 entry is simply known as ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020''.

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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000'' had a patch issued to remove the World Trade Center after the occurrence of the September 11 attacks. In all following releases, starting from ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002'', the World Trade Center remains absent, and the Crash Damage feature is absent.



* TooSoon: ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000'' had a patch issued to remove the World Trade Center after the occurrence of the September 11 attacks. In all following releases, starting from ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002'', the World Trade Center remains absent, and the Crash Damage feature is absent.
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* FanNickname: A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]

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* FanNickname: A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]

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* KillerApp: In TheEighties, the game was a de facto test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.

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* FanNickname: A disturbing non-fandom-based one; as the 2020 game's trailer played at the Xbox Press Briefing at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s 2019]], once the live chat on Mixer realized what game was being shown before the airplanes and logo showed up, messages saying "9/11 Simulator" or "Terrorist Simulator" and the like began to pop up. [[{{Misblamed}} Yikes.]]
* FollowTheLeader: A variant; this series started a trend of other games named ''[X] Simulator'' that [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} use an italic version of Helvetica Ultra Compressed]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (or something that looks similar to that typeface)]] for their logos' font, such as ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'' and the satirical ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator''.
* KillerApp: In TheEighties, the game was a de facto ''de facto'' test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.
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* SequelGap: The gap between ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' and the 2020 "reboot" spans 14 years

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* SequelGap: The gap between ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' and the 2020 "reboot" spans 14 years
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* TooSoon: ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000'' had a patch issued to remove the World Trade Center after the occurrence of the September 11 attacks. In all following releases, starting from ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002'', the World Trade Center remains absent, and the Crash Damage feature is absent.
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* KillerApp: In TheEighties, the game was a de facto test of UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer compatibility along with the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program. If a clone could run the game, it was assumed that it could run any other IBM PC program.
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