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|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Spellbound}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Spellbound Entertainment}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Infogrames}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Infogrames}}
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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 1998}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 1998}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | No microtransactions }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Scrolling, Side view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Business }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cartoon }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Airline Tycoon }}
 
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|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
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|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
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|mobygames    = airline-tycoon
 
|wikipedia    = Airline Tycoon
 
|wikipedia    = Airline Tycoon
 
|winehq      = 4382
 
|winehq      = 4382
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|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|Airline Tycoon}}
 
  
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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{{ii}} Saves are {{file|game0.dat}} to {{file|game11.dat}}.
 
{{ii}} Saves are {{file|game0.dat}} to {{file|game11.dat}}.
  
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|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
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|invert controller y-axis notes=  
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|dualshock prompts notes  =
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support notes  =
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|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
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|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
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|tracked motion controllers= unknown
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|tracked motion controllers notes =
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
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|tracked motion prompts notes =
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|other controllers notes  =  
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|other button prompts     = unknown
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|other button prompts notes=  
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
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|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 
|steam input api notes    =  
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}}
 
}}
  
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Environment, Messages, Speech, Effects, Planes. Music can be only turned on or off.
 
|separate volume notes    = Environment, Messages, Speech, Effects, Planes. Music can be only turned on or off.
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  |notes    = Demo version only.
 
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  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
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  |notes    = Local retail version only. [https://dubbingpedia.pl/wiki/Airline_Tycoon Details]
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|language  = Portuguese - Brazil
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|interface = true
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|notes    = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://archive.ph/OJgXX|title=''Airline Tycoon'' (Infogrames Brasil) - cover.|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
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|direct3d versions      = 7.0a
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|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
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|input            =  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 8 April 2024

Airline Tycoon
Airline Tycoon cover
Developers
Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
Infogrames
Release dates
Windows August 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres Business
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Contemporary
Series Airline Tycoon
Airline Tycoon on MobyGames
Airline Tycoon on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png
Airline Tycoon
Airline Tycoon 1998
Airline Tycoon First Class 1999
Airline Tycoon Evolution 2002
Airline Tycoon Deluxe 2003
Airline Tycoon 2 2011

Key points

The game sold in English speaking countries as Airline Tycoon was actually Airline Tycoon First Class.

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spellbound Software\Airline Tycoon\1.0

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Savegame\Game*.dat[Note 1]
Saves are game0.dat to game11.dat.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Gameplay is capped at 20 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Launch the game with -window attribute
  1. Right-click to Desktop and choose Properties.
  2. In Settings tab, choose 16-bit color quality and click OK.
  3. Right-click on shortcut and choose Properties.
  4. In the Target area, add -window.
Use DxWnd
  1. Download DxWnd.
  2. Add a profile for <path-to-game>\At.exe.
  3. Tick Run in window in Main tab.

Notes

Does not require setting 16-bit color quality in system settings.
Enable borderless windowed mode by checking Modal Style in Video tab.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Environment, Messages, Speech, Effects, Planes. Music can be only turned on or off.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Demo version only.
German
Polish
Local retail version only. Details
Brazilian Portuguese
[1]

Issues fixed

Low framerate on modern operating systems

Run the game in windowed mode

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. ↑ Airline Tycoon (Infogrames Brasil) - cover. - last accessed on May 2023