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Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 cover
Developers
Microsoft
Publishers
Microsoft
United Kingdom (budget) SoftKey Multimedia
Argentina Edusoft
Release dates
Windows November 7, 1996
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Relaxed
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Simulation, Open world, Vehicle simulator
Vehicles Flight
Art styles Realistic
Series Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 on MobyGames
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 on Wikipedia
Microsoft Flight Simulator 1982
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 2.0 1983
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Mac) 1986
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 3.0 1988
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 4.0 1989
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 5.0 1993
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 5.1 1995
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 1996
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 1997
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 1999
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 2001
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 2003
Microsoft Flight Simulator X 2006
Microsoft Flight 2012
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 is a singleplayer first-person and third-person simulation, open world and vehicle simulator game in the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Expansion Pack
Windows
All scenary packs compatible with 5.0 and 5.1, such as BAO Europe 1 Add-On can be used in this game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\FltSim95.CFG[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Pilots[Note 1]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable the Microsoft intro movie
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Rename, move or delete MSLOGO.AVI

Video

View options.
View options.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only on fullscreen.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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
Edit the [MOUSE] sections of FltSim95.CFG.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Edit the [JOYSTICK] sections of FltSim95.CFG.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game sound preferences.
In-game sound preferences.
In-game general preferences.
In-game general preferences.
Options.
Options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Engine, Cockpit and Navigation can be toggled in Sound Preferences.
Sound can be toggled with Q.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Pause on task switch option under General menu.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Japanese
Japanese release.

Issues fixed

Install the game on modern versions of Windows

Enable Windows 95 compatibility

Set the following compatibility settings for the SETUP.EXE file to Compatibility mode (Windows 95).

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel 80486DX
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Other Double-speed CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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