Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95
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Developers | |
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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 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 |
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Retail |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Expansion Pack |
- 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 |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\FltSim95.CFG[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Pilots[Note 1] |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Disable the Microsoft intro movie |
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Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 . |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Engine, Cockpit and Navigation can be toggled in Sound Preferences. Sound can be toggled with Q. |
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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 |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Japanese | Japanese release. |
Issues fixed
Install the game on modern versions of Windows
Enable Windows 95 compatibility |
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Set the following compatibility settings for the |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 80486DX | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | 360 MB |
Other | Double-speed CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 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).