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 |
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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 | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Video
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 | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
In-game display preferences.
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. |
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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. |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
In-game control preferences.
Audio
In-game sound preferences.
In-game general preferences.
Options.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).