Solo Flight (video game)
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U.S. Gold (UK)
FIL (Thomson)
| Solo Flight | |
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| Developer | MicroProse |
| Publishers | MicroProse U.S. Gold (UK) FIL (Thomson) |
| Designer | Sid Meier[1] |
| Platforms | Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Thomson |
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| Genre | Simulation |
| Mode | Single-player |
Solo Flight is a third-person flight simulator written by Sid Meier for Atari 8-bit computers and published by MicroProse in 1983.[1] It includes a game mode called Mail Pilot. This was the fourth flight simulator Meier wrote for MicroProse—following Hellcat Ace, Spitfire Ace, and Wingman—and the first which did not involve aerial combat.
In the UK, Solo Flight was published by U.S. Gold.[2] It was ported to the Apple II, Commodore 64, and later IBM PC compatibles. A version for Thomson computers was published in 1985 by FIL in France with the title Vol Solo.[3] A Second Edition of the game was released in 1985[4] with improved graphics and an instructor. A Mega Drive version was planned but never released.[5]
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Solo Flight consists of two parts: a pure flying simulation and a game mode called Mail Pilot.[6] The top half of the screen shows the plane being flown in third person, while the bottom portion contains instruments.[7] The game allows flying by both visual flight rules and instrument flight rules.
In Mail Pilot, the player delivers five bags of mail to destination airports chosen from the twenty-one airports in the game. A score is given based on navigation and time. While en route, the plane may suffer mechanical and instrument failures.[6]