Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron
The Virtual Squadron: Thunderbirds Past, Present and Future! is an unofficial add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.X. It gives the player all the aircraft flown by the US Thunderbirds air demonstration…
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron is a simulator developed by CrystalVision Brand Software, released 31 December 1996 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron is
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron is a simulator game developed by CrystalVision Brand Software and released in 1996. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Virtual Squadron: Thunderbirds Past, Present and Future! is an unofficial add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.X. It gives the player all the aircraft flown by the US Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron at the time of its release, together with their USAF equivalents, and a host of bonus aircraft. At the time this add-on was released the F-22 Lightning was not in service as congressional funding was needed before it could go into production and be deployed, hence the 'Future' element in the title.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1: The Virtual Squadron launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
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