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Well guys, im curious, how long have you yourselves owned/played FS for? I personally have owned fs95 since it came out and have been playing it ever since... what bout you lads?

I started with Sublogic's version of Flight Simulator 2.0, on the Apple IIe.  Some time around the mid 80's.
Then 95, 98, 2002, and 2004.  Skipped 2000.

I played around with a few commodore 64 simulators, Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator, and an old Mig 29 Fulcrum game I had for my 8080, 286, and 386. I was first introduced to the MSFS series with FS4 back in '95. Our family than got a new PC, and I got FS95. I logged several hundred hours on that untill I bought FS98 in '99. Logged hundreds of more hours untill I bought FS2000. Only logged about a hundred or so hours in that. I bought FS2002 two days after it was released. Logged 600 hours in Fs2002. I bought FS2004 the day after it was released. I think I have almost 800 hours in that, but It's been a while since i've done any sim flying, so I couldn't tell you the exact amount of time I have logged in that. When I get back home and build a new PC, i'll be getting FSX

Started on a flight simulator writtne for the Sinclar ZX-81 with the 64K RAM module.   Z80 processor.  
Predated both the Timex computer and the Sinclair Spectrum by quite a bit.

Them was da' days!  


best,

.................john

Ive played FS since 1998 or so when I got FS95, from then on i got FS2000/2/4 and now FSX. IVe probably played at least 1000+ hours total combined, although I dont know for sure.

-GTFN

FS 4.0 was my first sim. On my brother's old computer.. not sure what it was.

yeah... mid 80's here too. red green and blue colors, dont recall the version number though. but definately 1986ish - 1987ish

FS since 2k2 came out. Other flight sims goes back as far as Psion Flight Simulator on the ZX Spectrum

I've been flying sims since the time that there was one for the MSX(2?). Don't remember the number or who made it. Before that time I just spread my arms, made some noise and pretended to be an aircraft. I'm still very happy with FS9 so until I can build a PC that can run FSX smoothly I'll be flying that.

Crash

Started with FS98...Jumped to FS2002...FS2004...and I have FSX installed...But hardly ever touch it...

Lets see...Started back in 1998 after my first real life flight.  Had an old 166Mghz IBM and found myself with a copy of Sierra Pro Pilot...from then on I was hooked.  Ended up pretty much by accident with FS98 after I bought what I thought was a 747 sim, but it was really the Jumbo Jet addon.  So naturaly...I wanted to fly the big boys so ended up buying FS98.  Eventualy I bought FS2000 but no computer I had could run it smoothly and the place I bought it from doesnt take returns on opened games.  By the time I did get a computer that could run it...already had FS2002 and was enjoying it much more and still am

Tried FS2004 awhile back...got a slide show...FSX looks worse on this computer then my current 2002 setup if I want good frames, so sticking to FS2002 till I can afford a new rig

Since before it was copy protected, if that gives any clue. Sometime in the mid-80's on a Leading Edge Model D 8088. It had a whopping 40MB HDD.  ;D
The sim was either FS 2.0 or FS 3.0. I also had SubLogic's Jet. Anybody swap scenery between the two? I still have the manuals for both, but my older brother lost the software.  :'(

I started playing Flight Simulator back before they needed version numbers as there was only one version.  I never suspected back then that there'd ever be a version 2.0.  The fact that we're up to version 10 blows my mind.  I still find myself hitting ESC to get to the menu...  :)

Well... since 2005 and since FS2004... I'm a FS newbie  :)