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ANTIC Interview 366 - Bruce Artwick: Flight Simulator II, Night Mission Pinball

ANTIC Interview 366 - Bruce Artwick: Flight Simulator II, Night Mission Pinball

FromANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast


ANTIC Interview 366 - Bruce Artwick: Flight Simulator II, Night Mission Pinball

FromANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bruce Artwick: Flight Simulator II, Night Mission Pinball   Bruce Artwick was co-founder of SubLOGIC, and creator of the best-selling program, Flight Simulator II. FSII was first available for the Apple II, with versions released later for the TRS-80, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and other platforms. His 1976 master's thesis, A Versatile Computer Generated Dynamic Flight Display, about creating a real-time flight simulator on the PDP-11, provided some of the early research for his flight simulation software.    Bruce was also creator of Night Mission Pinball, a popular pinball game that was available for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, and DOS computers.   This interview took place on August 7, 2018.   Bruce's article, 3-D Computer Graphics (Kilobaud magazine, October 1977)   History of Microsoft Flight Simulator   History of SubLOGIC   Bruce's thesis, A Versatile Computer Generated Dynamic Flight Display   Bruce Artwick in Wikipedia   AtariMania's list of SubLOGIC software   Kevin's Fight simulation books site
Released:
Sep 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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