1-2-3 was used to test general application compatibility, with Microsoft Flight Simulator being used to test graphics compatibility.

Reviewers and users developed suites of programs to test compatibility ; the ability to operate Lotus 1-2-3 or Microsoft Flight Simulator became a standard test.

It was also well known as the default takeoff field in many early versions of the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator software program.

Meigs is the default airport for the Microsoft Flight Simulator series until Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, though the airport remains operational in Flight Simulator 2004.

Gainax has periodically attempted to restart Aoki Uru, such as releasing a 1998 CD with storyboards, a script, and several hundred pieces of art, and a 2000 release of a mod to Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Microsoft Flight Simulator ( often abbreviated as MSFS or FS ) is a series of flight simulator programs, marketed as video games, for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Microsoft Flight Simulator may be the longest-running PC game series of all time.

In 1982, Artwick's company licensed a version of Flight Simulator for the IBM PC to Microsoft, which marketed it as Microsoft Flight Simulator 1. 00.

Microsoft Flight Simulator began as a set of articles written by Bruce Artwick in 1976 about a 3D computer graphics program.

In 1980, subLOGIC released a version for the TRS-80, and in 1982 they licensed an IBM PC version with CGA graphics to Microsoft which was released as Microsoft Flight Simulator 1. 00.

Meanwhile, Bruce Artwick left subLOGIC and founded The Bruce Artwick Organization to continue his work on subsequent Microsoft releases, beginning with Microsoft Flight Simulator 3. 0 in 1988.

Microsoft Flight Simulator reached commercial maturity with version 3. 1, and went on to encompass the use of 3D graphics and graphic hardware acceleration.

The two latest versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator have a " kiosk mode ", which allows the application to be run in electronic kiosks located in public places like shopping malls.

Microsoft Flight Simulator has a wide selection of upgrades and add-ons, both free and commercial, official and fan-made.

The " RailDriver " for example is designed to work with Trainz, Microsoft Train Simulator and Kuju Rail Simulator.

Shelby appears as the eastern terminus of the Marias Pass route available on Microsoft Train Simulator 1.

Dick Brass, a Vice President at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004, complained that the company was slow in moving ClearType to market in the portable computing field.

While a few short-lived DOS based EDuke projects emerged, it was not until the release of EDuke32, an extended version of Duke3D incorporating variants of both Fowler's Microsoft Windows JFDuke3D code and Saettler's EDuke code, by one of 3D Realms ' forum moderators in late 2004 that EDuke's scripting extensions received community focus.

* http :// msdn. microsoft. com / en-us / library / aa289157 ( v = vs. 71 ). aspx " Microsoft Visual C ++ Floating-Point Optimization ", by Eric Fleegal, MSDN, 2004

Harold Evans used the memoir as a source for a chapter about Kildall in the 2004 book They Made America, concluding that Microsoft had robbed Kildall of his inventions.

While the original Karaoke Revolution was also eventually released for the Microsoft Xbox console in late 2004, the new online-enabled version included the ability to download additional song packs through the console's exclusive Xbox Live service.

On or shortly before February 12, 2004, " portions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4. 0 source code were illegally made available on the Internet.

On February 16, 2004, an exploit " allegedly discovered by an individual studying the leaked source code " for certain versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer was reported.

2004 – The company expanded its Microsoft infrastructure management capabilities by acquiring Aelita Software, and won Microsoft's prestigious Global ISV of the Year award for the first time.

In March 2004, the European Commission in the European Union Microsoft antitrust case fined Microsoft € 497 million and ordered the company to provide a version of Windows without Windows Media Player, claiming Microsoft " broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems onto the markets for work group server operating systems and for media players ".

Microsoft has not published any materials regarding NGSCB on their MSDN site since March 2004, and none of the principal features described in the existing NGSCB materials have appeared in the two major versions of Windows since 2004 ( Windows Vista and Windows 7 ).

However, in May 2004, Microsoft was reported to have shelved the NGSCB project.

In October 2004, Swatch introduced its first smart watch, the Paparazzi, based on Microsoft Corporation's SPOT ( Smart Personal Objects Technology ) technology.

On 25 September 2004, Branson announced the signing of a deal under which a new space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, will license the technology behind Spaceship One — funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and designed by legendary American aeronautical engineer and visionary Burt Rutan — to take paying passengers into suborbital space.

It was published by Microsoft until 2004.

The European Commission, in its March 24, 2004 decision on Microsoft's business practices, quotes, in paragraph 463, Microsoft general manager for C ++ development Aaron Contorer as stating in a February 21, 1997 internal Microsoft memo drafted for Bill Gates:

The issues of February and March 2004 contained advertisements by Microsoft in a " social " atmosphere with a picture of children, which led to agitation.

* 2004 aerial photograph showing football layout from USGS via Microsoft Research Maps ( formerly TerraServer-USA )

* Close Combat-( Microsoft, 1996 )-not the first wargame to break out from hexes, and still presented in a 2-dimensional format, Close Combat nonetheless uniquely addressed factors such as individual morale and reluctance to carry out orders.

* Microsoft Train Simulator, Microsoft Space Simulator, and Combat Flight Simulator

Halo: Combat Evolved, also referred to as Halo: CE, Halo 1, or simply Halo, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

The game was released in North America simultaneously with the Xbox, on November 15, 2001 ; the " Combat Evolved " subtitle was an addition by marketers at Microsoft, who felt that Halo alone was not a descriptive enough title to compete with other military-themed games.

During the Microsoft press conference at the 2011 E3 Expo, it was revealed that Halo: Combat Evolved would be remade by 343 Industries with an in-house game engine and would include achievements, Terminals, and Skulls.

Footage is mostly from the multiplayer modes of Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4, along with its prequel, Halo: Reach on the Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles.

The first three Close Combat games were notable, at the time, for being among the few games published by Microsoft.

Close Combat I and II were distributed for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS.

Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and immense marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to break various sales records.

These projects included their first non-FPS, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, and Halo: Combat Evolved, forging new publisher relationships with Activision and Microsoft Game Studios respectively.

The game influenced the genre of combat flight simulators, including multi-player games such as Air Warrior by Kesmai and Combat Flight Simulator by Microsoft Games.

A scene from Red vs. Blue Red vs. Blue ( season 4 ) | season 4, made using the Halo 2 engine. Responsible for reviewing games on the Microsoft Xbox, Burns regularly posted gameplay videos of Halo: Combat Evolved and eventually began to add humor to them with voice-overs.

It was founded in 2003 by Alexander Seropian — the co-founder of Bungie and head behind the games Halo: Combat Evolved, Myth, and Marathon — and 6 other former Bungie Studios employees 3 years after Bungie's acquisition by Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft currently has three combat flight simulators: Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series, Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theatre and Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe.

** Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series ( 1998 ) by Microsoft Games Studio

** Combat Flight Simulator 2 ( 2000 ) by Microsoft Games Studio

** Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe ( 2002 ) by Microsoft Games Studio

* ARMA: Armed Assault ( worldwide ) / ARMA: Combat Operations ( US ) ( Microsoft Windows )-November 2006 ( Czech Republic / Germany )/ February 2007 ( Europe )/ May 2007 ( US )

Halo: Combat Evolved ( 2001 ), Microsoft Game Studios