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Aces Game Studio (ACES) was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington, owned by Microsoft Game Studios.It was founded in 1988 under the name Bruce Artwick Organization Limited (BAO Ltd.) at Champaign, Illinois, by Bruce Artwick, creator of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft Space Simulator and also co-founder of Sublogic.
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A large series of add-on products were produced for FS4 between 1990 and 1993. First from Microsoft and the Bruce Artwick Organization (BAO) came the Aircraft and Scenery Designer (ASD) integration module in 1990. [3] This allowed FS4 users to build custom scenery units known as SC1 files which could be used within FS4 and traded with other users.
It was formed in 1977 by Bruce Artwick, and incorporated in 1978 by Artwick's partner Stu Moment [1] as Sublogic Communications Corporation. [2] Sublogic is best known as the creator of the Flight Simulator series, later known as Microsoft Flight Simulator , but it also created other video games such as Night Mission Pinball , Football , and ...
Bruce Arthur Artwick (born January 1, 1953) [1] is an American software engineer. He is the creator of the first consumer flight simulator software. He founded Sublogic after graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1977, and released the first version of Flight Simulator for the Apple II in 1979.
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.
A large series of add-on products were produced for FS4 between 1989 and 1993. First from Microsoft and the Bruce Artwick Organization (BAO) came the Aircraft and Scenery Designer (ASD) integration module. This allowed FS4 users to build custom scenery units known as SC1 files which could be used within FS4 and traded with other users.
Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd. Microsoft: DOS [9] Spaceflight Simulator: 2017 Stef Moroyna Private (iOS and Android), Steam (Windows Version) Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS 2D sandbox spaceflight simulator. Available on both PC and mobile. Noctis: 2000 Alessandro Ghignola Alessandro Ghignola Windows, DOS