Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Sublogic Corporation (stylized as subLOGIC) is an American software development company. It was formed in 1977 by Bruce Artwick, and incorporated in 1978 by Artwick's partner Stu Moment<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as Sublogic Communications Corporation.<ref name="compute198208"/> 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 Adventure on a Boat; educational software; and an Apple II graphics library.
HistoryEdit
Sublogic released the flight simulation program FS1 Flight Simulator for the Apple II and the TRS-80 in 1979, followed by the more popular and widely ported Flight Simulator II in 1983, and Jet in 1985.
In 1982, Flight Simulator was licensed to Microsoft, and through 2006 Microsoft released major updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator approximately every three years.<ref>Flight Simulator History - The Story</ref> A reboot of the series was announced in 2019, simply titled Microsoft Flight Simulator, released in 2020.
Sublogic also produced software other than flight simulators, including children's educational software,<ref name="compute198208"/> 3D graphics software for CP/M,<ref name="sublogic198007">Template:Cite magazine</ref> the A2-3D1 animation library for the Apple II,<ref name="ad198010">Template:Cite news</ref> the X-1 video card and 3D graphics software for IBM PC compatibles,<ref name="byte198609">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Night Mission Pinball (1982) which was originally for the Apple II and ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
DenouementEdit
Bruce Artwick left Sublogic in 1988 to form BAO Ltd. (Bruce Artwick Organization), retaining the copyright to Flight Simulator, which they continued to develop. BAO and the copyright to Flight Simulator were acquired by Microsoft in December 1995.
After Artwick's departure, Sublogic continued under the ownership of Stu Moment, who produced Flight Assignment: A.T.P. in 1990. It specializes in simulating passenger airliners, using a scoring method to determine the performance of the user. Sublogic began a new flight simulator, but in late 1995 was acquired by Sierra,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> which completed the program and released it as Pro Pilot in 1997.
Moment continues to run the present Sublogic Corporation as a generic simulation company, in addition to being an airshow display pilot with his Classic Airshow company.
Games developedEdit
| Year | Title | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | FS1 Flight Simulator | Apple II, TRS-80 |
| 1981 | Saturn Navigator | Apple II |
| 1981 | Escape! | Apple II |
| 1982 | Zendar | Apple II |
| 1982 | Space Vikings | Apple II |
| 1982 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 | IBM PC |
| 1982 | Night Mission Pinball | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, IBM PC, C64 |
| 1983 | Flight Simulator II | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, PC-98, Amiga, Atari ST, Tandy CoCo 3 |
| 1984 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0 | IBM PC |
| 1985 | Jet | MS-DOS, Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Mac OS, PC-98 |
| 1985 | Scenery Disks: 1-6, Western U.S. Scenery Set | Atari 8-bit, C64, Apple II, MS-DOS |
| 1986 | Pure-Stat Baseball | Apple II, C64, MS-DOS |
| 1986 | Football | C64, MS-DOS |
| 1986 | Microsoft Flight Simulator | Mac OS |
| 1986–1988 | Scenery Disks: 7-12, Japan, Western European Tour | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST |
| 1987 | Jet: Version 2.0 | MS-DOS |
| 1988 | Stealth Mission | C64 |
| 1988 | Flight Simulator with Torpedo Attack | MSX, PC-88 |
| 1988 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 | MS-DOS |
| 1989 | Thunderchopper | MS-DOS |
| 1989 | Hawaiian Odyssey: Scenery Adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS |
| 1989 | UFO | MS-DOS |
| 1990 | Flight Assignment: Airline Transport Pilot | MS-DOS |
| 1991 | New Facilities Locator | MS-DOS |
| 1993 | USA East | MS-DOS |
| 1996 | Flight Light Plus | MS-DOS |
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