Editing Sublogic

{{Short description|American software development company}}
{{Infobox company
| name     = Sublogic
| logo     = Sublogic-logo.png
| type     = [[Corporation]]
| founded  = {{Start date and age|1977|10}}
| founders = [[Bruce Artwick]]<br>Stu Moment
| location = [[Urbana-Champaign]], [[Illinois]]
| industry = [[Video game industry]]
| products = ''[[FS1 Flight Simulator]]''<br>''[[Flight Simulator II (Sublogic)|Flight Simulator II]]''<br>''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator]]''<br>''[[Night Mission Pinball]]''<br>''[[Jet (video game)|Jet]]''
| homepage = {{URL|www.sublogiccorp.com}}
}}
'''Sublogic Corporation''' (stylized as '''subLOGIC''') is an American [[software developer|software development]] company. It was formed in 1977 by [[Bruce Artwick]], and [[incorporation (business)|incorporated]] in 1978 by Artwick's partner Stu Moment<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sublogiccorp.com/MenuHistory/default.aspx |title=Base History |website=subLogic |access-date=2019-12-04 |archive-date=2019-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031135643/http://www.sublogiccorp.com/MenuHistory/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</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 (1986 video game)|Football]]'', and ''Adventure on a Boat''; educational software; and an Apple II graphics library.

==History==
Sublogic released the [[flight simulator|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 (Sublogic)|Flight Simulator II]]'' in 1983, and [[Jet (video game)|''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>[http://fshistory.simflight.com/fsh/versions.htm Flight Simulator History - The Story]</ref> A reboot of the series was announced in 2019, simply titled ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)|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">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1980 |title=The subLOGIC FS1 Flight Simulator is just one application of our fine graphic software. Other applications can be yours! |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-07/1980_07_BYTE_05-07_Computers_and_Education#page/n215/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |page=214}}</ref> the A2-3D1 animation library for the Apple II,<ref name="ad198010">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-10/1980_10_BYTE_05-10_Software#page/n27/mode/2up | title=Animation for the Apple II | work=BYTE | date=October 1980| accessdate=14 June 2014 | page=26 | type=advertisement}}</ref> the X-1 [[video card]] and 3D graphics software for [[IBM PC compatible]]s,<ref name="byte198609">{{Cite magazine |date=September 1986 |title=High-Speed Animation on Your IBM PC! |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1986-09/1986_09_BYTE_11-09_The_68000_Family#page/n217/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |type=advertisement |page=207}}</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>{{cite web|last1=Kaiser|first1=Erde|title=Night mission pinball|url=http://thehouseofgames.org/index.php?t=10&id=358|website=The House of Games .net}}</ref>

===Denouement===
Bruce Artwick left Sublogic in 1988 to form [[Bruce Artwick#BAO Ltd.|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 Entertainment|Sierra]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sherman |first=Christopher |title=Movers & Shakers|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=14 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1996|page=25}}</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 developed ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! 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 Personal Computer|IBM PC]]
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Night Mission Pinball]]''
| Apple II, [[Atari 8-bit]], IBM PC, C64
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Flight Simulator II (Sublogic)|Flight Simulator II]]''
| Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, [[PC-98]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Tandy Color Computer 3|Tandy CoCo 3]]
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0]]''
| IBM PC
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Jet (video game)|Jet]]''
| [[MS-DOS]], Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, [[Classic Mac OS|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 (1986 video game)|Football]]''
| C64, MS-DOS
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator (1986 video game)|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 (video game)|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 (video game)|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
|}

==See also==
* [[History of Microsoft Flight Simulator|History of ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'']]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="compute198208">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1982-08-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_027_1982_Aug#page/n73/mode/2up | title=Good News for Kids... | work=Compute! | date=August 1982 | accessdate=30 October 2013 | page=25 | type=advertisement}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.sublogiccorp.com}}
* [https://www.mobygames.com/company/sublogic Sublogic] at [[MobyGames]]

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