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TIME magazine lists FSX in "Top 50 Best Video Games of All Time"

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I am waiting for those to jump in and say 'we are not a game'  :rolleyes:


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Only 23rd place? Humph! He%20He.gif

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23 isn't bad for such a " small, niche" market.

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Yeah, I'm surprised FSX made such a list at all, much less to be ranked as high as 23rd.

 

Of the games on that list, other than FSX, I've played:

Pong, 40th.

Galaga, 35th, and I remember playing it's predecessor, Galaxian.

Donkey Kong, 28th, and I have also played its clone, Congrilla, which was illegal in the U.S., but some of these machines made it into the U.S. market.

Space Invaders, 19th.

Ms. PacMan, 5th.

All when they were new and all played in arcades, hotel lobbies, or convenience stores.


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I think the most universally accepted definition of a game is it that it requires both winners and losers. Even on a video game, someone is always trying to get a higher score than the previous best.

 

I suppose on a flight sim app, you're a winner if you land  "safely", and if you crash, well, ya know... 

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I am waiting for those to jump in and say 'we are not a game'  :rolleyes:

Well, its not, it's a simulation.

 

Anyhow, Falcon 4.0 should be on that list.

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Well, its not, it's a simulation.

The Publisher called FSX a game and Aces a gaming studio, it is others that call it something else to remove their association with gamers.

 

I see it as a hobby, which also means for entertainment or relaxation etc, and like most hobbies it is an expensive never ending money pit. I don't care if it is called a game or not, it is what it is.

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Well, its not, it's a simulation.

 

 

:Praying:  For goodness sake...

:t0103: 

 

Enough already!!!  :t0152: 

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Flight Simulator X, meanwhile, let players into the control tower, giving birth to a diehard community of simmers who to this day spend hours flying and directing mock routes.
:fool: 

Ehhh... I luv playin' wiv ma simul8or

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:Praying:  For goodness sake...

:t0103:

 

Enough already!!!  :t0152:

 

Why, you got somewhere to be?  :-P


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We are sort of shall we say a clandestine patience silence mayority group and always willing to beat a dead horse. SIMULATOR.

 

Don't ever lose faith in our cause. FSXI, we'll get it one day + full SDK!!!

 

Cheers, 

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