Solo Flight (video game)

Solo Flight
Developer(s)MicroProse
Publisher(s)MicroProse
U.S. Gold (UK)
FIL (Thomson)
Designer(s)Sid Meier[1]
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Thomson
Release
Genre(s)Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Solo Flight is a third-person flight simulator written by Sid Meier for Atari 8-bit computers and published by MicroProse in 1983.[1] It includes a game mode called Mail Pilot. This was the fourth flight simulator Meier wrote for MicroProse—following Hellcat Ace, Spitfire Ace, and Wingman—and the first which did not involve aerial combat.

In the UK, Solo Flight was published by U.S. Gold.[2] It was ported to the Apple II, Commodore 64, and later IBM PC compatibles. A version for Thomson computers was published in 1985 by FIL in France with the title Vol Solo.[3] A Second Edition of the game was released in 1985[4] with improved graphics and an instructor. A Mega Drive version was planned but never released.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference giantlist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Solo Flight (U.S. Gold)". Atari Mania.
  3. ^ "Vol Solo (Thomson Computer)". DCMOTO. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05.
  4. ^ "Solo Flight - Second Edition". Atari Mania.
  5. ^ "News Special - CES Show: Games List - Megadrive". Mean Machines. No. 17. EMAP. February 1992. p. 12.