$18.99   MPN: g13-00079 UPC: 805529390072 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight Features : CD-ROM Dynamic weather system based on realistic atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and dissipate Worldwide scenery with accurate 3D terrain and auto-gen objects that fill in the world with appropriate buildings and vegetation Enhanced interactive air traffic control (ATC), including traffic at all airports around the world Improved support for 3D graphics hardware acceleration in multiple windows and across multiple monitors For 1 or more players over LAN or Internet Platforms : Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP Release Date:  13 January, 2004 Manufacturer:  Microsoft Availability:  Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:  $19.99   Accessories: Legacy - Executive Jet for Flight Sim X ButtKicker BK-GR Gamer Space Shuttle Expansion for Flight Simulator X Logitech Freedom 2.4 GHz Cordless Joystick CH Products Throttle Quadrant USB (300-133) Similar Products: CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 ) Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick (963290-0403) CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals ( 300-111 ) Logitech Attack 3 Joystick Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD     Customer Reviews   Good news for simulator buffs Rating: 5 I found Flight Simulator 2004 to be quite good. The price was reasonable, especially at certain places, and the installation was very simple. The only item that I customised was to shorten up the installation directory name; I hate those long names. There is an online upgrade to FS9.1 from Microsoft, but I've not yet had a chance to try it. I didn't buy FS2004 for itself, but rather for all the add-on packs that are sold by third parties. You can purchase additional planes and high resolution scenery. My machine is a modest 1.6GHz with 512MB of RAM and a 3D graphics card with 64MB of memory on it. I'm running WinXP SP2, and so far have had no issues with either the simulator or the add-ons. I've always wanted to fly the British WWII Spitfires, but not in any kind of combat game. So now with FS2004 and the add-ons, I can just tool around the English countryside (in hi-res) with the various models. A Really Great Simulator Rating: 4 This is a great FS and a good alternative to FSX, especially to guys like me with a basic home computer running average memory and graphics. I had a little trouble in the beginning using the training portion. The program kept closing, but I reported the error to Microsoft and it hasn't happened since. A word to the wise, buy a quality joystick, not easy to modulate the controls via the keyboard. How can anyone like this atrocious product? Rating: 1 Yes, I installed it and got it to work. I have a decent (although not the fastest) system (would have been state-of-the-art in 2005). The result? Graphics are terrible (annoying pixelation even with antialiasing). Texturing is amateurish (I teach graduate computer graphics and even my students write better renderers). But, what would one expect in exchange for an Andrew Jackson, right? Right, however, the most humiliating, demeaning, and frustrating experience is MS' paranoia and total disdain for its customers: you HAVE TO keep the last CD inserted when you start the program (still better than the new FSX `registration'). The CD's themselves are copy protected (so, if you scratch your copy, be prepared to pay for another one). I could have used simple duplication tools to back my copy up but why? This junk still goes into the trash bin! Check out FlightGear instead: it works better, maybe crashes just as often, lacks a few bells and whistles but it supports most of the same hardware (CH products yoke and pedals, nVidia and ATI cards etc.) runs on ALL major operating systems (including Windows XP), has better graphics, and, best of all, it is free! Between being frustrated with MS greed and arrogance and tweaking my computer, I choose the computer any day.