Airline Tycoon
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| Developers | |
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| Spellbound Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Infogrames | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Business |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Airline Tycoon |
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| Airline Tycoon | |
|---|---|
| Airline Tycoon | 1998 |
| Airline Tycoon First Class | 1999 |
| Airline Tycoon Evolution | 2002 |
| Airline Tycoon Deluxe | 2003 |
| Airline Tycoon 2 | 2011 |
Key points
- The game sold in English speaking countries as Airline Tycoon was actually Airline Tycoon First Class.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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- This game is not available digitally.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spellbound Software\Airline Tycoon\1.0 |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame\Game*.dat[Note 1] |
- Saves are
game0.dattogame11.dat.
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Gameplay is capped at 20 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Windowed
Launch the game with -window attribute
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| Use DxWnd |
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Notes
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Environment, Messages, Speech, Effects, Planes. Music can be only turned on or off. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Demo version only. | |||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. Details | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | [1] |
Issues fixed
Low framerate on modern operating systems
| Run the game in windowed mode |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Airline Tycoon (Infogrames Brasil) - cover. - last accessed on May 2023