The game's July 1990 release was snarled by a lawsuit from Microsoft, which claimed ownership of some of Sublogic's source code rights, and it was settled with a number of concessions on the part of Sublogic, most notably dropping the phrase "flight simulator" from all of its products. This allowed the release of ATP in December 1990. Releases and updates continued through 1993, and the software remained on the market until December 13, 1995.[1]
In late 1994, Italian company LAGO and Austrian company Nomissoft released a plugin for ATP entitled 3D Advanced Graphics System.[2][3] The companies went on to purchase rights to portions of the ATP code from Sierra, which had acquired Sublogic in 1995. Although Sierra's own plans for a re-release of ATP on the Windows platform never came to fruition, LAGO and Nomissoft gave new life to the ATP code with the release of their own product, Airline Simulator in September 1996.[4]
In April 1997, LAGO and Nomissoft showed a successor. Airline Simulator 2 Pro was demonstrated at a conference in Europe,[5] but by that December development was halted, as the two companies parted due to fundamental disagreements about the way forward. In March 1998, Nomissoft announced that it had secured the necessary rights to Airline Simulator 2 code, and by August 4, 1999, the grandchild of Sublogic ATP hit retail.
Development of another followup, Airline Simulator 3, had long been teased by Nomissoft founder Simon Hradecky[6] in parallel with Airline Simulator 2's development,[7] but within weeks of AS2's release, AS3's development had been taken over by Aerosoft, a German company. Again, development stagnated, and finally in January 2013, the company confirmed that development had been ceased and the project written off.[8]
ReferencesEdit
^"ATP Area of Markus Vitzethum". Simpilot.net. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
^. 1998-02-05. Archived from the original on February 5, 1998. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
^. Homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
flight, assignment, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Flight Assignment A T P news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Flight Assignment A T P Airline Transport Pilot or simply ATP was an amateur flight simulator released in 1990 by the Sublogic Corporation It runs on DOS based PCs The simulation models the Boeing 737 747 767 Airbus A320 and Shorts 360 It features most major aviation beacons in the United States and about 30 major airports It also includes a multi voiced air traffic control simulator Flight Assignment A T P Developer s SublogicPlatform s DOSRelease1990Genre s Amateur flight simulatorThe game s July 1990 release was snarled by a lawsuit from Microsoft which claimed ownership of some of Sublogic s source code rights and it was settled with a number of concessions on the part of Sublogic most notably dropping the phrase flight simulator from all of its products This allowed the release of ATP in December 1990 Releases and updates continued through 1993 and the software remained on the market until December 13 1995 1 In late 1994 Italian company LAGO and Austrian company Nomissoft released a plugin for ATP entitled 3D Advanced Graphics System 2 3 The companies went on to purchase rights to portions of the ATP code from Sierra which had acquired Sublogic in 1995 Although Sierra s own plans for a re release of ATP on the Windows platform never came to fruition LAGO and Nomissoft gave new life to the ATP code with the release of their own product Airline Simulator in September 1996 4 In April 1997 LAGO and Nomissoft showed a successor Airline Simulator 2 Pro was demonstrated at a conference in Europe 5 but by that December development was halted as the two companies parted due to fundamental disagreements about the way forward In March 1998 Nomissoft announced that it had secured the necessary rights to Airline Simulator 2 code and by August 4 1999 the grandchild of Sublogic ATP hit retail Development of another followup Airline Simulator 3 had long been teased by Nomissoft founder Simon Hradecky 6 in parallel with Airline Simulator 2 s development 7 but within weeks of AS2 s release AS3 s development had been taken over by Aerosoft a German company Again development stagnated and finally in January 2013 the company confirmed that development had been ceased and the project written off 8 References Edit ATP Area of Markus Vitzethum Simpilot net Retrieved 2016 01 11 Lago Home Page 1998 02 05 Archived from the original on February 5 1998 Retrieved 2016 01 11 3DAGS Glass Cockpit Homepage ntlworld com Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2016 01 11 LAGO Announces Airline Simulator FlightSim Com 1996 06 10 Retrieved 2016 01 11 Gallery Nomissoft com 1993 02 05 Retrieved 2016 01 11 Simon Hradecky NOMISSOFT Nomissoft com Retrieved 2016 01 11 NOMISSOFT Network AS3 Update Webx simpilot net 8080 2006 08 16 Retrieved 2016 01 11 Airline Simulator 3 Radio Chatter Room AEROSOFT COMMUNITY SERVICES Forum aerosoft com 16 January 2013 Retrieved 2016 01 11 External links EditA history of ATP nbsp This flight simulation video game article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flight Assignment A T P amp oldid 1180998471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
