| Probably no other gaming sector that has grown as | | | | years. Ace Combat was one of the first airplane |
| fast as the niche of airplane simulator games in the | | | | games to include the combat feature, where two |
| last decade or so. The terrorist bombings of 9/11 and | | | | fighter planes could seek and destroy each other and |
| some other factors have led to a rise of people | | | | battle in a dog fight, just as it may happen in a real life |
| wanting to get a first person perspective of flying an | | | | situation. |
| aircraft. Airplane combat games have also seen an | | | | Technology has come leaps and bounds since Ace |
| surge in popularity in the last 5 years. | | | | Combat was first released. Virtual flight schools and |
| One of the largest reasons for the sudden surge in | | | | Internet flight simulators are all the hype these days. |
| demand of aircraft games is because animation | | | | Flight games on the web today empower you to |
| technology and graphic design firms, and end users | | | | create your own virtual aircraft, launch your own |
| computers are now better equipped to give the user | | | | services, fly a variety of planes ranging from |
| the exact graphical interface and physics, as it is in real | | | | passenger planes to Boeings, AirBus's and fighter jets. |
| aircraft. Exponential proliferation and up-gradation of | | | | With the speed at which aircraft games are growing, |
| hardware, introduction of better sound drivers, | | | | there is an exciting future ahead of us and it will be |
| dedicated graphics cards, and a piles of gaming | | | | interesting to follow the path this industry paves over |
| equipment has further increased the demand for flight | | | | the next one decade or so. |
| sim games. | | | | The ultimate goal of a flight simulator is to make you |
| Ace Combat, Sky Odyssey, and Pilot wings are some | | | | feel you are actually flying the plane. Only the best |
| of the most commonly played and popular flight | | | | physics engines and graphics can do this. |
| simulator games to have surfaced in the last few | | | | |