Studios team to continue development of the product. Most Flight Simulator X addons as well as the default FSX aircraft work in Prepar3D without any adjustment since Prepar3D is kept backward compatible. The first version was released on 1 November 2010. Dovetail Games Flight Sim World In May 2017, Dovetail Games announced Flight Sim World, based on the codebase of Flight Simulator X, and released later that month. Only a year later, on April 23, 2018, Dovetail announced end of development of Flight Sim World and the end of sales effective May 15, 2018. Reception In 1989, Video Games & Computer Entertainment reported that Flight Simulator was "unquestionably the most popular computer game in the world, with nearly two million copies sold." References External links "Flight Simulator History" - Detailed history of early versions of Flight Simulator "Microsoft Flight Simulator History Web" - Evolution of Microsoft Flight Simulator "FS4 Webport" - Extensive information and support for Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 "Lockheed Martin Prepar3D" - Prepar3D home page Microsoft games Flight Simulator Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator Video games developed in the United States Microsoft Flight Simulator D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year winners