| There is probably no other gaming niche that has | | | | Technology has come a long way since Ace Combat |
| grown as fast as the niche of airplane games in the | | | | was first launched on PS I. Internet based flight |
| last decade or so. The 9/11 bombings and a couple of | | | | simulators and virtual flight schools are the "in-thing" |
| other factors have actually led to a rise of people | | | | these days. Airplane games on the internet today |
| wanting to get a first hand feel of flying an aircraft. | | | | empower you to create your own virtual air carriers, |
| Aircraft combat games have also seen an upswing in | | | | launch your own services, fly a variety of planes |
| demand in the last 5 odd years. | | | | ranging from cargo planes to Boeings and fighter jets. |
| One of the main reasons for a sudden surge in | | | | With the kind of speed at which airplane games are |
| demand of airplane games is the fact that animations | | | | growing, there certainly lies an exciting future ahead |
| and graphic designing firms are now better equipped | | | | of us and it would be really interesting to follow the |
| to give the user the exact Graphical Interface, as it is | | | | trajectory of this industry over the next one decade |
| in an aircraft. Exponential proliferation and | | | | or so. |
| up-gradation of hardware, introduction of dedicated | | | | Finally you must remember that a decent flight |
| graphics cards, sound drivers and a whole lot of | | | | simulator gives you the feeling that you are actually |
| gaming equipment has further resulted in an increase | | | | flying. I have found that the only way you can get |
| in the demand for airplane games. | | | | this real life flying feeling is by all the extra details in |
| Pilot wings, Ace Combat and Sky Odyssey are some | | | | the software. |
| of the most commonly played and popular airplane | | | | I have found a software package that offers the |
| games to have surfaces in the last decade. Ace | | | | real life cockpit controls, sloping runways, thousands |
| Combat was also one of the first airplane games to | | | | of airports and freedom to fly anywhere in the |
| imbibe the combat feature, wherein two fighter | | | | world. this all helps to add to the realism and actually |
| planes could seek and destroy each other and dog | | | | put you in the Pilots Seat. |
| fight, just as it happens in a real life war-like situation. | | | | |