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    Final Results And Overall Mark   
     
    
    
    Well we 
    have reached the end of the review. Here are 
    my 
    final 
    comments, notes and grades for 
    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Professional Edition. 
    
      
    
    
    Final Comments 
    
      
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        How It Grades | 
       
      
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        Installation: 
        70% 
        
        Interface: 80% 
        
        Graphics: 90% 
        
        Sound: 75% 
        
        Realism: 85% 
        
        Manual: 70% 
        
        Price/Value: 
        80% 
        Overall: 
        78.5%  | 
       
     
    
    Microsoft 
    Flight Simulator 2002 remains simply the best flying simulation game 
    available today blowing away every competitor, if any. The graphic reality 
    has reached a new level while the ATC makes the game much more attractive 
    and less boring thanks to the new interactions it adds. Faster and smoother 
    than the previous version combined with revolutionary graphics, Flight 
    Simulator 2002 really rocks. Even if the selection of aircraft is still 
    questionable due to the serious lack of European planes, the pleasure of 
    piloting is renewed. It really is “As real as it gets.”  
    
      
    
      
    
      
      
        
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          Specs & Package | 
         
        
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          Overall Score | 
          
          78.5% | 
         
        
          | 
          Version Reviewed | 
          
          Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Professional Edition | 
         
        
          | 
          Release Date | 
          
          Out Now | 
         
        
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          The Good Points | 
          
          Outstanding graphics 
          Great New Air Traffic Control feature | 
         
        
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          The Bad Points | 
          
          Still heavy 
          No Concorde 
          No printer handbooks 
          Requires a powerful PC 
          Fit on not less than 3 CDs 
          No European aircrafts (airbus, etc.) | 
         
        
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          Reviewer Specs | 
          
           
          
          Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 
          Intel D850EMV2 Motherboard 
          
          
          Windows XP Professional 
          512 MB PC800 RDRAM 
          DirectX 8.1 
          19" Sony CPD-E400 
          Trinitron Monitor 
          
          nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4600 
          Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum 
          Adaptec 19160 
          Adaptec AHA-2400a 
           
          DVD Pioneer 106s (16/40x) 
          
          Yamaha CRW3200S 
           
          Alcatel SpeedTouch USB 
          Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro 
          
          Microsoft TrackBall Explorer  | 
         
        
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          PC Required | 
          
           Pentium II 300MHz or higher 
          8MB 3D Video Accelerator  
          Sound card with speakers 
          Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000,  Windows XP 
          DirectX 8.1 or higher  
          64MB of RAM (or more) 
          650MB of free hard disk space  
          4x CD-Rom Drive (or faster) 
          Joystick  | 
         
         
      
     
    
      
    
      
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