Bruce Artwick
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Bruce Arthur Artwick (born January 1, 1953)[1] is an American software engineer. He is the creator of the first consumer flight simulator software. He founded Sublogic after graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1977, and released the first version of Flight Simulator for the Apple II in 1979. His original Apple II software was purchased by Microsoft in 1982 and became Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0.[2]
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Born | Bruce Arthur Artwick (1953-01-01) January 1, 1953 (age 71)[1] Norridge, Illinois, United States |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Illinois |
Known for | Microsoft Flight Simulator |
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After Sublogic, Bruce founded the Bruce Artwick Organization, which continued development of flight simulator products and was eventually bought out by Microsoft.