''Airlines'' is a
construction and management simulation game
Construction and management simulation (CMS),
sometimes also called management sim or building sim, is a subgenre of simulation game in which players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources. Strategy vide ...
created by Interactivision for
MS-DOS
MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few ope ...
and published by
Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal g ...
in 1994. The object of the game is to successfully set up an
airline
An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
by buying
aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines ...
, planning routes, setting ticket prices and dealing with events such as hostage and oil crises. The game has 4 airlines, a minimum of one of which is human controlled. The game begins with the year set as 1970 and as time progresses more aircraft models become available, corresponding with their first flights in reality. The aircraft in the game used real aircraft names, illustrations and model specifications.
Gameplay
Legacy
In October 2002, Interactivison released ''
Airlines 2'' with 110 aircraft types, 250 airports with 15 possible regions to start with, and more than 300 routes.
See also
* ''
Air Bucks
''Air Bucks'' is a business simulation game about running an airline. It involves purchasing landing rights for cities around the globe.
In 1993, an enhanced version was released for the Amiga as ''Air Bucks v1.2''.
Gameplay
The game begins i ...
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* ''
Aerobiz
is a business simulation video game for the Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis game consoles, released in 1992 by Koei. It was also released for the FM Towns, PC-9801 and X68000 computer platforms in Japan.
As CEO of a budding international airli ...
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* ''
Airline Tycoon
''Airline Tycoon'' is a business simulation game by Thomas Holz and Robert Kleinert, in which the player must successfully manage an airline. The original was developed by Spellbound Entertainment, and published by Infogrames Deutschland, how ...
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* ''
Airport Tycoon
''Airport Tycoon'' is a business simulation game released for Windows 95/98 in 2000. It was developed in the United Kingdom by Krisalis Software (now defunct). In ''Airport Tycoon'', the player must successfully build and manage an airport wit ...
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References
1994 video games
Business simulation games
DOS games
DOS-only games
Video games developed in Denmark
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