{{Short description|American software development company}} {{Infobox company | name = Sublogic | logo = Sublogic-logo.png | type = Corporation | founded = {{Start date and age|1977|10}} | founders = Bruce Artwick<br>Stu Moment | location = Urbana-Champaign, Illinois | industry = Video game industry | products = ''FS1 Flight Simulator''<br>''Flight Simulator II''<br>''Microsoft Flight Simulator''<br>''Night Mission Pinball''<br>''Jet'' | homepage = {{URL|www.sublogiccorp.com}} }} '''Sublogic Corporation''' (stylized as '''subLOGIC''') is an American software development company. It was formed in 1977 by Bruce Artwick, and incorporated in 1978 by Artwick's partner Stu Moment<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sublogiccorp.com/MenuHistory/default.aspx |title=Base History |website=subLogic |access-date=2019-12-04 |archive-date=2019-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031135643/http://www.sublogiccorp.com/MenuHistory/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> as '''Sublogic Communications Corporation'''.<ref name="compute198208"/> Sublogic is best known as the creator of the ''Flight Simulator'' series, later known as ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'', but it also created other video games such as ''Night Mission Pinball'', ''Football'', and ''Adventure on a Boat''; educational software; and an Apple II graphics library.
==History== Sublogic released the flight simulation program ''FS1 Flight Simulator'' for the Apple II and the TRS-80 in 1979, followed by the more popular and widely ported ''Flight Simulator II'' in 1983, and ''Jet'' in 1985.
In 1982, ''Flight Simulator'' was licensed to Microsoft, and through 2006 Microsoft released major updates to ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' approximately every three years.<ref>[http://fshistory.simflight.com/fsh/versions.htm Flight Simulator History - The Story]</ref> A reboot of the series was announced in 2019, simply titled ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'', released in 2020.
Sublogic also produced software other than flight simulators, including children's educational software,<ref name="compute198208"/> 3D graphics software for CP/M,<ref name="sublogic198007">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1980 |title=The subLOGIC FS1 Flight Simulator is just one application of our fine graphic software. Other applications can be yours! |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-07/1980_07_BYTE_05-07_Computers_and_Education#page/n215/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |page=214}}</ref> the A2-3D1 animation library for the Apple II,<ref name="ad198010">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-10/1980_10_BYTE_05-10_Software#page/n27/mode/2up | title=Animation for the Apple II | work=BYTE | date=October 1980| accessdate=14 June 2014 | page=26 | type=advertisement}}</ref> the X-1 video card and 3D graphics software for IBM PC compatibles,<ref name="byte198609">{{Cite magazine |date=September 1986 |title=High-Speed Animation on Your IBM PC! |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1986-09/1986_09_BYTE_11-09_The_68000_Family#page/n217/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |type=advertisement |page=207}}</ref> and ''Night Mission Pinball'' (1982) which was originally for the Apple II and ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaiser|first1=Erde|title=Night mission pinball|url=http://thehouseofgames.org/index.php?t=10&id=358|website=The House of Games .net}}</ref>
===Denouement=== Bruce Artwick left Sublogic in 1988 to form BAO Ltd. (Bruce Artwick Organization), retaining the copyright to ''Flight Simulator'', which they continued to develop. BAO and the copyright to ''Flight Simulator'' were acquired by Microsoft in December 1995.
After Artwick's departure, Sublogic continued under the ownership of Stu Moment, who produced ''Flight Assignment: A.T.P.'' in 1990. It specializes in simulating passenger airliners, using a scoring method to determine the performance of the user.<ref name="compute_12_93_sublogic_games_ad">{{Cite magazine |date=December 1993 |title=USA - subLOGIC ad. |magazine=Compute! |url=https://archive.org/details/1993-12-compute-magazine/page/104/mode/2up |access-date=2026-01-05 |pages=104-105 |volume=15 |issue=159 |issn=0194-357X}}</ref>
Sublogic began a new flight simulator, but in late 1995 was acquired by Sierra,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sherman |first=Christopher |title=Movers & Shakers|magazine=Next Generation|issue=14 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=February 1996|page=25}}</ref> which completed the program and released it as Pro Pilot in 1997.
Moment continues to run the present Sublogic Corporation as a generic simulation company, in addition to being an airshow display pilot with his Classic Airshow company.
== Games developed == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Platform |- | 1979 | ''FS1 Flight Simulator'' | Apple II, TRS-80 |- | 1981 | ''Saturn Navigator'' | Apple II |- | 1981 | ''Escape!'' | Apple II |- | 1982 | ''Zendar'' | Apple II |- | 1982 | ''Space Vikings'' | Apple II |- | 1982 | ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0'' | IBM PC |- | 1982 | ''Night Mission Pinball'' | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, IBM PC, C64 |- | 1983 | ''Flight Simulator II'' | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, PC-98, Amiga, Atari ST, Tandy CoCo 3 |- | 1984 | ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0'' | IBM PC |- | 1985 | ''Jet'' | MS-DOS, Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Mac OS, PC-98 |- | 1985 | ''Scenery Disks: 1-6'', ''Western U.S. Scenery Set'' | Atari 8-bit, C64, Apple II, MS-DOS |- | 1986 | ''Pure-Stat Baseball'' | Apple II, C64, MS-DOS |- | 1986 | ''Football'' | C64, MS-DOS |- | 1986 | ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' | Mac OS |- | 1986–1988 | ''Scenery Disks: 7-12'', ''Japan'', ''Western European Tour'' | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST |- | 1987 | ''Jet: Version 2.0'' | MS-DOS |- | 1988 | ''Stealth Mission'' | C64 |- | 1988 | ''Flight Simulator with Torpedo Attack'' | MSX, PC-88 |- | 1988 | ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0'' | MS-DOS |- | 1989 | ''Thunderchopper'' | MS-DOS |- | 1989 | ''Hawaiian Odyssey: Scenery Adventure'' | Amiga, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS |- | 1989 | ''UFO'' | MS-DOS |- | 1990 | ''Flight Assignment: Airline Transport Pilot'' | MS-DOS |- | 1991 | ''New Facilities Locator'' | MS-DOS |- | 1993 | ''Flight Light''<ref name="compute_12_93_sublogic_games_ad" /> | MS-DOS |- | 1993 | ''USA East'', ''USA West''<ref name="compute_12_93_sublogic_games_ad" /> | MS-DOS |- | 1996 | ''Flight Light Plus'' | MS-DOS |}
==See also== * History of ''Microsoft Flight Simulator''
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="compute198208">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1982-08-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_027_1982_Aug#page/n73/mode/2up | title=Good News for Kids... | work=Compute! | date=August 1982 | accessdate=30 October 2013 | page=25 | type=advertisement}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.sublogiccorp.com}} * [https://www.mobygames.com/company/sublogic Sublogic] at MobyGames
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