![]() Then Wesson decided to develop special simulation units for professional users and continue the Tracon series as entertainment."Ĭompared to the Windows version (also reviewed on this site), these older DOS versions are arguably more realistic (or at least more difficult in my opinion) - although their interface are naturally less intuitive than their Windows successor. Tracon was used to train professional ATCs in the early nineties. It is possible to connect the game to a Microsoft Flight Simulator installation on another computer. The game is also featuring emergencies, to make your task more difficult. You have to set routes for the planes and organize punctual arrivals. The more traffic is in the air, the more hectic your job becomes. The voice acting is done over the PC internal speaker. ![]() Interestingly Tracon doesn't use a sound card for that. The game is a full-talkie, featuring pilot's voices and those of the ATCs. Your main screen is a radar, which features the aircrafts as green dots or little airplanes, moving at a certain speed at a certain height. You are in charge of the air traffic in a certain sector, making sure that every airplane gets to his destination safely. " Tracon is an air traffic control simulator, giving you the position of a so called "ATC" (air traffic controller). The description at MobyGames says it all about this pair of pioneers in aviation software: You may play this game embedded in the above iframe or click here to view it in a separate browser window by itself.Tracon and Tracon II are two classic ATC games from Wesson, years before their efforts culminated in Tower. When all the craft needed to reach the goal have landed or are in the air you will not have any other aircraft enter the level. Try to work most of your flight paths through the center area of the screen so you have more time to adjust them and respond when new aircraft enter the stage.Īfter you have landed the level goal the level is beat. If the screen gets overwhelming and hard to keep up with a good tip for staying organized is to have the same types of craft use similar flight paths to land. You can also create temporary flight paths which are evasive and then create secondary or tertiary paths for them. Whenever you select a craft it will highlight where it should land. Select aircraft with your finger or your mouse left click button and drag to create their flight path line to the destination. If any aircraft crash you lose the level, though you get unlimited free continues. The screen shows a red warning symbol where aircraft will enter the screen.
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