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Game Overview

Microsoft Space Simulator is one of those old-school space sims that somehow still feels ambitious even today. You start by picking from a wild mix of spacecraft—everything from tiny astronaut jetpacks to massive interstellar haulers—and then just... go. The first time I booted it up, I spent way too long just staring at the instrument panel, trying to wrap my head around the velocity numbers while my shuttle drifted toward Mars.

What’s cool is how much freedom you get. Want to recreate the Apollo 17 landing? Sure. Prefer to just cruise past Saturn’s rings in a futuristic passenger ship? Go for it. The autopilot helps with the tricky orbital maneuvers (thank god), but half the fun is manually fumbling through docking sequences. And yeah, the physics aren’t perfect—planets are flat, and you won’t crash into them—but watching your speed crawl toward light speed while the stars stretch weirdly is still a trip.

It’s the kind of game where you lose an hour just floating near Space Station Freedom, listening to the hum of thrusters and pretending you’re actually up there.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".