ABSTRACT
A space sim is a type of videogame in which the player is the commander or (typically) pilot and sole crew of their own spaceship. e behavior of the spacecra generally resembles that of a World War II era ghter aircra rather more closely than it does that of any likely actual space vehicle; as in the Star Wars lms, accuracy in this area does not necessarily add to the enjoyment. Two main variants exist: the space combat game and the space exploration game. ere are also a limited number of pure spaceight simulators that model the control of actual or credibly ctional spacecra , as in Microsoft Space Simulator (1994 Bruce Artwick Organization) designed by Charles Guy; these works are considered in the section dealing with toy games.
