<s>
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
'''	O
s	O
dynamic	O
campaign	O
engine	O
runs	O
autonomously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
additions	O
were	O
collected	O
by	O
Lead	O
Pursuit	O
,	O
which	O
arranged	O
an	O
official	O
license	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
code	O
base	O
from	O
the	O
owner	O
Atari	O
;	O
these	O
were	O
published	O
as	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
:	I-Application
Allied	I-Application
Force	I-Application
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spanning	O
well	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
,	O
the	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
series	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
longest	O
running	O
game	O
series	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
in	O
PC	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
content	O
,	O
which	O
involves	O
war	O
in	O
the	O
Korean	O
Peninsula	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
banned	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
until	O
2003.Falcon	O
4.0s	O
gameplay	O
parallels	O
actual	O
fighter	B-Application
pilot	I-Application
combat	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Failing	O
to	O
note	O
the	O
location	O
and	O
abilities	O
of	O
enemy	O
SAM	O
sites	O
or	O
CAP	B-Application
aircraft	O
and	O
account	O
for	O
methods	O
of	O
defeating	O
these	O
will	O
almost	O
certainly	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
short	O
flight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	O
campaigns	O
can	O
present	O
a	O
more	O
random	O
and	O
diverse	O
game	O
experience	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
more	O
difficult	O
for	O
programmers	B-Application
to	O
implement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	O
controlling	O
the	O
activity	O
of	O
the	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
campaign	O
engine	O
can	O
be	O
influenced	O
by	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
configurable	O
settings	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
adjusted	O
to	O
meet	O
changing	O
objectives	O
as	O
the	O
scenario	O
progresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
originally	O
featured	O
3D	O
graphics	O
with	O
multitexturing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
programs	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
multi-threaded	B-Operating_System
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
dual-core	B-Architecture
x86	B-Operating_System
processors.Falcon	O
4.0	O
:	O
The	O
First	O
Dual	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Game	O
on	O
TrustedReviews	O
by	O
Gordon	O
Kelly	O
(	O
24	O
June	O
2005	O
)	O
The	O
game	O
used	O
one	O
thread	B-Operating_System
for	O
graphics	O
and	O
primary	O
simulation	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
for	O
the	O
campaign	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
April	O
2000	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
of	O
the	O
game	O
leaked	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
version	O
between	O
1.07	O
and	O
1.08	O
on	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Tommo	O
's	O
Retroism	O
publishing	O
label	O
re-released	O
the	O
Falcon	O
series	O
(	O
including	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
as	O
a	O
bonus	O
)	O
via	O
digital	O
distribution	O
at	O
GOG.com,	O
titled	O
as	O
the	O
Falcon	O
Collection	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
commercially	O
unavailable	O
for	O
some	O
years	O
and	O
subject	O
to	O
high	O
,	O
often	O
excessive	O
prices	O
on	O
internet	O
trading	O
sites.Serious	O
Simming	O
:	O
Falcon	O
Flight	O
Sims	O
Land	O
On	O
GOG	O
on	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
by	O
Alice	O
O'Connor	O
on	O
23	O
October	O
2015	O
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Retroism	O
released	O
the	O
Falcon	O
Collection	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
with	O
all	O
four	O
titles	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcon	O
BMS	O
(	O
BenchMark	O
S'imulations	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
community-made	O
modification	O
to	O
the	O
already	O
existing	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
sold	O
41,209	O
copies	O
during	O
1998	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
12	O
December	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
likewise	O
named	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
the	O
best	O
simulation	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
"	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
"	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
"	O
Simulation	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
,	O
IGN	O
's	O
"	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Pluss	O
"	O
Simulation	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
European	B-Application
Air	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
called	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
"	O
extremely	O
impressive	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
those	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
sim	O
with	O
unprecedented	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
series	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
longest	O
running	O
game	O
series	O
in	O
PC	O
history	O
to	O
have	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
spans	O
over	O
two	O
decades	O
due	O
to	O
derivatives	O
like	O
Falcon	B-Application
4.0	I-Application
:	I-Application
Allied	I-Application
Force	I-Application
,	O
the	O
BMS	O
derivative	O
from	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
