<s>
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
Meier	O
wrote	O
for	O
MicroProse	O
—	O
following	O
Hellcat	O
Ace	O
,	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Wingman	O
—	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
involve	O
aerial	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Thomson	B-Device
computers	I-Device
was	O
published	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
FIL	O
in	O
France	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
Vol	O
Solo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
two	O
parts	O
:	O
a	O
pure	O
flying	O
simulation	O
and	O
a	O
game	O
mode	O
called	O
Mail	O
Pilot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
editor	O
Lee	O
Pappas	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
somewhat	O
rough	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
control	O
panel	O
is	O
not	O
up	O
to	O
what	O
it	O
should	O
be	O
(	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
stall	O
indicator	O
,	O
and	O
non-standard	O
VORS	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
still	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
As	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
is	O
the	O
best	O
Atari	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
published	O
to	O
date.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
reviewer	O
Arthur	O
Leyenberger	O
praised	O
both	O
the	O
simulation	O
and	O
game	O
aspects	O
of	O
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roy	O
Wagner	O
reviewed	O
and	O
compared	O
Solo	B-Application
Flight	I-Application
and	O
Flight	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
also	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
excellent	O
game	O
for	O
Visual	O
flight	O
rules	O
and	O
Instrument	O
flight	O
rules	O
pilots	O
,	O
while	O
praising	O
the	O
mail	O
run	O
game	O
for	O
adding	O
a	O
new	O
dimension	O
to	O
the	O
usual	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
