Tracon II

Tracon II is a video game in the simulation genre developed by Wesson International and published by Wesson International originally released in 1990. It is currently playable on DOS, Amiga.

Tracon and Tracon II are two classic ATC games by Wesson, years before his efforts culminated in Tower. The description at MobyGames says it all about this pair of aviation software pioneers:

'Tracon is an air traffic control simulator, which puts you in the position of a so-called 'ATC' (air traffic controller). You are in charge of the air traffic in a given sector, making sure that every plane reaches its destination safely. Your main screen is a radar, on which airplanes appear as green dots or small planes, moving at a certain speed and at a certain altitude. The game is a complete answering machine, with the voices of the pilots and those of the ATC. Interestingly, Tracon does not use a sound card for this. The voice acting is done through the PC's internal speaker. The more traffic in the air, the more hectic your job becomes. You have to set routes for the planes and organize on-time arrivals.

The game also presents emergencies, to make your task more difficult. It is possible to connect the game to a Microsoft Flight Simulator installation on another computer. Tracon was used to train professional ATCs in the early 1990s. Then Wesson decided to develop special simulation units for professional users and continue the Tracon series as entertainment'.

Compared 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 is naturally less intuitive than their Windows successor. If you like ATCs in general, Tracon and Tracon II are a must-have: classic games of the genre that are still very playable even more than a decade later. two thumbs up!

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