| Alt name | Tracon 2 |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Platform | DOS |
| Released in | United States |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Theme | Flight, Managerial |
| Publisher | Wesson International |
| Developer | Wesson International |
| Perspective | 1st-Person |
Description of Tracon II
Tracon and Tracon II are two classic ATC games from Wesson, years before their efforts culminated in Tower. The description at MobyGames says it all about this pair of pioneers in aviation software:
"Tracon is an air traffic control simulator, giving you the position of a so called "ATC" (air traffic controller). You are in charge of the air traffic in a certain sector, making sure that every airplane gets to his destination safely. Your main screen is a radar, which features the aircrafts as green dots or little airplanes, moving at a certain speed at a certain height. The game is a full-talkie, featuring pilot's voices and those of the ATCs. Interestingly Tracon doesn't use a sound card for that. The voice acting is done over the PC internal speaker. The more traffic is in the air, the more hectic your job becomes. You have to set routes for the planes and organize punctual arrivals.
The game is also featuring 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 nineties. 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 are naturally less intuitive than their Windows successor. If you like ATCs in general, Tracon and Tracon II are must-haves: classic games in the niche genre that remain highly playable even more than a decade later. Two thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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How to play Tracon II
User Mohan share his extra sectors:
I have created an online repository of extra sectors for Tracon II. This currently only has only 1 sector (LTBA/Istanbul), but I will add more as I make them (yes, these are my sectors, not from the actual developer). The link for the repository is https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eVwLsZAHUixm2725-ZSxk-TeX3_-Jeil?usp=sharing.
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Comments and reviews
Flyboy 2022-06-16 0 point
There is a 1993 2.11 revised copy of this game with the name change to Air Traffic Controler which has clearer voices. The demonstration tape sim has been removed but can easily be replaced from this version gameplay is the same
Flyboy 2022-06-02 0 point
You can get the atc demonstration cassette audio on utube to listen along with the demo flightplans option
Doug 2014-04-14 0 point DOS version
Here's the info of missing sector that aren't on any abandonware site as far as I know..
http://web.archive.org/web/20011104140123/http://www.wesson.com/traconsectors.htm
Doug 2014-03-31 -2 points DOS version
Are any of the airport expansions available. I think there were 4 with like 20 more airports?
timo 2013-10-16 2 points DOS version
It will run in Windows 7 but you have to use the free Dosbox program to run it from.
arno707 2010-04-09 0 point DOS version
is tracon2 avaliable for windows7 ????
Thanks for answering
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DOS Version
527 KBAmiga ROM
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Wesson International
- Developer: Wesson International
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