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Tower

Windows 3.x - 1995

Undoubtedly one of the best air traffic controller simulations ever made, Tower is an outstanding Windows 3.1 update of the venerable sim ATC (a.k.a.

Tracon 2) by the master of flight simulators and longtime partner of Microsoft, Tower is undeniably the best simulation of air traffic controller on the market today. The myriad of options include weather options, adjustable difficulty level, and excellent on-line help thanks to Windows. As a testament to how amazingly realistic Tower is, imagine a 360 degree panaromic photo from KDCA tower where arriving and departing planes actually move realistically across the environment. The interface takes some getting used to, but the versatility and complexity is well worth the effort. The pilot voice is very realistic. The plane types match what's on the flight strips -- which can print out just like the real thing.

Best of all, the game plays great on newer Windows systems (e.g. 95/98/2000/ME). Definitely not to be missed!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

tIMj 07 Feb. 2026

SWOTL
Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe
That was one of the very first DOS games I had even before the INTERNET and even WINDOWS wasnt around at the time

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pengowin 22 Nov. 2023

Used to play this for hours. Prefer it over just about all computer games

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Mdo 28 Sep. 2023

Hello, I´m ATC TWR instructor OJT, does anyone know how to get lower sensitivity on the mouse on this simulator? I can only run it via 3d tracking but on normal mode just moves super fast.
Thanks in advance

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lazuli 03 Jun. 2023

This download is a hard disk Image to be used with DOSBox. The problem is that we need the geometry information (CHS) to be able to use it. So, this image does not work without this information.

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RFNagel 27 Apr. 2023

This download for BAO Tower is a bootable hard disk image for DOSBox. It includes a pre-installed version of MS-DOS v6.22, Windows 3.1, and Tower. I'm running into a problem though: I can boot the hard disk image just fine in DOSBox, run Windows, and start Tower, but I get NO sound in Tower. I have sounds in Windows 3.1 (e.g. playing MIDI files and WAV sound files in the Windows 3.1 media player, as well as hearing the Windows 3.1 system event sounds), but I hear NO spoken sounds in Tower. Does anyone have any idea a fix for this?

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Flyboy 05 Apr. 2021

How cam i get this to work.i have windows xp and have tried useing Any burn.
iso -burn.and magic disc to try to get this on to my system but no joy. there's no cue file only img file when i try to burn to disc or mount it. Comes back not compatible format.i have the dos version of this and it is a good game any help plese

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Windows 3.x version
Win3xO release
United Kingdom English
50 MB
ISO Version
United Kingdom English
31 MB

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