wazzer,
I have only used London Control and ATC Simulator 2 but I can tell you that London Control is a lot better. I think it is a very good piece of software that could definitely give you an idea of the job of an ATCO. I highly recommend using the simulator with speech recognition in order to truly enjoy it.
classicwings,
yes, I have the December version (1.4.2) but, still, nothing "unexpected" happens, the complexity comes from having more and more aircraft in the sector rather than from having to react to any kind of distress or urgency call. Btw, you can do everything except tower control with that version (Area, Terminal and Approach on quite a few airports).
Maybe we should change the title of the thread to "ATC Simulators/Games", regardless of how "unprofessional" it might look on a "professional" rumour network
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