Abandonware vehicle simulation games sorted by year, newest first
Vehicle simulation games put the player right in the pilot’s seat, for an immersive and realistic game experience. Vehicles can be cars, airplanes, spaceships, or tanks. Simulation is often based on details in order to augment realism, like full-features dashboards, controls, gauges, and indicators.
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LHX Attack Chopper
DOS1990 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Red Baron
DOS1990protected flight simulation
Silent Service 2
DOSMac OS1990protected submarine simulation
Team Yankee
DOS1990 tank simulation
Wing Commander
DOS1990freeware space combat, space simulation
Wing Commander 1 is a space combat simulator video game; the first game in the Wing Commander series. Wing Commander 1 was developed and published by Origin Systems in 1990. The game was created by Chris Roberts and beca...
Wolfpack
DOS1990 submarine simulation
Xiphos
DOS1990 space simulation, space exploration, space combat
688 Attack Sub
DOS1989 submarine simulation
Dive, dive! This 1989 DOS simulator puts you in control of a nuclear submarine, though most of the action involves pushing buttons and waiting very patiently. Think of it as the “Microsoft Excel of naval warfare,” only...
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 flight simulation
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain chaos upon tiny pixel tanks that may or may not be ...
Abrams Battle Tank
DOS1989 tank simulation
Get ready to drive a tank very slowly while also being very stressed. Abrams Battle Tank (1989, DOS) puts you in the commander’s seat of America’s steel behemoth, and somehow turns desert combat into a tactical crawl. ...
After Burner
DOS1989 flight simulation, rail shooter
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a jet fighter at Mach “Oh no, I crashed again,” After Burner is the game for you. This 1989 DOS classic straps you into an F-14 and launches you straight into the danger zone - no tra...
Apache strike
DOS1989 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Ah, Apache Strike (1989), the game where you're the lone helicopter pilot flying through blocky cities that look like they were made of leftover Lego bricks. Your mission? Blow up bad guys in a first-person view that resembles a s...
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 flight simulation
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly inches from another jet’s tail while defying both gravity and common sense? Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation (1989, DOS) tries to capture the precision of elite aerobatics wi...
Carrier command
DOS1989 naval simulation
Part RTS, part simulation, Carrier Command was ahead of its time in the same way that an aircraft carrier is ahead of a canoe. You control a futuristic warship, launch aircraft and amphibious units, and fight over tiny islands tha...
Dive Bomber
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 flight simulation
Harpoon
DOS1989protected board game, naval simulation
Heavy Metal
DOS1989 tank simulation
Mechwarrior
DOS1989 mech simulation
MechWarrior (1989) was one of the first games to put players inside a 3D cockpit of a giant mech, but it wasn’t just a combat game, it was also an open-ended mercenary RPG, with strategy, politics, and personal revenge at it...
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (MSFS 4.0) is a flight simulation game released by Microsoft in 1989 for MS-DOS. It was the fourth major version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series and introduced several improvements over its ...
MiG-29M Super Fulcrum
DOS1989 flight simulation
Red Storm Rising
DOS1989 submarine simulation
Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1988, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. The game is set during a hypothetical World War III scenario, f...
Sherman M4
DOS1989 tank simulation
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
DOS1989 space simulation
Starglider 2
DOSMac OS1989 space simulation, space combat
Strike Fleet
DOS1989 naval simulation
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS1989 flight simulation
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by L...
Battlehawks 1942
DOS1988 flight simulation
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just enough realism to make you sweat and just enough ar...
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected flight simulation