Abandonware vehicle simulation games sorted by release date

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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Strike Commander

DOS1993protected flight simulation

Strike Commander is combat flight simulation game created by Chris Roberts (the designer behind Wing Commander) and Jeff George. Strike Commander was developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS.

Subwar 2050

DOS1993 submarine simulation

Tornado

DOS1993protected flight simulation

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation

Transarctica

DOS1993

Ultrabots

DOS1993 first-person shooter, mech simulation

Wing Commander Academy

DOS1993protected space combat, space simulation

Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected space exploration, space combat, space simulation

1942: The Pacific Air War

DOS1994protected flight simulation

This one’s a flight sim for people who think Top Gun didn’t have enough fuel gauges. 1942: The Pacific Air War puts you in the cockpit of World War II fighter planes, complete with dials, switches, and enough acronyms ...

Aces of the deep

DOS1994 naval simulation, submarine simulation

Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...

Armored fist

DOS1994 tank simulation

Armored Fist is all about tanks. Big, heavy, no-nonsense tanks. It's essentially a driving sim for people who think speed is overrated and armor is fashion. Missions involve slow, deliberate destruction, long-distance sniping, and...

Dawn Patrol

DOS1994 flight simulation

Fleet Defender

DOS1994protected flight simulation

Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43

DOS1994protected naval simulation

Harpoon II

DOS1994protected naval simulation

Metaltech: Battledrome

DOS1994 mech simulation

Metaltech: Earthsiege

DOS1994 mech simulation

Microsoft Space Simulator

DOS1994 realistic space simulation, space simulation

Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, b...

Overlord

DOS1994 flight simulation

SSN-21 Seawolf

DOS1994 submarine simulation

Star Crusader

DOS1994 space simulation, space combat

Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga platforms. In the game, you must choose which side to ...

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected space simulation, space combat

Wing Commander 3

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected space combat, space simulation

Wing Commander: Armada

DOS1994protected space combat, space simulation

Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Com...

Apache Longbow

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected flight simulation, helicopter simulation

Step into the cockpit of the Apache Longbow, a 1995 combat flight simulator where you’ll experience the thrilling sensation of trying to figure out keyboard controls before getting shot down by invisible enemies. It's a seri...