The best abandonware vehicle simulation games
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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B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS1981 flight simulation
Ever wanted to be responsible for ending the world in fewer than ten keypresses? B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1981) gives you that chance, wrapping global annihilation in glorious monochrome and a user interface that feels like it was desi...
Noctis
DOSWindows XP/98/952000 space exploration, space simulation
Starlord
DOS1987 space simulation
Armour-Geddon
DOS1992 tank simulation, helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Armour-Geddon is what you get when someone combines Wargames with a midlife crisis. Set in a post-nuke world where you pilot tanks, helicopters, and laser cannons to stop a doomsday device, it’s a strange cocktail of strateg...
Solo Flight
DOS1985 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Not many people know that the first games created by Sid Meier were flight simulations. Solo Flight was published by MicroProse in 1983 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari, and a year later, in 1984, for PC. The game takes place in ...
F-15 Strike Eagle
DOS1985demo flight simulation
Top Gun
DOS1987 flight simulation
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the title suggests, Top Gun is based on the movie of the ...
Millennia: Altered Destinies
DOS1995 space exploration, space simulation
Air Trax
DOS1983 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Ah yes, Air Trax from 1983 - a game where “flight” is more of a philosophical concept. It’s clunky, it's slow, and it looks like it was coded in someone’s garage (because it probably was). But there’s...
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected flight simulation
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
DOS1989 space simulation
Ultrabots
DOS1993 first-person shooter, mech simulation
ACE 2
DOS1987 flight simulation
In ACE 2 (1987, DOS), you and a buddy can engage in split-screen dogfights so slow they make real air combat look like fast-forwarded ballet. The graphics are simple, but the charm is in the rivalry — few things bond friends...
Dragon Strike
DOS1990protected board game
Space MAX
DOS1992 space simulation, realistic space simulation
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...
Aquanox
Windows XP/98/952001protected first-person shooter, submarine simulation
Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...
Jetset
DOS1982 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation
DOS1986 naval simulation, water sports
If your idea of high-octane excitement involves wind direction, tacking angles, and sail trim, then American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation is your digital paradise. This 1986 DOS classic lets you live out the thrilling world of ...
First Expedition
DOS1988 naval simulation
Thud Ridge
DOS1988 flight simulation
Eye of the Storm
DOS1993 space simulation, space combat