The most popular flight simulation games

The most common kind of vehicle simulation is without doubt flight simulation involving planes or helicopters of any kind. There are two distinct types of flight simulation games: the ones focused on aerial combat (often involving historical scenarios, missions, etc.) and the ones based on civilian flight.

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ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS19863.6/5

LHX Attack Chopper

DOS19903.7/5 Electronic Arts

F-15 Strike Eagle

DOS1985demo3.8/5 MicroProse Software

Falcon 3.0

DOS1991protected4.2/5 Sphere

Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter

DOS19904.3/5 Velocity

Extreme Assault

DOS19974.3/5 Blue Byte Software

Top Gun

DOS19873.4/5 Ocean Software

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 same name starring Tom Cruise.

Heroes of the 357th

DOS19924.2/5 Midnight Software

Strike Commander

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Origin Systems

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.

Jet

DOS19854.1/5 subLOGIC

Red Baron

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dynamix

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill

Apache strike

DOS19893.3/5 Activision

EF 2000

DOS19954.2/5 Digital Image Design

B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Overlord

DOS19944.2/5 Rowan Software

Falcon

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Spectrum HoloByte

MiG-29 Fulcrum

DOS19914/5 Simis Limited

Tornado

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Digital Integration

Ace of Aces

DOS19873.9/5 Artech Studios

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Cosmi Corporation

Solo Flight

DOS19853.6/5 MicroProse Software

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 the United States. As a fliying mailmain, the goal of the game is to deliver mail across the U.S.A.