Flight simulations sorted by release date
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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David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS1989 Dynamix
Dive Bomber
DOS1989
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 MicroProse Software
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 Digital Integration
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 The Bruce Artwick Organization
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 Simbiosis Interactive
RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 Wesson International
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS1989 LucasArts
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...
Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 Wesson International
Advanced Tactical Fighter 2
DOS1990 Digital Integration
Strap in and squint at the horizon—Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 wants you to dogfight like it’s the Cold War and your joystick is a weapon of mass confusion. Released in the golden era of chunky graphics and keyboard gy...
Air Strike USA
DOS1990 Digital Integration
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected Artech Studios
Forget missiles—Blue Max: Aces of the Great War takes you back to when air combat meant leather helmets, canvas wings, and a healthy fear of gravity. Released in 1990 for DOS, it’s a flight sim that drops you into WWI&...
Cougar Force
DOS1990 Coktel Vision
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 Dynamix
F29 Retaliator
DOS1990protected Digital Image Design
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 Rowan Software
Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter
DOS1990 Velocity
Knights of the Sky
DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
LHX Attack Chopper
DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Operation Harrier
DOS1990 Creative Materials
Red Baron
DOS1990protected Dynamix
Tracon 2
DOS1990 Wesson International
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
DOS1991 Electronic Arts
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the soun...
Falcon 3.0
DOS1991protected Sphere
Gunship 2000
DOS1991 MicroProse Software
Megafortress
DOS1991protected Artech Studios
MiG-29 Fulcrum
DOS1991 Simis Limited
Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter
DOS1991protected MicroProse Software
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
DOS1991 LucasArts
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (later known as LucasArts) in 1991. It was designed for MS-DOS systems and later released for Amiga computers. The game ...
Aces of the Pacific
DOS1992 Dynamix
Aces of the Pacific (1992, DOS) takes to the skies over WWII’s Pacific Theater, where you can dogfight in legendary aircraft and prove your piloting prowess — or spin into the sea with style. The graphics are dated, bu...