Abandonware simulation games sorted by release date
Simulation games are designed to convey realism in every aspect, from gameplay to visuals. Simulation games have a number of sub-genres according to their main goals, for example building cities, managing business companies, leading a social life, or campaigning for president.
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Murder in the Atlantic
DOS1988
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
DOS1988 kingdom simulation
Search and Destroy
DOS1988 submarine simulation
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected political simulation
TV Mogul
DOS1988 business simulation
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown
DOS1988 life simulation
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games ...
Yes, prime minister
DOS1988 political simulation
Yuppi's Revenge
DOS1988
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware political simulation
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition is a geopolitical strategy game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1985. It is considered a classic in the genre of political and strategic simulation games. The game is set during ...
Black Gold
DOS1989 business simulation
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to outmaneuver rivals who are probably less ethical th...
China Sea Trader
DOS1989 business simulation
Grand Prix
DOS1989 racing: Formula 1, business simulation
Hidden Agenda
DOS1989 political simulation
Jaws
DOS1989 fishing and hunting
Lost Dutchman Mine
DOS1989
Oil Imperium
DOS1989 business simulation
Ports of Call
DOS1989 business simulation
RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 flight simulation
Rockstar!
DOS1989 business simulation, life simulation
Search for the Titanic
DOS1989protected business simulation
SimCity
DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected sandbox strategy, city building
SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or comm...
Steel Thunder
DOS1989protected tank simulation
Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Balance of the Planet
DOSMac OS1990 political simulation
Environmental doom simulator? Check. Grim statistics? Double check. Balance of the Planet lets you tinker with carbon emissions, wildlife extinction, and deforestation until you either save the world or make it slightly more inhab...
Big Business
DOS1990 business simulation
Step into the gray, morally ambiguous world of corporate domination with Big Business. It’s Monopoly with fewer dice and more spreadsheets. Crush your competitors, manipulate markets, and remember — hostile takeovers a...
Conflict
DOS1990 political simulation
Galleons of Glory
DOS1990 naval simulation
Galleons of Glory is an abandoned educational historical simulation game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990. As Magellan your mission is to circumnavigate the world while managing your crew and ship.
Inve$t
DOS1990 business simulation
Life & Death 2: The Brain
DOS1990
Life & Death 2: The Brain is a medical simulation video game developed and published by The Software Toolworks. It was released in 1990 for MS-DOS computers. In Life & Death 2: The Brain, players assume the role of a ...
Lightspeed
DOS1990 space simulation, space combat