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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Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware space simulation, space combat
Released in 2003 for Windows XP, Babylon 5: I've Found Her is the kind of fan-made game that makes you question whether it’s actually fan-made or secretly a pilot for a new sci-fi show. You pilot sleek Starfuries in this space combat sim with all the dogfights and diplomacy of the iconic series, minus the studio budget. It’s free, it&rs...
Battlehawks 1942
DOS1988 flight simulation
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just enough realism to make you sweat and just enough arcade to keep it fun. Missions are intense, planes explode spectacularly, and there's something very satisfying about yel...
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 flight simulation
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly inches from another jet’s tail while defying both gravity and common sense? Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation (1989, DOS) tries to capture the precision of elite aerobatics with the graphical power of a potato. You’ll practice formation flying, execute tight maneuvers, and repeatedly cras...
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected flight simulation
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’s dogfights with all the grace of a brick wearing goggles. You’ll shoot down Fokkers, dodge anti-air fire, a...
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS1993 board game, realistic space simulation, space simulation
Carrier command
DOS1989 naval simulation
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
DOS1991 flight simulation
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 sound barrier. In Chuck Yeager's Air Combat players take on the role of a World War II fighter pilot, flying various ai...
Comanche: Maximum overkill
DOS1992 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Conqueror
DOS1990 tank simulation
Cybercon III
DOS1992 first-person action-adventure
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware first-person shooter, mech simulation
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
DOS1990protected submarine simulation
Dawn Patrol
DOS1994 flight simulation
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS1986 space combat, space simulation
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
Windows XP/98/951998protected space simulation, space combat
Dive Bomber
DOS1989 flight simulation
Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare
DOS1993 flight simulation
Dragon Strike
DOS1990protected board game
EF 2000
DOS1995 flight simulation
Elite
DOS1987freeware space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Elite Plus
DOS1991 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and overall playability while keeping the core gameplay intact. Unlike the original wireframe vector graphics, Elite Plus i...
Epic
DOS1992protected space combat, space simulation
Evasive Action
DOS1993 flight simulation
Extreme Assault
DOS1997 flight simulation, first-person shooter
Eye of the Storm
DOS1993 space simulation, space combat
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle
DOS1985demo flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle III
DOS1992 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle III is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1992. It was developed by MicroProse and is the third installment in the F-15 Strike Eagle series. The game was designed for various computer platforms of that era, including MS-DOS and Amiga. F-15 Strike Eagle 3 is a military flight simulation that puts playe...
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 flight simulation