Abandonware vehicle simulation games sorted by release date
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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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 same name starring Tom Cruise.
Battlehawks 1942
DOS1988 flight simulation
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected flight simulation
Falcon AT
DOS1988 flight simulation
First Expedition
DOS1988 naval simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0
DOS1988 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Navcom 6: The Persian Gulf Defense
DOS1988 naval simulation
Ocean Ranger
DOS1988 naval simulation
Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict
DOS1988 space combat, space simulation
Super Huey II
DOS1988protected helicopter simulation, flight simulation
The Train Escape to Normandy
DOS1988protected
Thud Ridge
DOS1988 flight simulation
Up Periscope!
DOS1988 submarine simulation
688 Attack Sub
DOS1989 submarine simulation
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 flight simulation
Abrams Battle Tank
DOS1989 tank simulation
After Burner
DOS1989 flight simulation, rail shooter
After Burner is an abandoned DOS combat flight simulation game with elements of rail shooters, with similarities to earlier Sega titles like Space Harrier. After Burner was designed by Yu Suzuki and developed by Sega as a coin-op and then converted to various home computers and consoles in 1989.
Apache strike
DOS1989 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 flight simulation
Carrier command
DOS1989 naval simulation
Dive Bomber
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 flight simulation
Harpoon
DOS1989protected board game, naval simulation
Heavy Metal
DOS1989 tank simulation
Mechwarrior
DOS1989 mech simulation
MechWarrior (1989) was one of the first games to put players inside a 3D cockpit of a giant mech, but it wasn’t just a combat game, it was also an open-ended mercenary RPG, with strategy, politics, and personal revenge at its core. You play as Gideon Braver Vandenburg, heir to the House of Andurien. Your family is betrayed and murdered i...
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
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 predecessor, Flight Simulator 3.0. Flight physics were more realistic, incorporating wind effects, turbulence, and ...
MiG-29M Super Fulcrum
DOS1989 flight simulation
Red Storm Rising
DOS1989 submarine simulation
Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1988, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. The game is set during a hypothetical World War III scenario, focusing on naval combat between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. Players command a modern nuclear submarine from a first-per...
Sherman M4
DOS1989 tank simulation