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

DOS19873.4/5 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

DOS19884.2/5 flight simulation

F-19 Stealth Fighter

DOS1988protected4.2/5 flight simulation

First Expedition

DOS19883/5 naval simulation

Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0

DOS19884.1/5 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation

Navcom 6: The Persian Gulf Defense

DOS19883.5/5 naval simulation

Ocean Ranger

DOS19883.8/5 naval simulation

Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict

DOS19883.7/5 space combat, space simulation

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected3.8/5 helicopter simulation, flight simulation

The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected4.2/5

Thud Ridge

DOS19882.8/5 flight simulation

Up Periscope!

DOS19884.1/5 submarine simulation

688 Attack Sub

DOS19894.1/5 submarine simulation

A-10 Tank Killer

DOS19894.2/5 flight simulation

Abrams Battle Tank

DOS19893.7/5 tank simulation

After Burner

DOS19893.6/5 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

DOS19893.3/5 helicopter simulation, flight simulation

Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation

DOS19894.3/5 flight simulation

Carrier command

DOS19894.1/5 naval simulation

Dive Bomber

DOS19894/5 flight simulation

F-15 Strike Eagle II

DOS19894.2/5 flight simulation

F-16 Combat Pilot

DOS19894.3/5 flight simulation

Harpoon

DOS1989protected4/5 board game, naval simulation

Heavy Metal

DOS19894.1/5 tank simulation

Mechwarrior

DOS19893.6/5 mech simulation

Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0

DOSMac OS19894/5 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation

MiG-29M Super Fulcrum

DOS19894.1/5 flight simulation

Red Storm Rising

DOS19894.1/5 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...