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

DOS19884.3/5 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

DOS19894.3/5 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.