First person 3D viewpoint games sorted by release date
Games with first person 3D perspective represent the environment using all three spatial dimensions. The action is seen from a first-person point of view. FPS (First-person shooters) make extensive use of first-person 3D.
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Indianapolis 500
DOS1989 Papyrus Design Group
Interphase
DOS1989 The Assembly Line
Mechwarrior
DOS1989 Dynamix
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 The Bruce Artwick Organization
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 Simbiosis Interactive
Mines of Titan
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.
Project Neptune
DOS1989 Infogrames
Roller Coaster Rumbler
DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
Sherman M4
DOS1989 Loriciels
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
DOS1989 Mindscape
Starglider 2
DOSMac OS1989 Argonaut Games
Steel Thunder
DOS1989protected Accolade
Street Rod
DOS1989protected Magic Partners
Stunt Car Racer
DOS1989 Microstyle
Stunt Car Racer is an abandoned first-person 3D perspective racing game designed by Geoffrey J. Crammond, developed and released by Microstyle in 1989 for DOS and many other platforms. The peculiar tracks are what makes Stunt Car Racer stand out: you race on a suspended track with the risk of driving off the edges.
The Cycles
DOS1989 Distinctive Software
The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing is a motorcycle racing simulation game developed and published by Accolade in 1989. The game is part of the wave of realistic racing simulators that emerged during the late 1980s. Players compete in Grand Prix-style motorcycle races on circuits modeled after real-world tracks.
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS1989 Digital Studios Limited
The Duel: Test Drive 2
DOS1989 Distinctive Software
The Sentinel
DOS1989 Firebird
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS1989 LucasArts
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
Vette!
DOS1989 Sphere
4D Sports Tennis
DOS1990 Distinctive Software
Before Virtua Tennis, there was this: 4D Sports Tennis, where physics and pixels politely shake hands and then forget why they were introduced. Released in 1990 for DOS, this game lets you relive the glory of tennis with characters that move like ambitious refrigerators. It’s fast-paced, surprisingly tricky, and features enough camera angles ...
Advanced Destroyer Simulator
DOS1990 Futura
Welcome aboard, Captain! Advanced Destroyer Simulator throws you into the high seas with all the firepower and radar beeps a '90s DOS machine can handle. Manage torpedoes, dodge depth charges, and try not to crash into an island while toggling between your periscope and a pixelated ocean map. It's part simulator, part action game, and all stress. Y...
Advanced Tactical Fighter 2
DOS1990 Digital Integration
Strap in and squint at the horizon—Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 wants you to dogfight like it’s the Cold War and your joystick is a weapon of mass confusion. Released in the golden era of chunky graphics and keyboard gymnastics, this is a flight sim that doesn’t hold your hand. It throws you in the cockpit, slaps you on the back, a...
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS1990 Tynesoft Computer Software
Take Eddie Murphy’s swagger, remove the charm, add some DOS chiptunes, and you get Beverly Hills Cop—a game adaptation that asks: “What if being a wisecracking detective meant stiff animations and random driving segments?” It’s a mash-up of shooting, driving, and wondering what just happened, loosely held together by t...
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected Artech Studios
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...
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Castle master
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Castle master 2
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, known from the Dragonlance novels. Players create a party of up to six characters, choosing from the standard AD&am...
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing