The best flight simulation games

The most common kind of vehicle simulation is without doubt flight simulation involving planes or helicopters of any kind. There are two distinct types of flight simulation games: the ones focused on aerial combat (often involving historical scenarios, missions, etc.) and the ones based on civilian flight.

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Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 Rowan Software

Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation

DOS1989 Artech Studios

Cougar Force

DOS1990 Coktel Vision

Ace of Aces

DOS1987 Artech Studios

Armour-Geddon

DOS1992 Psygnosis

Armour-Geddon is a hybrid strategy and vehicle combat game released in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS, developed by Psygnosis. It combines elements of tactical resource management with first-person vehicular combat. The game is set in a dystopian future where a nuclear war has devastated the planet. The surviving elite have retreated to ...

Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International

3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS1987 Sierra On-Line

LHX Attack Chopper

DOS1990 Electronic Arts

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation

Tomahawk

DOS1987 Digital Integration

After Burner

DOS1989 Sega

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.

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS1981 Avalon Hill

Solo Flight

DOS1985 MicroProse Software

Not many people know that the first games created by Sid Meier were flight simulations. Solo Flight was published by MicroProse in 1983 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari, and a year later, in 1984, for PC. The game takes place in the United States. As a fliying mailmain, the goal of the game is to deliver mail across the U.S.A.

F-15 Strike Eagle

DOS1985demo MicroProse Software

ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986

Jetstrike

DOS1994 Shadow Software

Top Gun

DOS1987 Ocean Software

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.