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The most popular 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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Tomahawk

DOS1987 Digital Integration
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Fleet Defender

DOS1994protected MicroProse Software
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MiG-29 Fulcrum

DOS1991 Simis Limited
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Apache Longbow

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected Digital Integration
Step into the cockpit of the Apache Longbow, a 1995 combat flight simulator where you’ll experience the thrilling sensation of trying to figure out keyboard controls before getting shot down by invisible enemies. It's a seri...
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Super Huey II

DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
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Overlord

DOS1994 Rowan Software
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Tracon 2

DOS1990 Wesson International
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ACE 2

DOS1987 Artronic Limited
In ACE 2 (1987, DOS), you and a buddy can engage in split-screen dogfights so slow they make real air combat look like fast-forwarded ballet. The graphics are simple, but the charm is in the rivalry — few things bond friends...
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Jetstrike

DOS1994 Shadow Software
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
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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&...
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Aces Over Europe

DOS1993 Dynamix
Strap into your Spitfire, because Aces Over Europe (1993, DOS) is here to show you that flying over 1940s Europe was as dangerous as it was polygonal. As a follow-up to Aces of the Pacific, this one tightens the mechanics, adds gr...
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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 gy...
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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 ...
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The Dam busters

DOS1985 Sydney Development
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Falcon

DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
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Infiltrator

DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
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David Wolf: Secret Agent

DOS1989 Dynamix
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Armour-Geddon

DOS1992 Psygnosis
Armour-Geddon is what you get when someone combines Wargames with a midlife crisis. Set in a post-nuke world where you pilot tanks, helicopters, and laser cannons to stop a doomsday device, it’s a strange cocktail of strateg...
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B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 Creative Materials
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Dive Bomber

DOS1989
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Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International
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ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986
This 1986 DOS classic sounds way cooler than it is — ACE: Air Combat Emulator promises combat, but delivers what feels like flying a lawnmower through molasses. Still, for its time, it gave players the thrill of joystick jos...
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Thud Ridge

DOS1988 ACME Interactive
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Cougar Force

DOS1990 Coktel Vision
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Dawn Patrol

DOS1994 Rowan Software