The best abandonware vehicle simulation games
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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Up Periscope!
DOS19884.1/5 submarine simulation
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS19954.1/5 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Megafortress
DOS1991protected4.1/5 flight simulation
Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator
DOS19924.1/5 realistic space simulation, space simulation
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware4.1/5 first-person shooter, mech simulation
Pacific Islands
DOS19924.1/5 tank simulation
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS19934.1/5 board game, realistic space simulation, space simulation
Frontier: Elite 2
DOS19934.1/5 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Frontier: Elite II is a classic space simulation and trading game released in 1993, developed by David Braben and his company Frontier Developments. Frontier is the sequel to the pioneering 1984 game Elite and is often considered a landmark title in the space simulation genre.
Advanced Tactical Fighter 2
DOS19904.1/5 flight simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 4: Burning Steel, 1939-1942
DOS1995protected4.1/5 naval simulation
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS19934.1/5 space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Star Wars: X-Wing
DOS1993protected4.1/5 space simulation, space combat
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS19944.1/5 realistic space simulation, space simulation
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
DOS1994protected4.1/5 space simulation, space combat
Carrier command
DOS19894.1/5 naval simulation
688 Attack Sub
DOS19894.1/5 submarine simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0
DOS19884.1/5 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Sherman M4
DOS19894.1/5 tank simulation
Flight of the Intruder
DOS19904.1/5 flight simulation
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Elite
DOS1987freeware4.1/5 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Tau Ceti
DOS19874.1/5 space exploration, space simulation
Jet
DOS19854.1/5 flight simulation
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939 - 1943
DOS1992protected4.1/5 naval simulation
The Hunt for Red October
DOSMac OS19874.1/5 naval simulation
Wing Commander
DOS1990freeware4/5 space combat, space simulation
Wing Commander 1 is a space combat simulator video game; the first game in the Wing Commander series. Wing Commander 1 was developed and published by Origin Systems in 1990. The game was created by Chris Roberts and became known for its innovative use of cinematic storytelling and cutting-edge graphics at the time.In Wing Commander, playe...
Elite Plus
DOS1991freeware4/5 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Silent Service
DOSMac OS1985protecteddemo4/5 submarine simulation
Silent Service is a submarine simulation game developed and published by MicroProse. The first game in the series, Silent Service, was released in 1985. It was designed by Sid Meier and inspired by his interest in naval history. The game focused on simulating the experience of commanding a U.S. submarine during World War II in the Pacific...
Red Storm Rising
DOS19894/5 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...