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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Great Naval Battles vol. 3: Fury in the Pacific 1941-1944
DOS1995protected naval simulation
Wing Commander 3
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected space combat, space simulation
Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
DOS1991protected space combat, space simulation
ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs
DOS1992 flight simulation
ATAC (1992) is what you get when someone says, “What if we made SimCity, but for waging the War on Drugs?” You play as the head of an anti-narcotics task force, deploying units, tracking smugglers, and launching airstr...
Epic
DOS1992protected space combat, space simulation
Advanced Destroyer Simulator
DOS1990 naval simulation
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 w...
Dive Bomber
DOS1989 flight simulation
Elite Plus
DOS1991 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and over...
GATO
DOS1984 submarine simulation
Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939 - 1943
DOS1992protected naval simulation
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Metaltech: Battledrome
DOS1994 mech simulation
Overlord
DOS1994 flight simulation
Strike Fleet
DOS1989 naval simulation
Subhunt
DOS1997 naval simulation, submarine simulation
Super Huey UH-IX
DOS1985protected helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
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 ...
Star Crusader
DOS1994 space simulation, space combat
Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga platforms. In the game, you must choose which side to ...
Archimedean Dynasty
DOS1996protected naval simulation, submarine simulation
In Archimedean Dynasty, humanity did the logical thing after wrecking the surface world: moved underwater and started shooting each other in submarines. It's part tactical sim, part gritty sci-fi novella, and entirely German in it...
Dawn Patrol
DOS1994 flight simulation
Wing Commander: Armada
DOS1994protected space combat, space simulation
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Com...
Armored fist
DOS1994 tank simulation
Armored Fist is all about tanks. Big, heavy, no-nonsense tanks. It's essentially a driving sim for people who think speed is overrated and armor is fashion. Missions involve slow, deliberate destruction, long-distance sniping, and...
The Dam busters
DOS1985 flight simulation
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 flight simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43
DOS1994protected naval simulation
Ace of Aces
DOS1987 flight simulation
Ace of Aces (1987, DOS) is a game where you pilot a WWII plane via a series of still-image panels that suggest action more than deliver it. It’s like a flipbook with ambitions. You’ll toggle views, dodge bullets (sort ...
Subwar 2050
DOS1993 submarine simulation
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
DOS1995 mech simulation
Harpoon II
DOS1994protected naval simulation
Air Strike USA
DOS1990 flight simulation, third-person shooter
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...