Abandonware vehicle simulation games sorted by year, newest first
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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Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected flight simulation
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&...
Conqueror
DOS1990 tank simulation
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
DOS1990protected submarine simulation
Dragon Strike
DOS1990protected board game
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 flight simulation
F29 Retaliator
DOS1990protected flight simulation
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 flight simulation
Gunboat
DOS1990protected naval simulation
Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter
DOS1990 flight simulation
Knights of the Sky
DOS1990protected flight simulation
LHX Attack Chopper
DOS1990 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Red Baron
DOS1990protected flight simulation
Silent Service 2
DOSMac OS1990protected submarine simulation
Team Yankee
DOS1990 tank simulation
Wing Commander
DOS1990freeware 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 beca...
Wolfpack
DOS1990 submarine simulation
Xiphos
DOS1990 space simulation, space exploration, space combat
688 Attack Sub
DOS1989 submarine simulation
Dive, dive! This 1989 DOS simulator puts you in control of a nuclear submarine, though most of the action involves pushing buttons and waiting very patiently. Think of it as the “Microsoft Excel of naval warfare,” only...
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 flight simulation
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain chaos upon tiny pixel tanks that may or may not be ...
Abrams Battle Tank
DOS1989 tank simulation
Get ready to drive a tank very slowly while also being very stressed. Abrams Battle Tank (1989, DOS) puts you in the commander’s seat of America’s steel behemoth, and somehow turns desert combat into a tactical crawl. ...
After Burner
DOS1989 flight simulation, rail shooter
If you’ve ever wanted to fly a jet fighter at Mach “Oh no, I crashed again,” After Burner is the game for you. This 1989 DOS classic straps you into an F-14 and launches you straight into the danger zone - no tra...
Apache strike
DOS1989 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Ah, Apache Strike (1989), the game where you're the lone helicopter pilot flying through blocky cities that look like they were made of leftover Lego bricks. Your mission? Blow up bad guys in a first-person view that resembles a s...
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 flight simulation
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly inches from another jet’s tail while defying both gravity and common sense? Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation (1989, DOS) tries to capture the precision of elite aerobatics wi...
Carrier command
DOS1989 naval simulation
Part RTS, part simulation, Carrier Command was ahead of its time in the same way that an aircraft carrier is ahead of a canoe. You control a futuristic warship, launch aircraft and amphibious units, and fight over tiny islands tha...
Dive Bomber
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 flight simulation
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 flight simulation
Harpoon
DOS1989protected board game, naval simulation
Heavy Metal
DOS1989 tank simulation
Mechwarrior
DOS1989 mech simulation
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 it...