Abandonware DOS title

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&...
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Conqueror

DOS1990 tank simulation
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Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

DOS1990protected submarine simulation
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Dragon Strike

DOS1990protected board game
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F-14 Tomcat

DOS1990 flight simulation
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F29 Retaliator

DOS1990protected flight simulation
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Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 flight simulation
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Gunboat

DOS1990protected naval simulation
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Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter

DOS1990 flight simulation
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected flight simulation
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LHX Attack Chopper

DOS1990 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
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Red Baron

DOS1990protected flight simulation
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Silent Service 2

DOSMac OS1990protected submarine simulation
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Team Yankee

DOS1990 tank simulation
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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...
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Wolfpack

DOS1990 submarine simulation
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Xiphos

DOS1990 space simulation, space exploration, space combat
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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...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dive Bomber

DOS1989 flight simulation
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F-15 Strike Eagle II

DOS1989 flight simulation
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F-16 Combat Pilot

DOS1989 flight simulation
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Harpoon

DOS1989protected board game, naval simulation
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Heavy Metal

DOS1989 tank simulation
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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...