Abandonware DOS title

The best helicopter simulation games

The most simulated vehicles are by far combat planes of any kind and from every time period: secondo world war, cold war, modern times. Planes are followed by tanks, ships and submarines. Helicopter simulations aren't many, but some of them really deserve to be played.
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Comanche: Maximum overkill

DOS1992 NovaLogic
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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 serious military sim for serious joystick enthusiasts, or anyone who’s ever yelled, “I am the sky god!” be...
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Gunship 2000

DOS1991 MicroProse Software
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Gunship

DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
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SimCopter

Windows XP/98/951996 Maxis
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Super Huey UH-IX

DOS1985protected Cosmi Corporation
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3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS1987 Sierra On-Line
Released in 1987, this is less of a simulator and more of a fever dream where you pilot a flying box over a grid pretending to be terrain. 3-D Helicopter Simulator was ambitious for its time, with wireframe graphics that suggest a helicopter-shaped object doing helicopter-shaped things. You’ll take off, hover awkwardly, and then promptly cras...
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LHX Attack Chopper

DOS1990 Electronic Arts
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Super Huey II

DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
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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 strategy and first-person action. The 3D graphics were impressive for the time and confusing now. It's like trying to solve a R...
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Apache strike

DOS1989 Activision
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 screensaver from a lost civilization. The voice acting is so bad it’s good, and the cheesy radar interface is peak ...
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