Flight simulations sorted by release date
The most common kind of vehicle simulation is without doubt flight simulation involving planes or helicopters of any kind. There are two distinct types of flight simulation games: the ones focused on aerial combat (often involving historical scenarios, missions, etc.) and the ones based on civilian flight.
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B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill
Jetset
DOS19823.1/5
Air Trax
DOS19833.5/5
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
F-15 Strike Eagle
DOS1985demo3.7/5 MicroProse Software
Jet
DOS19854.1/5 subLOGIC
Solo Flight
DOS19853.6/5 MicroProse Software
Not many people know that the first games created by Sid Meier were flight simulations. Solo Flight was published by MicroProse in 1983 for Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari, and a year later, in 1984, for PC. The game takes place in the United States. As a fliying mailmain, the goal of the game is to deliver mail across the U.S.A.
Super Huey UH-IX
DOS1985protected4/5 Cosmi Corporation
The Dam busters
DOS19854/5 Sydney Development
ACE: Air Combat Emulator
DOS19863.7/5
Gunship
DOS1986demo4.2/5 MicroProse Software
3-D Helicopter Simulator
DOS19873.7/5 Sierra On-Line
ACE 2
DOS19873.4/5 Artronic Limited
Ace of Aces
DOS19873.9/5 Artech Studios
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Falcon
DOS1987protected4.1/5 Spectrum HoloByte
Infiltrator
DOS19874.3/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
Tomahawk
DOS19873.7/5 Digital Integration
Top Gun
DOS19873.4/5 Ocean Software
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the title suggests, Top Gun is based on the movie of the same name starring Tom Cruise.
Battlehawks 1942
DOS19884.2/5 LucasArts
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected4.3/5 MicroProse Software
Infiltrator 2
DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0
DOS19884.1/5 subLOGIC
Super Huey II
DOS1988protected3.8/5 Cosmi Corporation
Thud Ridge
DOS19882.8/5 ACME Interactive
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS19894.3/5 Dynamix
After Burner
DOS19893.6/5 Sega
After Burner is an abandoned DOS combat flight simulation game with elements of rail shooters, with similarities to earlier Sega titles like Space Harrier. After Burner was designed by Yu Suzuki and developed by Sega as a coin-op and then converted to various home computers and consoles in 1989.
Apache strike
DOS19893.3/5 Activision
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS19894.3/5 Artech Studios
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS19893.4/5 Dynamix