Abandonware DOS title

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.

Most popular flight simulation games

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
vehicle simulationDOS
SimCopter
vehicle simulationWindows XP/98/95
B-17 Flying Fortress
vehicle simulationDOS
b1nuclear-3

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill
jetset-1

Jetset

DOS19823/5
airtrax-1

Air Trax

DOS19833.4/5
air-traffic-controller-02

Air Traffic Controller

DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
f15strikeeagle-1

F-15 Strike Eagle

DOS1985demo3.8/5 MicroProse Software
jet-sublogic-04

Jet

DOS19854.1/5 subLOGIC
soloflight-4

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-1

Super Huey UH-IX

DOS1985protected4/5 Cosmi Corporation
dambusters-1

The Dam busters

DOS19854/5 Sydney Development
gunship-1

Gunship

DOS1986demo4.3/5 MicroProse Software
helisimulator-2

3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS19873.7/5 Sierra On-Line
ace-2-02

ACE 2

DOS19873.3/5 Artronic Limited
ace-of-aces-02

Ace of Aces

DOS19873.9/5 Artech Studios
b24-combat-sim-04

B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
falcon-4

Falcon

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Spectrum HoloByte
infiltrator-1-05

Infiltrator

DOS19874.2/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
tomahawk-1

Tomahawk

DOS19873.7/5 Digital Integration
topgun-3

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.
battlehawks1942-04

Battlehawks 1942

DOS19884.2/5 LucasArts
f19stealth-4

F-19 Stealth Fighter

DOS1988protected4.3/5 MicroProse Software
infiltrator-2-01

Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
microsoft-flight-simulator-3-1

Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0

DOS19884.1/5 subLOGIC
super-huey-2-1

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected3.7/5 Cosmi Corporation
thud-ridge-05

Thud Ridge

DOS19882.8/5 ACME Interactive
a10tankkiller-1

A-10 Tank Killer

DOS19894.2/5 Dynamix
afterburner-1

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.
apachestrike-3

Apache strike

DOS19893.3/5 Activision
blue-angels-03

Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation

DOS19894.3/5 Artech Studios
david-wolf-04

David Wolf: Secret Agent

DOS19893/5 Dynamix