The most popular abandonware vehicle simulation games
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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Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 realistic space simulation, space simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (MSFS 4.0) is a flight simulation game released by Microsoft in 1989 for MS-DOS. It was the fourth major version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series and introduced several improvements over its ...
Solo Flight
DOS1985 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
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 ...
Wolfpack
DOS1990 submarine simulation
F-16 Combat Pilot
DOS1989 flight simulation
Tracon for Windows
Windows 3.x1993 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware first-person shooter, mech simulation
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected space exploration, space combat, space simulation
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...
Sherman M4
DOS1989 tank simulation
LHX Attack Chopper
DOS1990 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
DOS1995 mech simulation
F29 Retaliator
DOS1990protected flight simulation
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
DOS1991 flight simulation
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (later known as LucasArts) in 1991. It was designed for MS-DOS systems and later released for Amiga computers. The game ...
Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware space simulation, space combat
Released in 2003 for Windows XP, Babylon 5: I've Found Her is the kind of fan-made game that makes you question whether it’s actually fan-made or secretly a pilot for a new sci-fi show. You pilot sleek Starfuries in this spa...
Ultrabots
DOS1993 first-person shooter, mech simulation
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
DOS1991 flight simulation
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the soun...
Air Strike USA
DOS1990 flight simulation, third-person shooter
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...
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&...
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS1981 flight simulation
Ever wanted to be responsible for ending the world in fewer than ten keypresses? B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1981) gives you that chance, wrapping global annihilation in glorious monochrome and a user interface that feels like it was desi...
Fleet Defender
DOS1994protected flight simulation
Wing Commander 3
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected space combat, space simulation
Comanche: Maximum overkill
DOS1992 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Star Crusader
DOS1994 space simulation, space combat
Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga platforms. In the game, you must choose which side to ...
Heroes of the 357th
DOS1992 flight simulation
Elite
DOS1987freeware space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Navcom 6: The Persian Gulf Defense
DOS1988 naval simulation
Destroyer
DOS1986 naval simulation
Red Baron
DOS1990protected flight simulation
Battlehawks 1942
DOS1988 flight simulation
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just enough realism to make you sweat and just enough ar...