Abandonware DOS title

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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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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Gunship 2000

DOS1991 helicopter simulation, flight simulation
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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...
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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 ...
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EF 2000

DOS1995 flight simulation
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Elite

DOS1987freeware space exploration, space combat, space simulation
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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 ...
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0

DOS1988 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
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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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Gunship

DOS1986demo helicopter simulation, flight simulation
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SimCopter

Windows XP/98/951996 civilian flight simulation, helicopter simulation, flight simulation
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Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware first-person shooter, mech simulation
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Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare

DOS1993 flight simulation
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Frontier: Elite 2

DOS1993 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Frontier: Elite II is a classic space simulation and trading game released in 1993, developed by David Braben and his company Frontier Developments. Frontier is the sequel to the pioneering 1984 game Elite and is often considered ...
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Armored fist

DOS1994 tank simulation
Armored Fist is all about tanks. Big, heavy, no-nonsense tanks. It's essentially a driving sim for people who think speed is overrated and armor is fashion. Missions involve slow, deliberate destruction, long-distance sniping, and...
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Aces of the deep

DOS1994 naval simulation, submarine simulation
Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...
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Pacific Islands

DOS1992 tank simulation
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Ultrabots

DOS1993 first-person shooter, mech simulation
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Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18

DOS1996protected naval simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18 is an abandoned naval simulation game, developed for DOS only by Divide by zero and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1996. As the title implies, Great Nav...
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B-17 Flying Fortress

DOS1992 flight simulation
B-17 Flying Fortress (1992) is the kind of game where you don't just fly the plane—you are the plane. One moment you're the pilot, the next you're the nose gunner swatting Luftwaffe pests like you're at the world’s ang...
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Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS1992 realistic space simulation, space simulation
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Falcon 3.0

DOS1991protected flight simulation
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Aces of the Pacific

DOS1992 flight simulation
Aces of the Pacific (1992, DOS) takes to the skies over WWII’s Pacific Theater, where you can dogfight in legendary aircraft and prove your piloting prowess — or spin into the sea with style. The graphics are dated, bu...
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F-19 Stealth Fighter

DOS1988protected flight simulation
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Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected space simulation, space combat
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Elite Plus

DOS1991 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and over...
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1942: The Pacific Air War

DOS1994protected flight simulation
This one’s a flight sim for people who think Top Gun didn’t have enough fuel gauges. 1942: The Pacific Air War puts you in the cockpit of World War II fighter planes, complete with dials, switches, and enough acronyms ...
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Evasive Action

DOS1993 flight simulation
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Heroes of the 357th

DOS1992 flight simulation