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
DOS1981 Avalon Hill
Jetset
DOS1982
Air Trax
DOS1983
Air Traffic Controller
DOS1985 Cascoly Software
F-15 Strike Eagle
DOS1985demo MicroProse Software
Jet
DOS1985 subLOGIC
Solo Flight
DOS1985 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
DOS1985protected Cosmi Corporation
The Dam busters
DOS1985 Sydney Development
ACE: Air Combat Emulator
DOS1986
Gunship
DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
3-D Helicopter Simulator
DOS1987 Sierra On-Line
ACE 2
DOS1987 Artronic Limited
Ace of Aces
DOS1987 Artech Studios
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Falcon
DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
Infiltrator
DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Tomahawk
DOS1987 Digital Integration
Top Gun
DOS1987 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
DOS1988 LucasArts
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected MicroProse Software
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0
DOS1988 subLOGIC
Super Huey II
DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
Thud Ridge
DOS1988 ACME Interactive
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 Dynamix
After Burner
DOS1989 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
DOS1989 Activision
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 Artech Studios
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS1989 Dynamix