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

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
vehicle simulationDOS
Comanche: Maximum overkill
vehicle simulationDOS
b1nuclear-3

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS1981 Avalon Hill
jetset-1

Jetset

DOS1982
airtrax-1

Air Trax

DOS1983
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Air Traffic Controller

DOS1985 Cascoly Software
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F-15 Strike Eagle

DOS1985demo MicroProse Software
jet-sublogic-04

Jet

DOS1985 subLOGIC
soloflight-4

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-1

Super Huey UH-IX

DOS1985protected Cosmi Corporation
dambusters-1

The Dam busters

DOS1985 Sydney Development
gunship-1

Gunship

DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
helisimulator-2

3-D Helicopter Simulator

DOS1987 Sierra On-Line
ace-2-02

ACE 2

DOS1987 Artronic Limited
ace-of-aces-02

Ace of Aces

DOS1987 Artech Studios
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B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
falcon-4

Falcon

DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
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Infiltrator

DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
tomahawk-1

Tomahawk

DOS1987 Digital Integration
topgun-3

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.
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Battlehawks 1942

DOS1988 LucasArts
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F-19 Stealth Fighter

DOS1988protected MicroProse Software
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
super-huey-2-1

Super Huey II

DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
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Thud Ridge

DOS1988 ACME Interactive
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A-10 Tank Killer

DOS1989 Dynamix
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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.
apachestrike-3

Apache strike

DOS1989 Activision
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David Wolf: Secret Agent

DOS1989 Dynamix