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1942 The Pacific Air War
1992
Sierra
1942 The Pacific Air War was a World War II air and sea combat simulation from MicroProse -- you could regard it as the spiritual predecessor to the wonderful European Air War. It allowed you to fly in WWII for the US Navy or the Imperial Japanese Navy (an update also gave access to USAAF planes such as the P-40, P-38, and P-51).
Combat World War II Pacific Theatre WWII Carrier

303 Squadron: Battle of Britain
2018
Atomic Jelly Movie Games S.A.
"No. 303 Fighter Squadron was formed in Britain in July 1940 comprised of polish and other nations pilots. It fought alongside other RAF units in the Battle of Britain. The 303 Squdadron was well-known for its bravado, fearless attitude, precision and professionalism. During the WWII, they were one of the most effective units of Royal Air Force."
Combat World War II Battle of Britain

A-10 Attack
1995
Parsoft Interactive
This Mac sim featured fabulous flight modelling and was the predecessor to 1996's A-10 Cuba. Ran fluidly on an average machine in 1996.
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A-10 Cuba
1996
Parsoft Interactive
A-10 Cuba by Eric "Hellcats" Parker is a fluid and exciting sim which ran well on modest PC's. This sim was one of that rare breed which begged to be flown! The handling from taxiing to landing is pure flight sim joy! The wealth of detail, smoothness and sense of speed added up to an addictive experience The handling from taxiing to landing is pure flight sim joy!
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A-10 Tank Killer
1989
This sim may look primitive today , but bear in mind the the CPU speeds in 1989 were 8MHz, computers had 640k of RAM and there was no dedicated video hardware. To put it in perspective, a standard PC only 10 years later ran at 3,000 MHz with 1,000,000 k of RAM and a video card that is probably more powerful than the host PC!.
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A-10 Tank Killer 2: Silent Thunder
1996
Dynamix Sierra
One of the first Windows 95 flight sims and sequel to 1989's A-10 Tank Killer.
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A-10 Warthog
1999
Janes Combat Simulations
The Flight Sim Museum sadly remembers Jane's A-10 Warthog, the best sim that never took flight. A-10 Warthog was the greatest sim that never took flight. The crack team at Janes Combat Simulations had the rug pulled out from under their feet just before the 'Hog flew. Sim fans worldwide were bitterly disappointed when, in July 1999, Jane's announced the cancellation of the project. All we are left with are these tantalising glimpses of what may have been.
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Ace Combat 2
1997
Namco
An arcade style air combat game played from a 3rd person perspective.
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Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
1999
Namco
The successor to Ace Combat 2. Third in a popular series of air combat oriented arcade style games.
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
2019
Bandai Namco Entertainment
High paced and great looking aerial action which could be a modern 'Strike Commander' if it supported HOTAS and TrackIR. It no doubt serves console players well but excludes itself from the running for those coming from the sim end of the field because of these issues. Bizarrely though, Bandai-Namco did a deal to support a specific Ace Combat model joystick from Thrustmaster. This left me looking forlornly at my top-of -the-range Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS and TRP rudder pedals and wondering why I couldn't join the party?
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Aces Collection
1997
Sierra
It also contained maps and a multimedia reference on Early Aviation pioneers. I have Aces: The Complete Collector's Edition. Except for A-10 Tank Killer 2: Silent Thunder, these sims all run in DOS.
Combat World War II Battle of Britain Anthology

Aces of the Pacific
1992
Dynamix Sierra
Part of the most complex and popular World War II sim series of the early 1990s. It had detailed cockpits, different for each aircraft type and some of the most detailed ground objects seen at that time in a VGA sim.
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Aces over Europe
1993
Microprose
The most complex and popular World War II sim of 1992.
Combat World War II Battle of Britain European Theatre WWII

Advanced Tactical Fighters
1996
Advanced Tactical Fighters was the sequel to Marine Fighters, and third in the series. It introduced stealth and vectored thrust aircraft. I remember the first time sat in my hom-buil cockpit and booted it up on my 486 DX-66. I leapt into the Grumman X-31 and headed for the clouds. For a while I was convinced there was something wrong with the program because this aircraft just seemed too fast!
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Aero Elite: Combat Academy
2002
SEGA
"... last game in the AeroWings series, and was also considered the best: quality graphics, very detailed and animated 3D plane models, over 60 planes to fly (including Mig 29, SU27, Mirage2000, Harrier, A10, Tornado, etc.), challenging missions and new original features like the "scramble" mode - a random interception mission where a player must take off, intercept an unknown intruder plane, take pictures to identify it, then return to the base and land to finish the mission. " - Wikipedia
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Aero Fighters Assault
1997
Video System Co. Ltd. Paradigm
AeroFighters Assault was developed by Paradigm Entertainment and published by Video System Co. Ltd. for the Nintendo in 1997. It was released in Japan as Sonic Wings Assault.
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Afterburner
1988
SEGA Activision
The PC port of this game didn't look as good as the arcade machines, but bear in mind that these were the days of 386 25 Mhz processors and 2 MEG RAM! Although this was definitely an arcade game rather than a sim, it is worth a mention because it had a pretty good moving cockpit in the arcades and probably got many people interested the flight sim genre. Anyway the fact remains that if you tell someone that you're into Flight Simulators there is a pretty good chance they'll say "Oh, yeah, you mean like: Afterburner!". It is an iconic game.
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Air Combat Classics
1993
Air Combat Classics is a collection of absolute classic flight sims from LucasArts released in 1993. It contained: Battlehawks 1942 | Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe | Their Finest Hour (Battle of Britain).
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Air Combat Yugekioh II
1990
Air Combat Yugeki-oh II was developed by SystemSoft for the NEC PC-9801 series of PC's in Japan. The player is a mercenary pilot working for the Asian Pacific Economic Network (APEN).
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Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
2012
3Division Games Farm
Arcade flight sim: Become immersed in the exploits of famous aircraft carriers. Choose the side you want to play on: the US Navy or the Imperial Japanese Navy.'
Combat Pacific Theatre WWII

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
2011
3Division Games Farm
Arcade flight simulation set in a world war I + II scenario. During the 7 campaigns the player has to fly and fight through 49 missions.'
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Air Conflicts: Vietnam
2013
Games Farm
You are Joe Thompson, an intrepid and patriotic pilot fighting to uphold the values of his country. '
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Air Missions: HIND
2016
3Division
"Action combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter."
Combat Rotary Wing

Air Power
1995
Rowan
Similar in style to the 2000 sim Crimson Skies, Air Power was a sim set in a fictitious land and set your colourful planes against zeppelins and other nasties!
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Air Power Cold War
2000
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
Alphasim Just Flight
These themed add-ons from Just Flight always had compelling box art. I bought a spare copy just to sit on the bookshelf! The package contained 29 aircraft, scenery and missions for Microsoft Flight Sim 2002 and Microsoft Combat Flight Sim. I found it to be great value and it provided me with many hours of fun.
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Air Strike USA
1985
Digital Integration Digital Integration
Air Strike USA was published by Digital Integration and released on on the PC in 1985. Really an arcade game rather than a flight simulator it is mainly of interest because the Publisher / Design Team Digital Integration went on to produce some of the finest PC Flight Sims ever to grace screens worldwide. From humble origins grew one of the giants in air combat sim development.
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Air Support
1992
Psygnosis
"Don't be misled by its title and the illustration of twin Tornado ADVs soaring across the cover of Psygnosis' latest battle-in-a-box. Air Support is not a screaming, seat-of-the-pants combat flight simulator, It's more like a tedious, and less enjoyable version of their own previous release Armour-Geddon."
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Air Warrior (Public Domain)
1990
Air Warrior was introduced to the gaming public as a free - public domain - piece of software which could be downloaded and played in practice mode at home. You then logged on to a dedicated server in your city via modem and played in a virtual war.
Combat World War II

Air Warrior III
1998
Air Warrior 3, released in 1998 is a popular on-line World War 2 Air Combat sim running in Windows '95 and '98.
Combat World War II

Air-Sea Battle
1977
A scrolling game from the 1970's.
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Air-Sea Battle
1977
A scrolling game from the 1970's.
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Airfix Dogfighter
2000
Paradox Entertainment
Who as a child didn't use their plastic model aircraft to stage furious dogfights? Airfix Dogfighter recreates that simple and joyful world!
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Airfix Dogfighter
2000
Paradox Entertainment
Who as a child didn't use their plastic model aircraft to stage furious dogfights? Airfix Dogfighter recreates that simple and joyful world!
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ARMA
2001
Bohemia Interactive
ARMA may be described as a military | physics | AI sandbox. It supports air, land and sea operations as infantry and in all sorts of vehicles and has a massive user base.
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ARMA 3
2013
Bohemia Interactive
"Combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation"
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ARMA 3 Helicopters
2014
ARMA 3
Bohemia Interactive
"'Arma 3 Helicopters, the second premium DLC for Arma 3, features the highly detailed CH-67 Huron and Mi-290 Taru heavy-lift helicopters, a Sling Loading showcase scenario, and four exclusive helicopter Time Trial challenges. The DLC is complemented by a major free platform update for Arma 3, which lands the new Support MP mode, sling loading, RotorLib, firing from vehicles, and more."
Combat Sandbox Rotary Wing

ARMA 3 Jets
2017
ARMA 3
Bohemia Interactive
"Fly brand new air-superiority jets and use advanced targeting systems to shoot down the enemy in the Arma 3 Jets DLC."
Combat Sandbox

Avenger A-10
1991
Spectrum Holobyte
Lars Gramkow Nielsen reported " From what I've been able to make out, it was supposed to be released after Falcon 3.0, as the second of the Electronic Battlefield Series sims - of which Falcon 3.0 was the first. "

MiGMan's industry sources reported that the main problem was the low altitude rendering of terrain by the graphics engine.
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Avro Vulcan for CFS2
2002
FlightCraft Simulations
A classic marque which deserves a rich sim environment in which to stretch it's legs, Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 merely muzzles it. The developer acknowledges this and I concur that the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 version looks like the way to go for full Vulcan enjoyment.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
1992
Microprose
A classic DOS sim, and complex for it's time!
Combat Bomber World War II European Theatre WWII

B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty Eighth
2000
Wayward Design Microprose
B-17 The Mighty Eighth is a single or multiplayer simulation of the B17 Flying Fortress Bomber. You can also fly the escort fighter planes or Luftwaffe interceptors. The design, and some of the team members originate from the classic 1992 sim from Microprose "B17 Flying Fortress.
Combat Bomber World War II European Theatre WWII

B-24
1988
Combat Bomber World War II European Theatre WWII

Back to Baghdad
1996
Military Simulations Inc.
Back to Baghdad was an F-16 simulation set in the Gulf War (1991) . It was a DOS sim with claims to high fidelity of flight model and weapons systems modelling and was priced about 30% higher than other PC sims at the time. The publishers Military Simulations Inc. went on to specialise in military sims and released no more products for the home market. It was unique in that it supported a second monitor for the radar display - and this while running in DOS !
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Battle for Midway
2000
Adds aircraft and missions, also adds 10 new aircraft designed by Terry Hill.
Combat Add-on Pacific Theatre WWII

Battle of Britain (Rowan)
2000
Rowan
Expectations were high at Xmas 2000. Rowan, the makers of 'Flight of the Intruder' Operation Overlord, Navy Strike and more recently the smash hit 'MiG Alley', released a simulation of the 6 weeks that altered history, when the Royal Air Force fended off the might of the Luftwaffe.
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

Battle of Britain 2: Wings of Victory
2005
It features an enhanced graphics engine based on the classic Battle of Britain by Rowan (2000).
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
2001
Blue Arrow Just Flight
The product is presented as a tribute to the BOBMF and a high standard of production is apparent throughout, from the full colour manual to the recreation of RAF Coningsby and the individual aircraft of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Combat Add-on World War II European Theatre WWII

Battle over Europe
2004
Dynamic campaign add-on for IL-2 Forgotten Battles.
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

Battlestations: Midway
2007
Eidos Square Enix
"Action game that drops players into massive air, sea, and undersea battles from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Players command massive fleet attacks and take direct, real-time, control of every plane, battleship, and submarine in the battle."
Combat World War II Pacific Theatre WWII

Battlestations: Pacific
2009
"Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War."
Combat World War II Pacific Theatre WWII

Birds of Prey
1992
Activision
In 1992 16 bit processors had just arrived and we were plunged into an exciting world of flying polygons! The weapons were destructive to any object, no matter what the device or target. I have witnessed a Forger get hit AFTER launching from a carrier by a Mk83 slick released by a B-1B Lancer." Pretty good for a sim that came on ONE floppy disk - 720K !
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Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter
1998
First impressions (1998): "Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter SE was distributed as a shareware demo in 1995 with some functions disabled. The graphics were VGA (300 x 200). The publisher was FormGen. The flight recorder played back your flight from various angles. It runs very fast on a 486 and is worth a look at as an introduction to jet combat sims." MiGMan
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Carrier Command
1988
Realtime Games Software Rainbird Software
One of the earliest and most addictive real time strategy games, it also had a flight simulation element. A classic sim in it's time which integrated many of the elements of addictive gameplay.
Combat Carrier Amphibious

Carrier Deck
2017
Every Single Soldier
"Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you will play as the Air Officer on board a CVN-76 in the midst of active war."
Combat Carrier

Close Combat
1996
Atomic Microsoft
This was the first game to really factor in morale for your troops, which added a lot of uncertainty to the gameplay. The whole series is undemanding on hardware and an ideal choice for whiling away time on a laptop.
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

Comanche 3
1997
Novalogic
It was one of the last sims to run in DOS.
Combat Rotary Wing

Comanche 4
2001
Novalogic
"The best-selling Comanche series returns with this fast-paced action game that places you at the controls of a Comanche RAH-66 helicopter."
Combat Rotary Wing

Comanche Gold
1998
Novalogic
Added: new campaigns, new missions, mission design tool, weather effects and a campaign designed exclusively for NovaLogic by a former U.S. Army Team Comanche member to the 1997 release Comanche 3.
Combat Rotary Wing

Combat Air Patrol
2001
Psygnosis
"This was a late addition to the long line of flight sims for the Amiga, and it was also one of the best. The whole sim was based on the 1991 Gulf War ( Desert Storm ) and you could take to the skies in either the mighty Grumman F-14A Tomcat or the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet. "
Combat European Theatre WWII

Combat Air Patrol 2
2017
2016 simulation of the AV-8B Harrier. This sim could pick up where SVGA Harrier Assault (1992) left off in 1992, with a flyable AV-8B Harrier and a dynamic campaign!
Combat European Theatre WWII

Combat Lynx
1984
Durell Software
Allowed you to fly the Westland Lynx in a ground Attack role.
Combat Rotary Wing

Combat Squadron
2001
Adds aircraft designed by Terry Hill to Microsoft Combat Flight Sim, Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000.
Combat European Theatre WWII

Combat Wings
2008
CI Games
"It’s the 4th of June, 1942, and Japanese bombs are raining down on Midway – and you. This lethal assault is a prelude to an invasion whose success gives the enemy control over the Pacific. You are one of the American airmen who hold the outcome of this decisive battle in their hands."
Combat World War II Pacific Theatre WWII

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
2009
CI Games
"As the Luftwaffe launches its aerial offensive, the outnumbered Royal Air Force is scrambling to bring into combat new planes that will ensure victory over a stronger foe. Will they succeed? It’s up to you, and your Hurricane or Spitfire."
Combat World War II Battle of Britain

Command and Conquer
1995
The Command and Conquer series from Westwood Studios was a ground breaking innovater in the 1990s which brought real-time drama to the concept of table-top gaming. And obviated the need to read the rules and carry 16-sided dice!
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Crimson Skies
2000
Zipper Microsoft
Set in a parallel universe in 1937, the game sets up a world where the USA is divided into small nations and Air Power rules the day. Jordan Weisner has combined elements of the swashbuckling 1930's pulp fiction hero with, in his words "Air Combat with everything taken out except the fun!".
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Dawn of Aces
1998
Interactive Entertainment Networks iMagic
World War I air combat sim optimised for online play.
Combat World War I

DCS (Digital Combat Simulator World)
2017
Eagle Dynamics
Successor to Flanker 1.5, Su-27 2.0, LOMAC and others, this sim continues the mission of presenting a high quality combat flight sim environment. " DCS is a true "sandbox" simulation that is also designed to cover multiple time periods of interest such as WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, Gulf War and others."
Combat Cold War

Dogfight 1942
2012
CI Games
"Pilot a wide range of aircraft, engage in aerial dogfights and dangerous fighter missions across the major theaters of war during WWII."
Combat World War II

EF 2000
1995
Digital Image Design
EF 2000 first saw the light of day (a gloomy Scandinavian day at that! ) in 1995. It's roots lay in F-29 Retaliator and TFX but it went much, much further, breaking new ground in combat flight fidelity. From engine start, sorry, I mean TWO engine starts, you knew this was a new kind of flight sim experience. Taxiing quickened the pulse as the Eurofighter bobbed and bounced on its suspension. Sunlight glinted through the canopy, wheel brakes on, engine spooled up and the beast was straining at the leash.

"Brakes off and the tyres rumble, 120 knots and the dragon leaps into the air."
- an ode to EF 2000 - MiGMan, 1999
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Elite
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Enemy Engaged Apache vs. Havoc
1998
Razorworks Empire
Enemy Engaged: Apache vs. Havoc had arguably the most successful modelling of dynamic battle environments ever seen on a PC in the 1990's. It featured not one, but two of the premier Helicopter Gunships, created in stunning detail and placed in dynamic combat environments.
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Enemy Engaged Comanche vs. Hokum
2000
Razorworks Empire
It was early April 2000... and two of the world's most fearsome helicopter gunships landed on home PCs worldwide. One of the best pieces of news to me was that 'Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum' is backward-compatible with Enemy Engaged - Apache vs Havoc, meaning you still have access to the campaigns and flyable helos from AvH. That of course is if you have AvH installed - if you don't, and you have a PC 300 Mhz or faster and a 3D graphics card, then run out and get it!
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Enemy Engaged Comanche vs. Hokum | DLC
2016
9 flyable helicopters:
Blue: AH-64A Apache | AH-64D Apache Longbow | RAH-66 Comanche | AH-1Z Viper | OH-58D Kiowa.|| Red: Ka-52 "Hokum B" | Ka-50 "Black Shark" | Mi-28N "Havoc" | Mi-24V Hind || Plus scenery and graphics upgrades.
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Energy Airforce
2003

Taito

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Eurofighter (Alphasim)
The AA radar allows real intercepts to be made, commonplace in combat sims but a first for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
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Eurofighter (Alphasim)
The AA radar allows real intercepts to be made, commonplace in combat sims but a first for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
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Eurofighter Typhoon
2001
Digital Image Design Rage
In 2001 Digital Image Design (DID) released Eurofighter Typhoon, an accessible and immersive simulation of tactical jet combat.
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Eurofighter Typhoon: Operation Icebreaker
2002
Digital Image Design Rage
15 new missions and enhanced weather effects enhance the sim - but the real value lies in the inclusion of the original Eurofighter Typhoon and the excellent strategy guide in the package.
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European Air War
1999
Microprose Microprose
With this flight sim classic Microprose continued their tradition of creating sims which you could live in for months or even years, never getting bored. European Air War recreated the epic west European air battles which helped change the course of World History 1939 - 1945. Every aspect of this sim was superb, from the graphics and sounds to the atmospheric interfaces.
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0
1993
Microprose
F-117A Stealth Fighter has been referred to as "the mother of all sims" due to the many innovations it presented and the atmospheric way the sim is presented. It set standards of game-play which have probably never been exceeded.The sim was a major enhancement and re-release of F-19 (1988) by Sid Meier. F-117A runs very well on a 386 and is a "thinking person's sim" emphasising tactical thinking over reflexes.
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F-117A Stealth Fighter (NES Edition)
1992
Microprose
NES version of the PC title: F-117A Stealth Fighter.
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F-14 Tomcat
1990
Activision
The opening scenes to this 1990 flight sim from Activision are an accurate time capsule! The PC hardware of the day was only capable of displaying a limited number of polygons and colours, and the sound made good use of the latest sound card technology. Note that in the game you could also fly in cockpit view.
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F-15 by Janes
1998
Janes Combat Simulations
F-15 by Janes had to be the strike fighter sim of the Millenium! Although it does have a formidable Air to Air capability in terms of Radar and ordnance, the F-15E is about half way down the ladder in manoeuverability... not a dogfight machine! But for fans of the Strike Aircraft community... F-111, A-6 Intruder, Tornado... 1998 was hog heaven!
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F-15 Strike Eagle II
1989
Microprose
In 1989 F-15 Strike Eagle II had one of the richest and most interactive sim environments ever seen.The world was full of activity from enemy fighters and ships. Who can forget "Director Mode", which let you sit back and watch as the sim followed the action. Pour a cup of coffee, grab a donut and watch the action unfold!
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F-15 Strike Eagle III
1992
Microprose
F-15 Strike Eagle III was a ground breaking simulation of the premier Strike Fighter and one of Microprose's greatest achievements. It was also one of the few sims that enabled two people to fly in the same aircraft over a network, in this case as pilot and Weapons Systems Operator.
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F-16 Combat Pilot
1989
Microprose
The simple graphics of this sim belie the amount of information it presented to the pilot in real time, a milestone achievement for flight sims of the era. I first played it in the 1980's on an Atari ST. I used to fly on instruments most of the time and play with the comprehensive information available on the 3 Multi-Function Displays. It was the first flight sim with a dynamic battlefield.
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F-19 Stealth Fighter
1988
F-19 Stealth Fighter was the first version of the wildly successful release "F-117A Stealth Fighter". The smoothly profiled aircraft you can see on the box was based on aerospace industry observer's best guesses about what the mysterious 'Stealth Fighter' actually looked like. Bear in mind that the F-117 was flying in secrecy for about 10 years before the general public got a look at it! Quite a remarkable achievement. The Atari version had digitised sounds, I distinctly remember the "click" of the recon camera. The manual was probably the largest and most informative we had ever seen for a flight sim. Playing this sim on my Atari ST prompted me to get back into scale modelling, so I went out and bought a 1/72 scale F-117 model, which although more accurate in general shape than the F-19 guesses, still wasn't quite right, being too short and stubby.
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F-22 Total Air War 2
2009
"F-22 Total Air War 2.0 (TAW 2.0) is a total conversion of F-22 Total Air War (TAW), which also includes the campaigns from F-22 Air Dominance Fighter (ADF) and the Red Sea Operations (RSO) expansion disc. TAW 2.0 is the follow-on to Total Air War 2008. The goal of TAW 2.0 is to provide a simulation experience that equals or surpasses your fond memories with the original ADF and TAW. TAW 2.0 is self contained. You do not require the original F-22 ADF or F-22 TAW to play."
Combat NATO

F-29 Retaliator
1991
Land the Space Shuttle on your iPhone or Android device. Great fun. FlyingSinger put me on to this 10 years ago and I'm still enjoying doing a dead stick landing in the world's most expensive glider!
Combat NATO

F/A-18 3.0
Graphic Simulation's F/A-18 3.0 sim set new standards of fidelity and was playable on an average PC! It was actually released on Mac first, unusual for flight sim nowadays but back then Mac's had better graphics capabilities than PC's.
Combat Carrier

F/A-18 Korea
1997
Korea was one of the most realistic flight sims around 1n 1997 and it ran very well on a modest (Pentium) system. Royal Australian Air Force pilots regard this sim as a very accurate portrayal of the Hornet flight model. The flight model was one of the most fluid around and energy management in a dogfight became a desperate necessity! This sim was worth buying just for the in-game training tutorials. The Hornet was conceived from the word go as a dual-role aircraft, hence the designation F/A-18, which means Fighter-Attack. It was meant to supplement the role of the F-14 Tomcat, providing shorter range Air defense and to totally replace the A-7 Corsair and A-6 Intruder.

This sim reflects the dual role with an incredible array of Air-to-Ground weapons and systems.
Combat Carrier

F/A-18 Precision Strike Fighter
Released in 2001 this product is an enhanced version of F/A-18 Korea, which was originally developed by Graphsim and released in 1998.
Combat Carrier

F/A-18E Super Hornet
1999
Digital Integration Titus
This sim demanded your full attention. It detected you were not giving full attention... and then turned around and bit you hard! The computers did their best to fly the plane where you pointed it, but couldn't rescue you from gross errors of judgement like my full loops at low altitude! From a hard-core point of view I like this... it forced you to correct sloppy habits and get into the checklist mentality.. getting into a "landing state of mind" when landing... not dwelling on the fantastic dogfight you just had / didn't have. This indeed is the essence of creating an immersive sim!
Combat Carrier

Falcon
1987
Spectrum Holobyte Spectrum Holobyte
Falcon was created for the Atari ST, IBM PC and Commodore Amiga and Apple Mac by Gilman Louie's Spectrum Holobyte team in 1987. In Falcon you piloted the F-16A Falcon on 12 preset missions. Falcon was my initiation into hard-core simming and like many others, I've only looked back since to check six.
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Falcon 3.0
1991
Sphere Inc. Spectrum Holobyte
An iconic flight simulator, Falcon 3.0 pushed the boundaries of air combat sims. It had all the features anyone could dream of at the time and the gameplay was riveting, with dynamically generated missions. It was also demanding on hardware, needing a 486 with a maths co-processor to run the "High-Fidelity Flight Model".
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Graphsim Enertainment

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Falcon A.T.
1988
Spectrum Holobyte
"Falcon A.T. (PC DOS 1988), also known as Falcon 2, was one of the first flight sims to use EGA graphics as well as one of the earliest commercially released games to require a 286 or better PC. In comparison to the older game, this version allows external viewing of the player aircraft, enables a "head-to-head" multiplayer mode, and includes the MiG-29 as an adversary."
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Falcon BMS
2015
Benchmark Sims
Flag bearer of flight simulation's most distinguished dynasty.
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Falcon Gold
1994
Spectrum Holobyte
"The complete collection of updated versions of Falcon 3.0 , MiG-29, Operation: Fighting Tiger and Art of the Kill dogfighting video."
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Fighter Ace 3.5
2002
An attractive WW2 sim geared to online playing, with well organised arenas, training and special events.
Combat European Theatre WWII

Fighter Pilot (Digital Integration)
1983
Fighter Pilot was the first combat flight simulation from the British developer Digital Integration. The game earned the distinction of being the first attempt at simulating the undoubtedly complex F-15 Eagle interceptor. Not a very impressive attempt by today’s standards, but in 1983 the coding was fairly complex and the result quite respectable. There were a number of successive versions created for several platforms over a period of a few years, which makes it harder to determine the release date of the original, but it was probably in 1983.
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Fighters Anthology
1998
Electronic Arts
Fighters Anthology brought the DOS sims US Navy Fighters, Marine Fighters, Advanced Tactical Fighters, NATO Fighters and the Windows sim USNF '97 into one collection under Windows. It gave you over 100 different aircraft types to fly! It was the culmination of an ambitious series which bought hours of fun to flight sim fans the world over.
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Final Flight
1983
" This is a real-time flight and landing simulator for a small plane similar to a Cessna. You're approaching the air strip, and must use your instruments and the view from your cockpit to land safely. You control pitch (angle with the ground), yaw (angle about the plane's vertical axis), and power with your joystick. You may choose flying conditions and decide whether or not to use your instruments. Overall, this is an excellent and convincing simulation." - courtes of Digital Antic Project .
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Fleet Command
A high fidelity sim of Naval and Navy Air Operations set in the early 2000's.
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Fleet Defender
1994
Microprose
Fleet Defender, released in 1994 by Microprose, was the most thorough treatment of Carrier Fleet Defense ever seen to that date on a personal computer. The graphics were VGA 320 x 200 and based on the F15 Strike Eagle III graphics engine. This sim gets about as much detail as it's possible to get out of VGA.
Combat Carrier NATO

Flight Commander 2
Flight Commander 2 (FC2) is not really a flight simulator at all ... but rather a turn-based, tactical, jet-age air combat war game. So what is FC2 doing in the Flight Sim Museum? It's here because it shares many of the elements of combat flight simulators, and appeals to many of the same people who enjoy flight sims.
Combat World War II

Flight Gear
"The FlightGear Flight Simulator project is a free, open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight sim development project. Source code for the entire project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License. The FlightGear project is working to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for the development and pursuit of interesting flight simulator ideas. We are developing a solid, basic sim that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing. "
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Flight of the Intruder
1990
Spectrum Holobyte Rowan
Flight of the Intruder, released in 1991, is one of the classic combat flight sims of all time! It was developed by two teams, one in the USA and one in the UK. Flyable aircraft were the A-6 Intruder, F-4 Phantom, MiG-21 - this was the first time I got to fly a MiG-21! I remember flying head-to-head against my brother - he in the F-4 Phantom and myself in the MiG-21. Somehow he could always tell which aircraft was piloted by me despite my best efforts to send in the drones first! Until Falcon 3.0 was released, Flight of the Intruder led the pack in features. I remember getting FOTI for the Atari ST, sometime after I came across Falcon, and being amazed at the depth of the simulation, especially the mission planning options.
Combat Carrier External Views Cold War

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
2015
ACE MADDOX
"Air-combat action game based on the true events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China-Burma-India theatre of World War 2."
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Gunship
1987
In Gunship there were no external views available, just a cockpit with a bedazzling array of engine sensors and weapons displays. Engine start left, Engine start right then drop the clutch to start the rotors spinning. Collective up and the rotor blades bite savagely into the air. With a leap and whoops, you're airborne! 1987 had never been more exciting!
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Gunship (pub 2000)
2000
One of the last great sims from Microprose, this reprised their 1988 and 1991 AH-64 Apache simulations and took full advantage of the relatively new technology of 3D graphics acceleration.
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Gunship 2000
1991
Microprose
Gunship 2000 was an Apache Gunship sim released in 1991 by Microprose. As usual with their products, a strong sense of atmosphere was maintained by seamless menu screens and music. You could also fly the A H-1 Cobra, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, MD 530MG, UH-60 Blackhawk, RAH-66 Comanche and AH-64B Apache Longbow. 1998: "If you only have a 386 and want some exciting chopper action then get this!"
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Harrier Jump Jet
1992
Microprose
"You'll never get closer to the real thing. Your only other option would be to join the Air Force". So sayeth the box blurb from Microprose's 1992 Harrier Jump Jet sim. In the early 90's PC's had finally come into their own as games machines, with Sound Cards and powerful CPU's of the 386 variety! Harrier Jump Jet pushed the machines of the day with it's smooth rolling terrain. Those were the days! A 270 page manual printed on glossy stock and well bound in a size ideal for throne room reading. As well as heaps of tables detailing air-to-ground weapon effectiveness there was diagram after diagram on air combat manoeuvres. Not to mention the 3 full - colour maps!
Combat NATO

Harrier Jump Jet (pub 2002)
2002
Just Flight
Harrier Jump Jet 2002 adds 20 aircraft including Harriers, Skyhawks, Mirage and Pucara to Microsoft Combat and Civil flight sims. It also contains a 20 mission campaign for Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 1 and 2. The lack of 3 essential elements in the Harrier dogfight - VIFFING, IR and Radar guided missiles and appropriate countermeasures makes you wonder why bother trying to recreate this scenario? Having said that, I nonetheless had a lot of fun with this package. This sxhibit serves as a good snapshot of the state of graphics in 2001 within the world of Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002.
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HAWX
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Hind
1997
The makers of Tornado sent the sim world a Helicopter Gunship sim with a difference! It's big, it's mean looking, it's heavily armoured and carries a huge swag of ordnance... its the Mi-24 Hind Gunship!
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iF-16
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iF-22
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IFR
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IL-2
2002
1C Maddox
This much anticipated sim recreated the efforts of the Soviet Airforce on the Eastern front in World War 2 from June 22nd, 1941.
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IL-2 Forgotten Battles
2003
1C Maddox
The sensation of speed at low level is the best yet in a flight sim. I enjoyed whizzing past excellent ground textures, individual trees, small stands of trees and whole forests of trees, vast cities (Moscow alone has 500,000 buildings in the sim), flying through clouds, fog, rain and snow, and all with a smooth frame rated with no s-s-stuttering at all on the test system. All this would be an impressive achievement for a civil flight sim, to create a world in such detail and still enjoy a sedate and fluid sensation of flight. But IL-2 is a combat sim and once you add multiple aircraft manoeuvering vigorously, tanks, trucks and ships, bombers, anti-aircraft fire you would expect the sim performance to take a severe hit. Not so. Without a doubt the most outstanding World War 2 flight sim of the 2000's.
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IL-2 Rebirth of Honor
2008
1C Maddox
"Rebirth of Honor" (ROH) is a campaign expansion for the computer flight simulation ‘IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles’ with the ‘Ace Expansion Pack’ (FB+AEP). It runs also under ‘Forgotten Battles’ + ‘Ace Expansion Pack’ + Pacific Fighters merged install. (FB+AEP+PF) and under IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946."
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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
1C Maddox 1C Entertainment
"Il-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik™: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters™ and alternate histry campaigns of year 1946. What was years ago began as a one-aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total! The game has been updated to the latest version 4.12.2. This community made update includes widescreen support with correct FOV, many new planes, maps and scenarios." - Steam
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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946: Battlefield Airborne Tactical
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
The biggest MOD pack fot IL-2. The World at War pack covers WWII, others cover WWI, Korea and Vietnam.
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
2014
1C Game Studios
" the most famous air battles of World War II" - Steam
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover BLITZ
2017
1C Maddox
An action filled and gloriously good looking Battle of Britain sim, 7 years in the making and based on 2010's 'IL-2: Cliffs of Dover'. At this point I only have about 6 hours in this sim, which puts me 3 missions into the RAF campaign. The MiGPit Mk.VI is running it like a dream at 3840 x 2160, and if the frame rates hold up in more complex missions I can only give this my highest recommendation to anybody hankering after intense BOB action!
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

IL-2 The Fires Above
2007
1C Maddox
"2 campaigns: Luftwaffen- campaign “Greif” and russian campaign ‘Red Banner’. Extremely detailed ‘world’ on the maps Kurland, Moskow, Leningrad and Murmansk. 300 Missions, over 700 very high quality plane skins, over 200 pilot skins. Over 75 hours of immersion."
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IL-2 Wings over Jungles
2008
1C Maddox
"" ‘Wings over Jungles’ is a campaign pack containing four separate campaigns.
1. The campaign ’Monkey’ (US3) where you take the roll of a WWII US Navy Fighter pilot flying from aircraft carriers.
2. The campaign ’Angel’ (US4) in which you are flying for the US Marine Corps as a dive bomber and later as a fighter pilot.
3. The campaign ’Kyuden’ (IJ3) which lets you fly as a Japanese Navy fighter pilot from aircraft carriers.
4. The campaign ’Katana’ (IJ4) which leads you as a Japanese Navy fighter pilot to various assignments.
Wings over Jungles (WOJ) is the second of a series of campaign addons for the flight simulator PACIFIC FIGHTERS (PF). it will also be playable under IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles + Ace Expansion Pack + Pacific Fighters merged install. (Version 3.0+) (FB+AEP+PF) and under IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946. ""
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IL-2 Wings over Waves
2008
1C Maddox
" Wings over Waves (WOW) is the first of a series of campaign addons for the flight simulator PACIFIC FIGHTERS (Version 3.0+) (PF). It will also be playable under IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles + Ace Expansion Pack + Pacific Fighters merged install. (Version 2.0+) (FB+AEP+PF) and under IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946."
Combat World War II

Israeli Air Force
F-4 Phantom and Phantom 2000, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, Lavi, Mirage III.
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Janes Advanced Strike Fighters
2011
Trickstar Games Maximum Games Deep Silver
The narrative driven campaign combined with a great sense of speed and easy controls added up to a high adrenaline experience! Note: I flew in COCKPIT VIEW, not external view, and on an 85" monitor it was a white knuckle experience all the way.
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Jet
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Jet-Pilot
1996
Vulcan Software
"As far as I know, this was the only computer simulation based on the Lightning aircraft. Had it been fully developed much earlier, it might have been a useful training aid for the RAF. It could have helped ground radar operators and controllers appreciate the pilots problems, etc."
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Jetfighter III
1997
Mission Studios
JetFighter III, released in 1997 was probably the last of the great DOS Combat Flight Sims. It was one of the first to support the 3DFX chipset and portrayed very detailed terrain... but still ran at a playable speed! The Navigation and Weapon systems were simple in operation so you could concentrate on turnin' and burnin'.
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Joint Strike Fighter
1997
Eidos Innerloop
"This 1997 Flight sim let you fly the F-35 years before it was ready".

""Let me just rewind, this is a long time ago," laughs Rune Spaans, who's speaking to me over Skype from his home in Oslo, Norway. It's been two decades since Rune was lead designer on the first ever game about the then-mysterious Lockheed Martin F-35 (then designated the X-35), and its Joint Strike Fighter program competitor the Boeing X-32." - read on
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Korean Combat Pilot
2001
Korean Combat Pilot recreates aerial encounters during the Korean conflict 1950 - 51. There are two campaigns, I flew the North Korean Campaign in the year 2000. TIPSelect unlimited fuel in the menu to avoid problems with warping and with your wingman's fuel supply.
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Lago F-16
2004
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
Lago
Lago's F-16 Falcon Collection gives you the choice of several different variants including a few 2 seaters (D model) and some of the most recognisable and colourful paint schemes.
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Launchbox
Launch ALL your sims! DOS, Windows, Steam, GOG...
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Lock On: Modern Air Combat
2003
Eagle Dynamics Ubisoft
The sequel to the acclaimed air combat sims: Su-27 Flanker 1.5, Su-27 Flanker 2.0 and Su-27 Flanker 2.5.
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MACE
MACE(Modern Air Combat Environment)is a physics-based, full spectrum Computer Generated/Semi-Automated Forces (CGF/SAF) application with a large and user-extensible order of battle, capable of many-on-many simulation yet having very high fidelity at the engagement level.
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Marine Fighters
Marine Fighters was an add-on pack to US Navy Fighters. It added 4 new player aircraft and a campaign set in the Kurile Islands. Marine Fighters was an add-on pack to US Navy Fighters. It added 4 new player aircraft and a campaign set in the Kurile Islands.
Combat NATO

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
1998
Microsoft
"Microsoft's first foray into combat flight sims is a class act. This sim combines the famous attention to detail seen in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 with photo-realistic scenery generation and challenging missions. The missions are full of action and the photo-realistic scenery adds to the adrenaline rush whether you're in a dogfight at 5,000 feet or strafing a train at 50 feet! By designing an open architecture sim Microsoft have encouraged 3rd party developers and there are already custom aircraft and missions proliferating on the net.
Combat World War II European Theatre WWII

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2
2000
Microsoft
Sequel to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (1998). Set in the Pacific Theatre WWII, it significantly upgraded the graphics and fidelity of the series.
Combat World War II

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3
2002
Microsoft
The third in the series from Microsoft, the sim raised the bar again with a detailed and fast low altitude environment suitable for ground attack missions, and a dynamic campaign. On September 18th 2002 I interviewed Scott Lee, product manager from Microsoft's Aces Studio, and checked out the beta version of Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3.
Combat World War II

MiG Alley
1999
Rowan
MiG Alley is a simulation of Air Combat operation in the Korean War June 1950 to January 1951. MiG Alley achieved very close to a perfect blend of action and graphical realism as a simulation of the air war in the Korean conflict. In November 2001 Rowan released the source code, so expect the sim to keep developing in the hands of dedicated fans.
Combat

MiG-29 Fulcrum (Domark)
1990
In 1990 the MiG-29 had only just been revealed to the west at the Farnborough Airshow. It seemed to be a sexy mystery machine which could perform spectacular manoeuvers such as the "tailslide" and "cobra". Despite only having 6 missions, this sim bought countless hours of fun to flight sim fans on multiple platforms.
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MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0
1993
Falcon 3.0
Spectrum Holobyte
Add-on to Falcon 3.0 which enabled you to fly head to head MiG-29 vs. F-16 as well as containing full campaigns for the MiG-29. A good snapshot of 3-D modelling in the early 1990s.
Combat

Pearl Harbor (2001)
2001
Expansion for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 that recreates the events and atmosphere at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Combat Add-on

Project Wingman
2020
Humble Games Sector D2
An action-sim-lite which satisfies the need to turn and burn!
Just don't expect to land... or take off. But that's par for the course with this genre. HOTAS are easy to configure, this should be a role model to other developers in the combat-sim-light space. If TrackIR was supported natively it would be perfect in that regard. Project Wingman does what it sets out to do, providing a console oriented shooter with heaps of eye candy and a massive quantity of ordnance!
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PSION
"This is where it all started, looking at three dials and flying at night on a crummy TV !!!"
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Rise of Flight United
2013
1C Game Studios 777 Game Studios
"Pilot legendary aircraft of the early years of aviation, French Spad 13, German Albatros D.Va and Russian built Nieuport 17, in the free-to-play Rise of Flight United! " - Steam
Combat World War I

Royal Air Force 2000
2000
25 flyable aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 and a campaign set in 1940 for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (1998)
Combat Add-on European Theatre WWII

Sabre Ace
1997
One of the first air combat flight sims to use the brand new 3DFX graphics accelerator technology.
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Silicon Graphics Flight Sim
"... we hunched around an old IRIS 2400 Turbo playing this amazing flight simulator game from Silicon Graphics, Inc.". Modern personal computers in the 90's (were) now as powerful as graphics workstations of the 80's."
Civil Combat

Strike Commander
Strike Commander was a revolutionary flight sim and one of the all-time best selling. The strong story line and role-playing elements meant that it's appeal extended far beyond that market segment whose main interest lay in the simulation aspects.
Combat

Strike Fighters 2: Complete Edition
Third Wire
"Strike Fighters 2 Complete Edition is a collection of the entire Strike Fighters 2 series (over $400+ value!) including 5 games, 2 expansion packs, and 29 DLCs all in one single, easy-to-install package!"
Combat Cold War Vietnam War

Strike Fighters 2: Europe
Third Wire
"Hypothetical World War III scenarios - Cold War Gone Hot - where the Soviet Red Army invades West Germany."
Combat Cold War

Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 1
Strike Fighters 2: Israel
Third Wire
Expansion for Strike Fighters 2: Israel. Adds flyable Mystere IVA, Meteor F.8, and P-51D Mustang to a historical campaign set in the 1956 Suez Crisis.
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Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 2
Strike Fighters 2: Europe
Third Wire
"Hypothetical campaign is set in the 1956 Cold War Europe - what if the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 lead to a full scale invasion of West Germany?"
Combat Cold War

Strike Fighters 2: Israel
Third Wire
"Intense air combat experience in the skies over Middle East during three major historical conflicts - 1967 Six-Day War, 1973 Yom Kippur War, and 1982 Lebanon."
Combat Cold War

Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic
Third Wire
"1979 hypothetical "Cold War gone Hot" scenario - what if the Soviet Union had decided to invade West Germany in 1979? Join the US Navy and USS Nimitz Carrier Battle Group sent to reinforce the Iceland defense, protect the carrier from Soviet long-range bombers, and strike the Kiev battle group of the Soviet Northern Fleet!"
Combat Cold War

Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam
Third Wire
"Join the United States Air Force, Navy or Marines, and fly historical missions from the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1964-68 and the hard-hitting Linebacker I and II campaigns of 1972."
Combat Cold War Vietnam War

Strike Fighters Project 1
Third Wire
Classic Cold War sim from a seasoned developer.
Combat

Su-27 Flanker
1995

Strategic Simulations Inc.

Su-27 Flanker was designed by a team of Russian programmers to run on 386 and low end 486 machines. The project was taken on by SSI and revised to SVGA graphics resolution. The Russian designers didn't have access to the faster PC's, and as a result their code was very efficient and it ran very smoothly despite being state of the art! The sim recreates the Crimean peninsula in great detail and pits you, in the Su-27 Flanker, against the latest Russian and NATO aircraft, armour, ships and SAMs. All control surfaces move during flight and the attention to detail is extraordinary!
Combat

Su-35
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Take On Helicopters
2011
Bohemia Interactive
Take on Helicopters is a civil helo sim with campaign built in the ARMA 2 engine. This sim was released in 2011 and still looks great 10 years later. The fluid feel of the flight dynamics and the immersive campaign put it into my list of all time favourites. I can only hope that Bohemia Interactive release more titles like this, they don't need to update the engine - just give us more great stories to fly through!
Civil Combat Rotary Wing

TFX
1993
Ocean
TFX is an acronym for 'Tactical Fighter Experimental'. When you look at the graphics available in the other early combat flight sims it is easy to see why TFX caused so much excitement on it's release. The flight model could be adjusted from 'arcade' to 'military' and play modes ranged from arcade levels to the "UN Commander" mode. As UN Commander you planned missions, selected the aircraft and flew the Eurofighter, F22 or F117 Stealth Fighter.The later versions run straight from CD Rom and in a DOS box under Windows '98. It will run very smoothly on a '486 and is strongly recommended for beginners.
Combat

Thunder Wolves
2013
Most Wanted Entertainment Handy Games
"Experience furious helicopter action in this relentless, adrenaline (and lead) pumped arcade shooter!" - Steam
Combat Rotary Wing

Top Gun: Fire at Will
Top Gun: Fire at Will was a light sim based on the movie starring Tom Cruise. It was originally released in 1995 then again in the Microprose "Powerplus" series in 1998. The sim introduces the player to basic concepts of Air Combat with plenty of commentary and advice coming from your back-seater and instructors.
Combat Carrier

Tornado
1993
Digital Integration
One of the all-time classic flight sims. The training missions covered every aspect of operating the Tornado and you were wise to work your way through them... this sim gave you more opportunities to "buy the farm" than most! Player aircraft were Tornado IDS (Interdiction/Strike) and Tornado ADV (Air Defense Variant).
Combat

Total Air War
1998
Digital Image Design
Total Air War (TAW) is an aptly-named product. More than a combat flight simulator, it offers a strategic component based on modern air warfare theories first applied in the 1991 Gulf War.
Combat

US Navy Fighters
1993
Janes Combat Simulations Electronic Arts
This sim was the successor to the wildly popular Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat and started a series that ran to the end of the 1990’s.
Get an overview of the series in the Fighters Anthology exhibit. The combat focussed gameplay was enhanced by the atmospheric and user friendly interface. The ability to tweak most aspects of the sim from the graphics to mission waypoints and loadouts made you feel in control without overwhelming you with detail.

It still remains a model of good interface design. The first mission of the Ukraine campaign remains for many fans a reminder of just how atmospheric a sim can be. Check out the videos, showing the entire first mission from briefings, through mission planning, arming, carrier takeoff in the F-14, intercept and carrier landing.'
Combat Carrier

USAF
2001
Pixel Electronic Arts
The sequel to Israeli Air Force and another popular sim from Janes Combat Simulations.
Combat

Vector Thrust
2015
TimeSymmetry Iceberg Interactive
"Vector Thrust is a fast-paced single and mulltiplayer combat flight game, using a unique cel shaded art style." - Steam
Combat

Vertical Strike Endless Challenge
2017
Project ICKX PLAYISM
"A flight-based action game designed to be easy to pick up and enjoy right away, and be playable over short timeframes." - Steam
Combat

War Thunder
Gaijin
"War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. " - Steam
Combat

Wings
Remastered Edition
Combat

Wings of Prey: Special Edition
Gaijin
Wings of Prey and the Wings of Luftwaffe add-on.
Combat World War II Russian Front

XFS
Combat