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Star Wars: X-Wing dos

Star Wars: X-Wing is the first space combat sim game set in the Star Wars universe created by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 for PC MS-DOS only, and it was followed one year later by Star Wars: TIE Fighter.

Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation

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Frontier: Elite II dosamiga

The 350th game on GamesNostalgia is our favourite game ever: Frontier: Elite II. You can download here the PC version, which had a more advanced graphics engine, featuring texture mapping, compared to the Amiga version.

Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation

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Wing Commander dosamiga

Wing Commander is a space combat simulator designed by Chris Roberts and first released for the PC DOS in 1990. It was later ported to the Amiga, CD32, Sega CD and the SNES. It is...

Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation

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Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi dos

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi is the sequel to the original Wing Commander, and is the second in the Wing Commander series. The game is, like it's predecessor, a space combat simulator.

Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation

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Star Wars: TIE Fighter dos

Star Wars: Tie Fighter is a space flight and space combat simulator game released in 1994 by LucasArts (or Lucasfilm Games if you prefer). The game is the sequel to Star Wars X-Wing.

Year: 1994 Genre: Simulation

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Elite amigacommodore-64

Elite is a famous space flight and trading sim created by David Braben and Ian Bell for the BBC Micro. The game was published by Acornsoft and Firebird and released for several home computers starting in 1984.

Year: 1985 Genre: Simulation

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Star Wars: Rebel Assault dos

Star Wars: Rebel Assault is a flight shooter based in the Star Wars universe and was developed and published by LucasArts in 1993 for Mac and DOS. The game renders actual footage and uses music from the movies.

Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation

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Frontier: First Encounters dos

Frontier: First Encounters is a space combat and trading sim created by David Braben with his company Frontier Developments. First Encounters is the third installment of the Elite...

Year: 1995 Genre: Simulation

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Moonfall amigaatari-stcommodore-64

Moonfall is a space combat and trading sim released in 1991 by 21st Century Entertainment, originally for the Commodore 64. The game was then ported to Amiga and Atari ST. The game...

Year: 1991 Genre: Simulation

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Elite Advanced amiga

Elite Advanced is a reverse-engineered version of the famous space trading sim Elite by David Braben and Ian Bell. This new edition was created by AmiGer for the Amiga and released in 2005.

Year: 2005 Genre: Simulation

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Rescue on Fractalus! atari-8-bit

Rescue on Fractalus! is a sci-fi combat game created by Lucasfilm Games (aka LucasArts) in 1985, initially for Atari 8-bit computers. Later it was ported to Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and other platforms.

Year: 1985 Genre: Shooter

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Star Raiders atari-8-bitatari-5200

Star Raiders is a space combat sim created by Atari and published in 1979 for the 8-bit computer series. Later, it was ported to Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari ST. The game was ...

Year: 1979 Genre: Simulation

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Galaxy Force II genesisamiga

Galaxy Force II is a sci-fi space shoot-em-up created by SEGA initially as a coin-op and then converted to many home platforms. Releases started in 1991 and include Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and others.

Year: 1991 Genre: Shooter

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Wing Commander: The Secret Missions dos

Wing Commander: The Secret Missions is the first add-on to Wing Commander, the popular 3D space simulator developed by ORIGIN Systems. It was released the same year of the origin...

Year: 1990 Genre: Simulation

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