Flight simulation games
Pilot a plane through the skies
List of Flight simulation games[edit]
This is a list of free/libre flight simulation games:
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FlightGear | ![]() |
2021-07-28 | Flight simulator |
FlightGear is a 3D flight simulation game. The entire game is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[1][2] It is also sold on 3 DVDs. It is written in the C++ [3] and C [4] programming languages. The project was started in 1996, with its first release in 1997. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thunder&Lightning | ![]() |
2007-11-10 | Flight simulation, RTS |
Thunder&Lightning, or short TnL, is a futuristic flight simulation and real-time strategy game inspired by Carrier Command created by Jonas Eschenburg. It is licensed under GPL.[5] The latest version is 071111, released on November 10, 2007.[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Search and Rescue | ![]() |
2011-08-07 | Flight simulation |
Search and Rescue is a 3D helicopter-based air rescue flight simulator game written by WolfPack Entertainment. The latest version of the game is 1.4.0 released on 2011-08-07. It is licensed under GPL.[9] It has simple, not very realistic, controls, and is mission-based. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SABRE | ![]() |
1999 | Flight Simulation |
SABRE is a fighter plane simulator for X11 or svgalib, which takes place in the Korean war.[10] The latest version of the game is 0.2.4b in 1999. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vertigo (game) | ![]() |
2002-04-10 | Flight simulator |
Vertigo is a flight simulator written by Anton Norup Sørensen. It is written in the C programming language. The last version, 0.26, was released in April 2002. No further development is done.[11] The source is licensed under the GNU GPL, while the binaries are freeware and cannot be sold.[12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GL-117 | ![]() |
March 12th, 2005 | Combat flight simulation |
GL-117 is a combat flight simulator by Thomas Drexl and others. The latest version is 1.3.2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ACM | ![]() |
2020-04-16 | Flight simulation games |
ACM is a multiplayer flight simulator. Several civilian and military aircraft and two scenes are included. The game works without a server, the clients communicate using IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (DIS). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Airrace | ![]() |
6th of December 2010 | Flight simulator |
Airrace is a proof-of-concept app for the Aviation flight simulator. Its aim is to provide some level of realism while still keeping things simple. In airrace you fly a light plane thru an obstacle course of pylons. There are 7 practice courses and 5 race tracks. Airrace runs on top of the Techne platform which is a general purpose, programmable, interactive, physical simulator and renderer. Airrace can take advantage of hardware acceleration but can also be run without it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combat Simulator Project | ![]() |
September 21, 2007 | Flight Simulation |
Combat Simulator Project aka CSP is an aerial combat simulator. The latest version of the game is 0.2180 released on September 21, 2007.[16] It is primary written in the C++ programming language and is licensed under the GPLv2.[17] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RedShift | ![]() |
December 23th, 2006 | Flight simulation game |
RedShift is a Flight simulation game in the spirit of GL-117, developed by Christian Haag.[19] The game is licensed under the GPL v2. The latest version of the game is 0.1.1 on December 23th, 2006.[20] It is written in the C programming language. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Search and Rescue II | ![]() |
2020-06-20 | Flight simulation |
Search and Rescue II is a 3D helicopter-based flight simulation game with missions to extinguish fires or rescue persons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fictional Air Combat | ![]() |
2012-10-09 |
Fictional Air Combat is a flight simulator in the early development stages. It does not to simulate real aircraft or historical war scenarios, only fictional ones, hence the name. The game revolves around fighter aircraft. |
- ↑ FlightGear's copyright file at Debian Packages
- ↑ FlightGear-data copyright file at Debian Packages
- ↑ FlightGear sourceforge.net project page
- ↑ Flightgear FAQ
- ↑ Thunder&Lightning about page
- ↑ Thunder and Lighting release announcement for 071031
- ↑ Search and Rescue copyright file in Debian.
- ↑ Search and Rescue data copyright file in Debian.
- ↑ The about page of Search and Rescue (dead)
- ↑ SABRE review on Linux Gazette.
- ↑ "Development has stopped - do not expect further releases." -- http://stjerneskud.info/vertigo/
- ↑ Distribution section of Vertigo's online user manual
- ↑ GL-117 Team
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 gl-117 license in Debian
- ↑ license
- ↑ Release announcement for 0.2180 on sourceforge.net
- ↑ Sourceforge.net project page for CSP
- ↑ RedShift's COPYING file
- ↑ RedShift's user page on SourceForge.net.
- ↑ Redshift's download page
- ↑ Project about page