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Cockpits, dashboards, crew stations - if it's in a vehicle and you sit in it, it belongs here! Run by @wildweasel486.bsky.social . I try to include full context in alt texts. This account is maintained 100% manually and is not on a schedule.
XF5700 MANTIS: Experimental Fighter (1992, DOS, MicroProse / Paragon Software).
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Four different versions of the original MechWarrior: DOS, PC-98, Sharp X68000, and SNES. Credits / further info in alt text.
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT) through the ages. Credits and further info in the alt text.
May 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
IndyCar through the ages. There are a lot fewer of these games than I recalled there being. Screenshot credits in the alt text.
May 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hamlet (PC-98, 1993, Panther Software)
May 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Various cockpits from DOS mech games of the early 90s: MechWarrior 2 (beta), Ultrabots, Earthsiege, and Veritech. Further details in alt text.
May 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
X-Wing starfighters through the years: Star Wars Arcade, X-Wing Collector's Series, Rogue Leader, and Squadrons. Alt texts for credits.
May 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Shattered Steel (DOS, 1996, BioWare).
May 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Steel Battalion (XBox, 2002, Capcom) - B.S.B.B. Mk II - Custom full-immersion cockpit enclosure from 2015 Make: article, created by David Sheff and co.

makezine.com/article/home...

(I wonder if this has been further added to, in the last ten years? -ed.)
May 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Cockpits of NES flight sims: Top Gun, Airwolf, F-117A, and Infiltrator. Credits in alt texts.
May 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Cockpits of the Great War Planes series from Dynamix: Red Baron, A-10, Aces of the Pacific, and Aces Over Europe.
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Also worth posting the excellent cover art.
May 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ghen War (Saturn, 1995, Sega / Jumpin' Jack Software).

Screenshot from Youtube video: youtu.be/mONeNsyRgiY
May 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
2019 Chevrolet Corvette, photographed at the 2019 Portland Auto Show.
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Various incarnations of the American F-16 "Fighting Falcon" fighter jet. Screenshot credits in the alt-texts.
May 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Cockpits from various ports of Driller aka Space Station Oblivion (1987/1988, Incentive Software).
May 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Team Suzuki (1991, Amiga, Gremlin Graphics)
May 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
X-Car: Experimental Racing (DOS, 1997, Bethesda Softworks)

(Fun Fact: This game runs on the same 3D engine as Daggerfall!)
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This really warrants further comparisons to its two predecessors: BlueMoon Software's Kosmonaut (1990) and SkyRoads (1993), which despite being third-person, still have visible cockpits.

#DOSGaming
May 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A complete loop of the non-playable demo of BlueMoon Software's "Stellar Xpress" (1994, MS-DOS). Originally intended as a VR sequel to SkyRoads, it was sold to a VR company as a demo program.

Source: www.bluemoon.ee/history/stel...
#DOSGaming
April 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Flyer for Bosconian (Namco, 1981, arcade).

Image src: flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/s...
April 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1943: The Battle of Midway (1987, Capcom), one of my favorite couplings of control panel and monitor bezel artwork.

Photo src: www.pixelatedarcade.com/pictures/14671
April 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There need to be more good photos of arcade cockpits on the internet. Here is T-MEK (1994, Atari Games). Photo of unclear origin; found in a HardForum thread.
April 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Two shots from Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001, dir. Shinichiro Watanabe).
April 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Inside the Peel Trident, in Forza Horizon 5 (Windows, 2021-present, Playground Games).
April 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM