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Nuclear War
DOS19894.1/5 board game
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
Omega
DOS19894/5 real-time tactics
Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.
Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw
DOS19893/5 board game
Populous
DOS19893.9/5 sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS19893.8/5 board game
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19894/5
Scrabble
DOS19893.6/5 board game
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS19894.2/5 space exploration, space simulation
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 board game
Sword of Aragon
DOS1989protected4.2/5 4x, kingdom simulation, turn-based tactics
Sword of the Samurai
DOS1989protected4/5
The computer edition of Scrabble
DOS19893.2/5 board game
Trivial Pursuit
DOS19893.4/5 trivia / quiz, board game
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Accordion
DOS19902.8/5 cards
Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club
DOS19903.9/5 cards
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x19903.9/5 artillery
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess
DOS1990protected3.7/5 chess
Battle for Atlantis
DOS19903.8/5 board game
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge
DOS19904.1/5 real-time tactics
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
Betrayal
DOS1990protected4/5 kingdom simulation
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS19903.5/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.1/5 4x
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Command HQ
DOS19904/5 wargame, real-time strategy
Death by Backgammon
DOS19903.3/5 board game
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS19903.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Dragon Lord
DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
Frontline
DOS19903/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac19903.9/5 turn-based tactics, board game
Imperium
DOS19903.8/5 4x