Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Virtual Pool

DOS19954.2/5 Celeris
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AlphaMan

DOS19953.6/5
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Doomdark's Revenge

DOS19853.9/5 Beyond Software
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to the earlier game Lords of Midnight and is known for its unique combination of strategy, adventure, and story...
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Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
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Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS19953.9/5 Impressions Games
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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates
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Warlords 2

DOS19934.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Worms

DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 Team 17
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware
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SimHealth

DOS19943.7/5 Thinking Tools Inc.
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
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Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
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Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna

DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected4.1/5 Sir-tech Software
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Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software
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World Class Leader Board

DOS19884.2/5 Access Software
World Class Leader Board is a golf simulation game developed and published by Access Software and released in the late 1980s for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and PC. Players could choose their clubs, adjust their stance, and navigate through the virtual courses. World Class Leader Board was designed by Bruce ...
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x19933.9/5 Namco
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Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 Dalali Software
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.
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Spirit of Adventure

DOS19914/5 Attic Entertainment Software
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
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Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW3.9/5 Eleven Software
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software