Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Jones in the Fast Lane

DOS19914/5 Sierra On-Line
Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...
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Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

DOS19914/5 Origin Systems
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.
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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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Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS19924/5 Delta Tao Software
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Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire

DOS1990freeware4/5 Origin Systems
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios
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Strip Poker 3

DOS1991NSFW4/5 Artworx Software
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10th Frame

DOS19874/5 Access 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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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS19894/5 General Quarters Software
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Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill
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Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS19934/5
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected4/5
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Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights
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Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
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Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 Infocom
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Football Fanatic

DOS1998freeware4/5
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Gemfire

DOS19924/5 KOEI
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Global Conquest

DOS19924/5 Ozark Softscape
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Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac OS2007freeware4/5
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip
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Kaiser

DOS19924/5
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Late Night Sexy TV Show

DOS1994NSFW4/5 Dynabyte
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Lexi-Cross

DOS19914/5 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
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Liero

DOS1999freeware4/5