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AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac19884.1/5 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
Amberstar
DOS19924/5 Thalion
Amberstar is a fantasy old school RPG very similar to Ultima 6 that uses a top-down view for interiors and small locations and a first person pseudo 3D view for everything else. Unfortunately, the sequel (called Ambermoon) was available for Amiga only and no version existed for DOS or Windows. Amberstar was developed and published by Thalion for DO...
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.
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil
DOS19943.9/5 Farr-Ware Software
Annals of Rome
DOS19883.8/5 Personal Software Services
Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club
DOS19903.9/5
Arcade Trivia Quiz
DOS19934/5
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS19923.9/5 Virgin Interactive
Archon Ultra
DOS1994protected3.7/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Armada 2525
DOS19913.3/5
Armchair Quarterback
DOS19854.1/5
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 The Logic Factory
Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.
Austerlitz 1805
DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Wargaming West
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Wargaming West
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS19964/5
Backgammon
DOS19862.7/5
Backgammon
DOS19843.1/5 IBM
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware4.1/5 Mindscape
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition is a geopolitical strategy game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1985. It is considered a classic in the genre of political and strategic simulation games. The game is set during the height of the Cold War, specifically in 1986, and it allows players to step into the shoes of either the United Stat...
Balance of the Planet
DOSMac19903.8/5 Incredible technologies
Balance of the Planet is an environmental simulation game designed by Chris Crawford and self published under the Incredible technologies label in 1990. Its almost unique (for the time) and serious theme contributed to the game to stand out. Balance of the Planet is part of the Balance of Power series.
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x19903.8/5
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess
DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions