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DOS1991freeware3.6/5 ACME Interactive
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Holistic Design
Premier Manager 2
DOS19933.9/5 Realms of Fantasy
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf
DOS19833/5 SoftSide Magazine
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS19884.1/5 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...
Nuclear War
DOS19894/5 New World Computing
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...
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS19913.8/5 Farr-Ware Software
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW3.8/5 Eleven Software
Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds
DOS19823.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios
Tank Wars
DOS19904.1/5
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
SimHealth
DOS19943.7/5 Thinking Tools Inc.
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS19893.9/5 Digital Studios Limited
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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...
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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...
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...