Abandonware DOS title

Turn-based games sorted by release date

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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Chess

DOS1981 International PC Owners
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Galaxy

DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

DOS1981 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...
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Executive Suite

DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 Sir-tech Software
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
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Black Friday

DOS1983
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Classic Hangman

DOS1983 Norland Software
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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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Midway Campaign

DOS1983 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Oubliette

DOS1983
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Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn

DOS1983 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
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Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS1984 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...
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Backgammon

DOS1984 IBM
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Chess88

DOS1984
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 Avalon Hill
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Crime and Punishment

DOS1984 Mindscape
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Cutthroats

DOS1984 Infocom
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DND

DOS1984
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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Hack

DOS1984freeware
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Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake Beyond Software
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Nerm of Bemer

DOS1984 COMPUTE! Publications
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8088 Othello

DOS1985