Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware strategy games

Games based on strategy allow for reasoning and planning of one’s moves and actions. The gameplay may be based on player’s turns (Turn-based Strategy) or it may be in real time (Real-Time Strategy, RTS). These games focus on strategy and tactics rather than action, sometimes with the addition of financial or logistic features.
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Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Cultures

Windows XP/98/952000protected3.9/5 sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
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Cyrus

DOS19853/5 chess
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.5/5 wargame
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D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5
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Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 board game
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Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893/5
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Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 4x
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Death by Backgammon

DOS19903.3/5 board game
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS19923.5/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Defender of the Crown

DOS1991protected3.9/5
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.
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Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 wargame, board game
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Dominium

DOS19924.1/5 real-time strategy
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Dominus

DOS19943.9/5 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
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Doomdark's Revenge

DOS19853.9/5 first-person party-based RPG
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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Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 board game
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Dragon Lord

DOS19904.2/5 real-time strategy
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Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.1/5 board game
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Dune

DOS19924.1/5 real-time strategy
Dune, released in 1992, is a game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Games. It's based on the iconic science fiction novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. In Dune, players assume the role of Paul Atreides, the young scion of House Atreides, as he arrives on the desert planet Arrakis with his family to take control of spice pro...
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Dune 2000

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 real-time strategy
Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...