Games with a historical setting
Some games are set in a specific historical period, usually a period of time particularly enjoyable for gamers such as the midde ages, the discovery of the Americas or the second world war. Historical games take a step further and try to be more faithful to the time period they are set.
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The Civil War
DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill
The Civil War
DOS19953.5/5 Dagger Interactive Technologies
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS19903.8/5 Mindscape
The Grandest Fleet
DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions
The Last Express
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo4.1/5 Smoking Car Productions
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersive narrative that unfolds in real-time.In the game, players assume the role of Robert Cath, an American doctor with a tro...
The Lost Patrol
DOS19913.7/5 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
The Oregon Trail
DOS19904.2/5 MECC
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS19924.1/5 MECC
The Train Escape to Normandy
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Artech Studios
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
DOS19954.1/5 Clipper Software
UMS 2: Nations at War
DOSMac OS19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development
UMS: The Universal Military Simulator
DOSMac OS19884.1/5 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simulation experience.The game allows players to engage in strategic and tactical warfare across various scenarios and battlef...
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DOS19884.1/5 Actionsoft
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS19914.2/5 Broderbund
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?
DOSMac OS19884/5 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS19863.9/5 Broderbund
Wolfpack
DOS19903.9/5 NovaLogic
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
DOS19953.9/5 Ikarion Software
Zeus: Master of Olympus
Windows XP/98/952000protected4.2/5 Impressions Games