Abandonware DOS title

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 Ancient Art of War

DOS1984 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Ancient Art of War is a strategy game that takes place in various historical settings, such as ancient China, Greece, and t...
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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The Big Three

DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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The Civil War

DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo 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...
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The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 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.
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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC
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The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected Artech Studios
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Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS1989 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.
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 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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Up Periscope!

DOS1988 Actionsoft
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Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
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Wolfpack

DOS1990 NovaLogic
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Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky

DOS1995 Ikarion Software
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Zeus: Master of Olympus

Windows XP/98/952000protected Impressions Games