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The most popular historical games

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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Battlehawks 1942

DOS1988 LucasArts
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just e...
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
Released in 1993 for DOS, Fields of Glory is a turn-based strategy game that focuses on historical warfare with a refreshingly thoughtful pace. Instead of rushing you into constant...
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Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
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Blue Max: Aces of the Great War

DOS1990protected Artech Studios
Forget missiles—Blue Max: Aces of the Great War takes you back to when air combat meant leather helmets, canvas wings, and a healthy fear of gravity. Released in 1990 for DOS...
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Gulf Strike places you in the cockpit during a very contemporary-for-1986 conflict, blending strategy and simulation with a dash of headline-inspired drama. You manage missions, al...
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Sherman M4

DOS1989 Loriciel
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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no fla...
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games
D-Day: The Beginning of the End is not your average “storm the beach” simulator—it’s a grand strategy title that drops you into the nerve-wracking planning ...
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Cossacks: Back to War

Windows XP/98/952002protected GSC Game World
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 Gamos
Columbus Discovery (1992, DOS) is a history-flavored point-and-click adventure where you, as a pixelated Christopher Columbus, set sail to "discover" lands that are already very mu...
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The Big Three

DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
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Up Periscope!

DOS1988 Actionsoft
Up Periscope! from 1988 lets you take command of a submarine, which sounds exciting until you realize just how much responsibility that entails. Managing depth, speed, and position...
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, des...
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Lords of the Realm 3

Windows XP/98/952004protected Impressions Games
Released in 2004, Lords of the Realm III is an interesting, sometimes controversial attempt to modernize a beloved strategy franchise. The move to full 3D and a more streamlined ap...
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
La Grande Armée (1991) returns to Napoleonic warfare, but with a sharper focus on military tactics than imperial administration. This strategy game puts you in charge of mas...
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Avon

DOS1989 Topologika Software
If Shakespeare wrote video games and then decided, “You know what this needs? A parser and some pixelated drama,” you'd get Avon. In this interactive fiction gem from 1...
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Austerlitz

DOS1989protected Tactical Design Group
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Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected MicroProse Software
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
If you’ve ever wanted to command armies older than your great-great-great-grandparents, Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles is your time machine with a keyboard. Released in...
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Champion of the Raj

DOS1991 Personal Software Services
Colonialism meets turn-based strategy in Champion of the Raj, where you attempt to conquer India with charm, cunning, and the occasional elephant race. It’s part political si...
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 Infogrames
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Solidarnosc

DOS1991 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
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Passengers on the Wind 2

DOS1987 Infogrames
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.