Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

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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Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware Gray Design Associates
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Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz

Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
Now with 27% more diplomacy and 300% more frustration! Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz (1999) takes everything from the original game and throws in extra scenarios, improved AI, and mo...
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
This one's not for the faint of heart. Conflict in Vietnam tries to simulate the complexity and chaos of guerrilla warfare in a game where every click can cost lives. The graphics ...
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
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Premier Manager 3

DOS1994 Realms of Fantasy
By the time Premier Manager 3 rolled around, the series had cemented its reputation as the thinking fan’s football fix. Released in 1994, it refined the formula once again, o...
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Virtual Pool

DOS1995 Celeris
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware Thinking Machine Associates
Welcome to the future, where space empires are managed entirely via text and colored dots. Anacreon puts you in charge of an interstellar civilization and lets you conquer galaxies...
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Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
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Legend of Faerghail

DOS1990 Electronic Design Hannover
Back in 1990, Legend of Faerghail was what you played if you wanted a role-playing experience both grand and slightly unforgiving. A German-developed RPG, it combined dungeon crawl...
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Whale's Voyage

DOS1993 neo Software Produktions
Whale's Voyage is an abandoned science fiction first-person view party-based RPG, developed by neo Software Produktions and released by Pro One Software in 1993. Whale's Voyage is ...
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Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1992 Parker Brothers
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation  of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Mo...
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club

DOS1990
In Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club, you’re not saving the world or slaying dragons — you’re just trying to win a few bucks from a room full of poker-faced ...
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Ogre

DOS1986 Origin Systems
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Football Manager 3

DOS1993 Bedrock Software
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Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance

DOS1985NSFW Artworx Software
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V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected Atomic Games
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Stone Age

DOS1992
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
Dogs of War (1996) drops you into a gritty mercenary’s life where missions mean money, and money means better gear. Set on Windows XP, the game blends strategy and action wit...
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Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye

DOS1995 KOEI
Celtic Tales (1995) throws you into the misty, myth-soaked hills of ancient Ireland, where diplomacy is just war with more steps. You’re a clan leader trying to outwit druids...
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Amarillo Slim's 7 Card Stud

DOS1992 Villa Crespo Software
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Secret of the Silver Blades

DOSMac OS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintos...
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Mad Paradox

DOS1994NSFW Queen Soft
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Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic ...
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
This 1994 naval strategy game for DOS is based on the board game of the same name, which means you’ll spend more time squinting at menus than blowing up ships. It’s cer...
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Spaceward Ho!

Windows 3.xDOS1992 Delta Tao Software
With a name that sounds like an interstellar pirate greeting, Spaceward Ho! is actually a strategic space colonization game, not an intergalactic dating sim. It's got a simple inte...