The best 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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QBasic Gorillas
DOS1991freeware4/5 artillery
Gorillas, also known as "Gorillas.bas," is a turn-based artillery game that was included as a sample program with Microsoft QBasic, an IDE and interpreter for a variant of the BASIC programming language. QBasic was commonly bundled with MS-DOS and early versions of Windows during the early 1990s. The goal of "Gorillas" is to hit the ...
Robot Odissey
DOS19854/5 real-time tactics
Socrates
DOS19934/5 chess
Sorcerer Lord
DOS19874/5 turn-based tactics
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 chess
Triple Triad Gold
Windows XP/98/952000freeware4/5 cards
Triple Triad is a card game that originated in the Final Fantasy series, specifically in Final Fantasy VIII. The game is played on a 3x3 grid, and each player has a deck of cards featuring different characters, monsters, or other elements from the Final Fantasy universe. When a card is placed adjacent to an opponent's card, and the rank of the...
Nectaris
DOS19954/5 turn-based tactics
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 wargame
Rampart
DOS19924/5 artillery
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
Austerlitz 1805
DOS19894/5 wargame, turn-based tactics
Star Command
DOS1988protected4/5 space exploration, turn-based tactics
Chess88
DOS19844/5 chess
Siege
DOS19924/5 turn-based tactics
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected4/5 turn-based tactics
Alpha Centauri
Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 4x
Star Control
DOS1990protected4/5 shoot 'em up
Alien Legacy
DOS19944/5 4x
Strip Poker 2
DOS1988NSFW4/5 cards
Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos
DOS19934/5 turn-based tactics
Omega
DOS19894/5 real-time tactics
Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS19904/5
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
Rings of Medusa
DOS19904/5 real-time strategy, kingdom simulation
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...
Desert Rats
DOS19863.9/5 turn-based tactics, wargame
Global Thermo War
DOS19853.9/5 board game
Cover Girl Strip Poker
DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 cards
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS19853.9/5 chess
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected3.9/5 turn-based tactics
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5
Red sky at morning
DOS19933.9/5