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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Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS1990
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. ...
Desert Rats
DOS1986 turn-based tactics, wargame
Global Thermo War
DOS1985 board game
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected board game
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS1985 chess
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected chess
Red sky at morning
DOS1993
Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club
DOS1990 cards
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998 board game
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x1990 artillery
Genocide
DOS1996freeware artillery
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS1994
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS1993 chess
Laser Squad
DOS1992 turn-based tactics
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
Metal Marines
Windows 3.x1993 turn-based tactics
Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos
DOS1993 turn-based tactics
Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance
DOS1985NSFW cards
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS1990 turn-based tactics
King’s Bounty is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements, originally released in 1990 by New World Computing. It was created by Jon Van Caneghem, also known for the Might and Magic series. This game is often regarded as the precursor to the Heroes of Might and Magic series, which shares many of its core mechanics and concepts. In Ki...
Dominus
DOS1994 real-time tactics, real-time strategy
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Strip Poker 2
DOS1988NSFW cards
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS1987 wargame
Battle for Atlantis
DOS1990 board game
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 wargame, turn-based tactics
Robot Odissey
DOS1985 real-time tactics
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS1989 board game
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected board game, wargame, turn-based tactics
Powermonger
DOS1992 god game, real-time strategy
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating enough resources (such as food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.