Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date

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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Global Domination

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Hannibal

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Hoyle Classic Card Games

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993 cards
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Kasparov's Gambit

DOS1993 chess
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected chess, board game
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Master of Orion

DOS1993protected 4x
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x1993 turn-based tactics
populos2-4

Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

DOSMac OS1993protected sandbox strategy, god game, real-time strategy
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is a classic sandbox strategy god game. As the title suggests, its setting is loosely based on ancient Greek mythology, and you play as a de...
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Redhook's Revenge

DOS1993 board game
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Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 real-time tactics
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Seal Team

DOS1993 real-time tactics
Seal Team (1993) drops you into the muddy waters of the Vietnam War as part of an elite Navy SEAL squad. It’s surprisingly realistic for its time—meticulously tactical,...
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Socrates

DOS1993 chess
space-hulk-3

Space Hulk

DOS1993 board game, real-time tactics
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer  40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. ...
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 chess
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Stronghold

DOS1993protected real-time strategy, kingdom simulation
Stronghold, released in 1993, is a strategy simulation game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). Players assume the role of a lo...
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Syndicate

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protecteddemo real-time tactics
Syndicate is a cyberpunk-themed tactical action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The game is set in a dystopian future where corpora...
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 wargame
great-war-14-18-02

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected turn-based tactics
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The Settlers

DOS1993protected sandbox strategy, real-time strategy
unnaturalselection-2

Unnatural Selection

DOS1993 real-time tactics
vvictoryjuno-4

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected wargame, turn-based tactics
warlords2-4

Warlords 2

DOS1993 4x
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5th Fleet

DOS1994 turn-based tactics, wargame, board game
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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Alien Legacy

DOS1994 4x
Alien Legacy (1994) is like SimCity crashed into Star Trek and nobody called the insurance company. It’s a real-time strategy/simulation game that has you managing a colony i...
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Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected board game
Archon Ultra is what happens when you smash chess into an arcade cabinet and call it a day. This updated version of the original Archon throws in jazzed-up graphics and faster game...