Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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4Play

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult themes. It was intended to be played in social settings, often among friends or couples, with the goal of breaking the...
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Premier Manager 2

DOS1993 Realms of Fantasy
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Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS1995 Impressions Games
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Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
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Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
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Red sky at morning

DOS1993 Simulations Canada
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Bang! Bang!

Windows 3.x1990
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Genocide

DOS1996freeware
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Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 KOEI
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V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected Atomic Games
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HeroQuest

DOSMac OS1991 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
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Spirit of Adventure

DOS1991 Attic Entertainment Software
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 Target Games Limited
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.
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x1993 Namco
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Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
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Wasteland

DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
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The Aethra Chronicles

DOS1994
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clone of the classic M.U.L.E., set underwater on an oceanic world.
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Strip Poker 2

DOS1988NSFW Artworx Software
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Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance

DOS1985NSFW Artworx Software
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Mad Paradox

DOS1994NSFW Queen Soft
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW Artworx Software
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS1987 Northwest Software
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Archer Maclean's Pool

DOS1992 Virgin Interactive