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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Imperium

DOS1990 Electronic Arts
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Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio

DOS1988 Starsoft Development
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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Premier Manager 3

DOS1994 Realms of Fantasy
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Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escape from the Pit. The game is set in a massive underground world called Exile, where the Empire banishes criminals, p...
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Virtual Pool

DOS1995 Celeris
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Nuclear War

DOS1989 New World Computing
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
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The Four Crystals of Trazere

DOS1992 Mindscape
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
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Ancients 2: Approaching Evil

DOS1994 Farr-Ware Software
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Moraff's World

DOS1991 Moraffware
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Floor 13

DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
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Playhouse Strip Poker

DOS1988NSFW Eurosoft
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Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware
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Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Motor City

DOS1994 Max Design
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
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NetHack - Falcon's Eye

Windows XP/98/952001freeware
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn

DOS1983 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
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One-Nil Soccer Manager

DOS1992 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
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Mind Mirror

DOS1986
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John Madden Football

DOS1989 Electronic Arts
John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Apple II and Commodore 64 and later released for DOS (in 1989). The Madden series became extremely popular and the sequels...
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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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Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
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Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
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Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Allan Border's Cricket

DOS1993 Audiogenic
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Gateway to the Savage Frontier

DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios