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The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
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...
Subtrade: Return to Irata
DOS19933.9/5 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.
Don't Go Alone
DOS19893.9/5 Sterling Silver Software
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 Kogado Software Products
Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance
DOS1985NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
Chess
DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
Doomdark's Revenge
DOS19853.9/5 Beyond Software
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to the earlier game Lords of Midnight and is known for its unique combination of strategy, adventure, and story...
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
4Play
Windows 3.x1995NSFW3.9/5
4Play is a multi-player board-like strategy party-game for adults released for Windows 3.1 in 1995. 4Play is a board-game very similar to Monopoly in which players have to perform certain (adult) actions in response to events happening on the board.
Premier Manager 2
DOS19933.9/5 Realms of Fantasy
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
DOS19813.9/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS19923.9/5 Virgin Interactive
Centerfold Squares
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
La Grande Armee
DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises
MacArthur's War
DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Laser Squad
DOS19923.9/5 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.
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
King's Bounty
DOSMac19903.9/5 New World Computing
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
World Darts
DOS19873.9/5 Melbourne House
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Crusade in Europe
DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Queen of Tenshindo 95
Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5
Executive Suite
DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.