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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Moraff's Revenge

DOS1988 Moraffware
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Galaxy

DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Ogre

DOS1986 Origin Systems
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SimHealth

DOS1994 Thinking Tools Inc.
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Van Buren (Fallout 3)

Windows XP/98/952003canceleddemo Black Isle Studios
Van Buren was a science fiction post-apocalyptic RPG being developed by Black Isle Studios and never published. Van Buren was the direct sequel to Fallout 2, part of the Fallout fr...
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Triple Triad Gold

Windows XP/98/952000freeware
For those who got hopelessly addicted to the card game inside Final Fantasy VIII, Triple Triad Gold (2000) was like someone saying, “Here, now you can ruin your productivity ...
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Strip Poker 2 plus

DOS1988NSFW Anco Software
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Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
Combat Chess (1997, Windows XP) takes the cerebral game of kings and adds swords, screams, and shameless violence. Every piece battle-animates into Mortal Kombat-lite fights when y...
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Crime and Punishment

DOS1984 Mindscape
In Crime and Punishment, you’re not the criminal—you’re the detective, judge, and executioner rolled into one. Presented as a legal simulation, it tasks you with ...
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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Secret of the Silver Blades

DOSMac OS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintos...
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic ...
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Dungeon Crawl

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware
If you ever wanted to explore endless, procedurally generated tunnels filled with monsters, traps, and the occasional existential crisis, Dungeon Crawl is your kind of misery. Rele...
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Baseball Mogul

Windows XP/98/951997 Infinite Monkey Systems
Baseball Mogul (1997) was the original release that kicked off the whole franchise. Developed by Clay Dreslough and published by Infinite Monkey Systems, this was a pioneer in the ...
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Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Family Feud

DOS1987 Softie
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Microsoft Hearts

Windows XP/98/951992 Microsoft
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HanaFuda

Windows XP/98/951999
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Doomdark's Revenge

DOS1985 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...
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You ...