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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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 Mastertronic
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Black Crown

DOS1995
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Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
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Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS1982 Sir-tech Software
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS1989 The Software Toolworks
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Hack

DOS1984freeware
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Shadow of Yserbius

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware 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.
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Balance of the Planet

DOSMac OS1990 Incredible technologies
Balance of the Planet is an environmental simulation game designed by Chris Crawford and self published under the Incredible technologies label in 1990. Its almost unique (for the time) and serious theme contributed to the game to stand out. Balance of the Planet is part of the Balance of Power series.
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected
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Beyond the Titanic

DOS1986 Apogee Software
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Chess

DOS1981 International PC Owners
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 TigLon Software
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
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Heirs to the Throne

DOS1992 German Design Group
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Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware
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Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS1989 KOEI
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3D-Maze

Windows 3.x1991
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Color Lines

DOS1992 Gamos
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Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
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Rampart

DOS1992 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...