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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Classic Concentration

DOS1988 Softie
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS1989 General Quarters Software
If you’ve ever dreamed of commanding a WWII convoy while cold, stressed, and staring at a pixelated radar screen, Action in the North Atlantic (1989, DOS) has you covered. It’s part strategy, part simulation, and all t...
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Mind Mirror

DOS1986
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Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 KOEI
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Win, Lose or Draw

DOS1988 Softie
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Floor 13

DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
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Grand Prix Wizard

DOS1996 Wizard Games
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
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Executive Suite

DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
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Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Clue Master Detective

DOS1989 Dalali Software
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (als...
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Kaiser

DOS1992
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UFO 2000

Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Block O Mania

DOS1989 Crystal Shard
Block O Mania is what happens when a Rubik’s Cube and a sliding puzzle fall in love during a rave. Released in 1989 for DOS, this game will twist your brain into shapes it wasn’t designed for. The goal? Push blocks. Lo...
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Galaxy

DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Curse of the Azure Bonds

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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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 command military forces in a region that is perpet...
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
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Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
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Combat Chess

Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
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Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware Spiderweb Software
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Archer Maclean's Pool

DOS1992 Virgin Interactive
For those who think snooker is too posh and billiards too French, there's Archer Maclean's Pool, the most ‘90s way to simulate the timeless art of arguing over whether that shot was really legal. It’s pool in DOS &mdas...