Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware strategy games

Games based on strategy allow for reasoning and planning of one’s moves and actions. The gameplay may be based on player’s turns (Turn-based Strategy) or it may be in real time (Real-Time Strategy, RTS). These games focus on strategy and tactics rather than action, sometimes with the addition of financial or logistic features.
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Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 wargame
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected kingdom simulation
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playing where you move pieces around a map like a fantas...
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected chess
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots with trust issues. It’s chess... with ray g...
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
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8088 Othello

DOS1985 board game
There’s something oddly poetic about 8088 Othello, a 1985 take on the classic board game that feels like it was programmed by someone who had a personal vendetta against flashy graphics. The visuals are almost nonexistent, t...
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 wargame
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Conflict: Europe

DOS1989 turn-based tactics
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Frontline

DOS1990 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Cave Wars

DOS1996 real-time tactics
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS1984 board game
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Global Domination

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Dune Generations

Windows XP/98/952002canceled real-time strategy
Dune Generations was a canceled 3D MMO strategy game set in the Dune universe that was never published. Dune Generations was in development by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, but it was canceled in 2002 wh...
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Gengis Khan

DOS1989 kingdom simulation
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985 board game
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 turn-based tactics, board game
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Genocide

DOS1996freeware artillery
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Kingdoms of Germany

DOS1994 kingdom simulation
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4 Queens Computer Casino

DOS1992 cards
This 1992 casino sim for DOS drops you into the neon-soaked carpet jungle of the Four Queens Hotel in Vegas. There’s no plot, no hero’s journey - just you, a digital bankroll, and the cold, soulless eyes of the slot ma...
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 board game
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Mychess

DOS1984 chess
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The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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Front Lines

DOS1994 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Clue Master Detective

DOS1989 board game
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...