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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Scrabble

DOS1992 board game
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Cossacks: The Art of War

Windows XP/98/952001protected real-time strategy, real-time tactics
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 wargame
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
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D-Zone

DOS1992
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Reunion

DOS1994 real-time strategy
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 board game
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Liero

DOS1999freeware artillery
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Burntime

DOS1993 action RPG, real-time strategy
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The Civil War

DOS1995 real-time strategy
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Accordion

DOS1990 cards
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Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected real-time tactics
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected turn-based tactics
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 turn-based tactics
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Annals of Rome

DOS1988 kingdom simulation
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected board game, wargame, turn-based tactics
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 board game
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Sabre Team

DOS1994protected turn-based tactics
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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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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected chess, board game
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EGA Bomb

DOS1988 artillery
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Twilight 2000

DOS1991 board game, real-time tactics, wargame
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 turn-based tactics, wargame
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS1990 board game