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Games set in the 19th century

The 19th century was the age of steam, railroads and remarkable discoveries. It was the age of literary masterpieces like the Sherlock Holmes novels and Jules Verne's sci-fi stories. It's easy to see why some developers chose the 19th century as the setting for their games.
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 Magicom Multimedia
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Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS1986 Magicom Multimedia
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Space 1889

DOS1990 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...
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Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the girls

DOS1990protected Legend Entertainment
You’re a teenage wizard in college. There are spells, parties, potions, and more double entendres than a ‘90s teen comedy. Spellcasting 101 doesn’t take itself seriously—and that’s the point. It&rsquo...
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected Bitmap Brothers
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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The Gene Machine

DOS1996 Divide by zero
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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 Byron Preiss Video Productions
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Treasure Trap

DOS1990 Emerald Software
Treasure Trap is an abandoned isometric action-adventure game published for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST by Electronic Zoo in 1990. Treasure Trap was developed by Emerald Software and designed by Brian Kelly.
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Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

DOS1991 Origin Systems
Then there’s Martian Dreams, the Ultima game where you travel to Mars in the 19th century with none other than Sigmund Freud and Nikola Tesla. Yes, it’s as delightfully bizarre as it sounds. Instead of Britannia, you&r...
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simula...
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.