Abandonware DOS title

The most popular hex based games

Many old turn-based wargames took place on a map represented with identical hexagons. These hex-based games are not common these days (Civilization V is a rare exception), but were well known to C64, DOS PC and Spectrum owners.
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People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an even more hostile moon. You’ll manage resour...
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Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
This 1994 naval strategy game for DOS is based on the board game of the same name, which means you’ll spend more time squinting at menus than blowing up ships. It’s cerebral, methodical, and incredibly satisfying - if ...
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Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If you ever wanted to command the Pacific fleet without getting wet, Carrier Strike is your game. Set during WWII, it’s a turn-based wargame where numbers, radar, and weather reports matter more than reflexes. You’ll p...
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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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Front Lines

DOS1994 Impressions Games
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Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS1989 KOEI
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no flash here—just raw, old-school strategy where ...
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Battle Isle

DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software
Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Mech War

DOS1992
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS1989 KOEI
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Hexxagon

DOS1993 Argo Games
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 TigLon Software